New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-01-27
IA HAPPY SCHOOLMASTER.
Notes of Sport in England and on
the Continent.
THE PEDAGoGUE AT PLAY. BY g. n A
Hewett. Illustrated. limo. DIP. X. 20. Long
mans. Green & Co.

THE PEDAGoGUE At PLAY; RRy G. \ 4on a
mans. Green 20.
We have heard great deal about the sporting
parson Of earlier days in England. IN this
book attention is drawn 20 the sporting school
snaster-whorn we hope is typical-of the pres
ent time IN the same country Mr.. HeTTett Is
-irtuously Indignant at the prevailing "impres-
sion fl the outer world that a schoolmaster IS
q sort OF cross between an automatic machine
ard an iceberg" i is with the hope Of re-
moving this erroneous conception that he has
decided to let the outer world" know just no"
q school-raster passes his leisure hours, and to
what degree the man can rise above the peda-
eocle when the necessity Of retaining the Of
aciaI. mask IS removed. Assuredly IL al school
masters know how 20 enjoy the good things OF
lie as does Mr. Hewett, theirs must be an en-
vta5le career even though their predictions
FOR rod and gun are not so pronounced as are
his.
The book IS a record Of holiday outings spent
IN various parts Of England Scotland ana ire
land. and OF vacation trips 70 Switzerland. Hol-
land and the Land Of the Midnight Sun. II
treats OF much with which the average reader
IS familiar but the old is touched upon so light
IL and sympathetically 10 be invested with
fresh charrns. while the new is so spontaneously
described that the reader feels that he has long
been acquainted with the scenes and incidents
oepicted The enthusiastic nimrod who re-
fuses to take himself seriously may have missed
many 2 rabbit and partridge. but unless his
reader take refuge in the Tickets OF misan-
thropy he win surely lay him low with the first
shot. The opening chapter is one Of the most
entertaining It tells OF an afternoon passed on
q small home made" game preserve. where
ridiculous heaters and a still more ridiculous
Cog contrive TO make things exciting for hunted
and hunters. Beaters, dog and hunters are all
amateurs. but II the bag be seldom heavy the
heart is always light:
No mere words greet q rabbit our shoot.
rather howl Of JOY, as Of those who would
On with your stick Ana then comes Bob's
3oyous yelp, as he dRshes into the fray. For
heavens sake be careful how you shoot; the
teaters-gOo1 old elderly gcntienen-are all over
.n odd corners. Haven't you seed him, sir?'
then IN they go again TO pursue the mad chase.
And when he does come out (Only he generally
goes back) Bob Is close or his tail. We some
times get a shot, but our bag OF rabbits is not
O large one. Thank EOo1nessi the weight Of It
IS not increased by any alien body There is
rather more sobriety over a pheasant; you can
even hear a few articulate words. No Mark"
~over," now. Rather. Look out, Mr.. So-and-
go: Mind your cad, Jimmy"
The latter reference is somewhat doubtful.
DO they throw their sticks at them in there, 1
wonder, or is any one IN the habit OF taking
Them rather low7 Any way we had better
not Inquire too closely.
Dir. Hewett has many useful hint for tour
fists, whether they be anglers, gunners or mere
sightseers. But his book has been written to
Hmuse, rather thar to instruct. The nIustra-
lions. like the text have the SAVIOR OF the open
afr in them.