The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-10 00:00:00

BOOKS published by SHERWOOD, GILBERT, and
PIPER, Paternoster-row.
BRITISH. FIELD SPORTS; embracing
Practical Instructions in Shooting, .Hunting, Coursing,
Racing, Fishing, &c. ; with Observations on the Breaking and
Training of Dogs and Horses ; also, on the Management of
Fowling-pieces and all other Sporting Implements.—By W.
H. Scott.
Illustrated with upwards. of 60 highly-finished. engravings,
comprehending every variety of subject connected with field
sports, and executed by the most eminent artists.. In one large
volume Bvo, price 11. 18s., or on royal paper, with proof im-
pressions of the plates, 31. 3s.
JOHNSON'S SHOOTER'S COMPANION; compris-
ing a Description of Pointers and Setters, as well as of those
Birds which are the object of pursuit : of Scent, and the rea-
son why one dog's sense of smell is superior to another's. The
Fowling-piece fully considered, particularly as it relates to the
use of percussion powder. On the properties of Percussion
Powder, and hest method of making it. Shooting illustrated,
and the art of shooting flying simplified and clearly laid down.
The Game Laws familiarly explained; &c. dm By T. B.
Johnson. New Edition, considerably enlarged and improved,
and illustrated with three Engravings by Landseer. Price 9s.
in boards.
" This is a well written and well arranged production."—(Lit.
Chron.)
The SPORTIVIAN'S REPOSITORY, comprising a series
of highly-finished Engravings representing the Horse and the
Dog in all their varieties, executed in the like manner by Mr.
John Scott, from original Paintings by Marshall, Reinagle,
Gilpin, Stubbs, and Cooper ; accompanied with a comprehen-
sive description of the different species of each, and a variety
of information in 'Training and the Amusements of the Field.
By W. H. Scott, Author of " British Field Sports." Ele-
gantly printed in 4to. and embellished with Forty highly-
finished Uopper-olate Engravings, and numerous Wood-
cutts, price 31. 3s. boards, or may be had in Six Parts, 10s.
6d. each.
SPO RTING ANECDOTES; including numerous charac-
teristic Portraits of Persons in every walk of life, who belie ac-
quired notoriety from their achievements on the Turf, at the
Table, and in the Diversions of the Field; the whole forming
a Complete Delineation of the Sporting World.—By Pierce
Egan. New and improved .edition, illustrated with Coloured
Plates, and numerous Wood Engravings. Price 12s. in
boards.
" The Author has here contrived to amass together all the
particulars of Horse, Dog, and Man, worthy of being known.
It is a happy composition, full of whim, with a slip of morality
in it, like a bit of lemon peel in one's punch, and flavoured by
the choicest lime-juice of slang. No affectationr—no disprited
passages,—no same subjects, no nonsense! -It does not run a
long-winded subject down, but is every thing by fits, and no-
thing long.—All who have heard of the wonderful phenome-
non mare, Mr. Well's motchless Pipylena,—Flying Childers,
• —Snowball,—Eclipsc' —Tom Crib.—Hambletonian, and a
multitude of others, should purchase these anecdotes, for .they ,
are faithful in the dispensation of fame to man and beast."—
(London Magazine.)
The A NGLER's GUIDE ; being a new, plain, and com-
plete Practical Treatise on Angling, deduced from many years'
Practice and Observation. By T. F. SALTER. New and
enlarged Edition, illustrated with numerous new Cuts and En- ,
gravings of Flit), Flies, &c., draWn from the Life, price Bs. in
boards ; or on tine royal paper, of which a, few Copies only are
printed, 12s. '
" This book is quite studded with well executed Engrav-
ings, exhibiting faithful portraits of every object of the An-
gler's pursuit, as well as explanatory representations of all
the Implements employed in Fishing, with full and clear
Instructions for using them.' We were much pleased to
find some ample Instructions for Trolling, which we have
hunted for in vaiu in Walton and Cotton."—(Annals of Sport-
lug, No. 23.)
KLINOPCEDIA ; a Practical Essay on the Breaking and
Training the English Spaniel and Pointer. To which are
added, Instructions for attaining the Art of Shooting Flying.
By the late W. BOBSON, Esq., of Eden Hall, Cumberland.—
In tivo., price 10s. 6d. in boards.

An ,t•SitY on HUNTING; in which a great variety of
most important information is communicated, under the heads,
Hunting, Lawfulness, Benefits,- Pleasure, Game, Scent,
Hounds, the Horse, Huntsman, Sagacity, &c. dtc. Third
Edition. In Bvo. js. boards, or in 4w. 12s.
THOUGHTS on FOX and HARE HUNTING ; in a
series of Letters. By PtTEn BEctronn, Esq. A New
Edition, in Bvo. with numerous Cuts, 14$.
" Mr. Beckford has so well described the present practice,
and given such solid and rational advice on the subject, that his
Treatise has, from the date of its publiCation, because a general
Text Book; indeed, all pereons that delight in Field Sports
should be in possession of it."
SOMERVILB's celebrated Poem of THE CHASE. To
which is annexed Field Sports; with a Sketch of the Author's
Life, and a Preface, critical and explanatory. By Edward
Tophatit, Esq. Elegantly printed in foolscap Bvo. and illus.
trated with Engravings by Scott. Price Os. in boards,
PDX HUNTING REGALING ' • a fine Engraving by
Warren, frOm Clennell's celebrated Picture, price 2s. lid. ;
Proof Impressions on India paper, bs.
The SPORTSMAN'S VOCAL LIBRARY; containing
nearly 400 of the best Songs relating to racing, Shooting,
angling, hawking, archery, &c. Handsomely printed in fools-
cap BYO. with appropriate Embellishments. Second Edition,
price 9s. boards.

TAPLIN IMPROVED; a Compendium of Farriery,
wherein is fully explained the nature and structure of the Horse.
Exemplified by ten Cuts, and the ful figure of the animal, de-
scribing all his various parts. • Price 2s:
The GEN TLEMAN's POCKET FARRIER; showing
how to use a horse on a journey. Price IS.
. TEN MINUTES ADVICE to every Person going to pur-
chase a Norse. Price Is. •

The TURF HERALD; or Annual Racing Calendar for
1324 ; with copious Indixes, and separate Lists of the winners
of King's Plates and (cold Cups.• Also Lists of the winners of
the Doncasfer St. Leger, and of the Derby and Oaks of Epsom,
from their commencement ; winners of the King's Plate atYork
since 1719, and-of ;the Gold Cup at Richniond since 1759. By
John Frost. Price 6s. half-hound.

A VISIT to the FIVES' COURT. By Robert Cruick...
shank. Being a faithful picture of that celebrated place of
amusement, tor displaying manful sports. Price 2s. accurately
eoloured, or may be had, framed and varished, price 6s.
BOXIANA ; or Sketches of Ancient and .111odern Pugilism;
including every Pugilistic exploit from the days or Figg and
'Broughton, down to the •fight between Hickman and Cooper.
By :Pierce Egan; in three large volumes aro. price 21. 4s.
With a Fourth Volume, containing all the Transactions of
Mote throughout the year 1821, 1822, and. 1823. Preceded by
a practical Treatise on Training, including,Captain Barclay's
method, after which he trained Tom Crib and himself, Price
18s. in .boards.

The ROAD to a •FIGHT ; a Picture of the Fancy going to
a Fight (measuring in length 14 feet) continuing numerous
Original Characters, many of them Portraits ; in which all the
:Frolic, Fun, Lark, Gig, Life, Gammon, and Trying-it.on,
are depicted, incident to the pursuit of a Prize Alin, accom-
panied with a copious and characteristic Hey. By Pierce Egan.
Price 14s. plain, or 11. coloured, nearly donee up in a bOx for the
pocket.

" Nothing equal to this Picture has appeared since the ini-'
mitable•Hogartn's " March to Finchley." We here find reel
life, origiriatity.of character,.and the peculiar traits of a certain
class in-society, so masterly pourtrayed, and With so much
naviete, that it might be urged it is without a competitor in the
modern school of design.' —(SportingJblag.)
LIFE in LONDON. By Pierce Egan. Or the Day and
Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn and .his elegant friend Co-
rinthian Tom, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metro-
polis ; elegantly printed in royal Bvo. and embellished with. 36
coloured Plates, and numerous Cuts ; the Scenes from real life
by,l. R. andli. Cruikshank. Price 365. in' boards.
The ENGLISH SPY ' • Characteristic, Satirical, atnt'llumo-
rous. By Bernard 131ackinande, " the Very spy of the times,"
the eccentric historian of the present age ; comprising Sketches
of Character, interspersed with choice Anecdote and original
Remarks. Illustrated 'with rich coloured Plates, drawn from
the lite by. Cruikshank. Now publishing periodically. The
first volume completed, and embellished with One 'Hundred
Designs, full of spirit and humour, continued on the Ist of every
month, price 39.6 d. each Part ; the ,Parts last published con-
taining a variety of Scenes taken at Bath, Cheltenham, and+
other places of fashionable resort.
The SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS ; being an im-
partial Selection of the best Essays, Jeux d'Esprits, and Tales
of H u inou r,o Poise, and . Verse, from. the' Al orniug, Evehipg, and
Sunday Newspapers; arranged ass Work of Reference, or, to