Lanterna Rally

Author: Cecil Cecil

Publisher:

Published: 2015-08-06

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13: 9781332347810

Excerpt from Records of the Chase and Memoirs of Celebrated Sportsmen: Illustrating Some of the Usages of Olden Times and Comparing Them With Prevailing Customs The first edition of this book, a small thick octavo, appeared in 1854; and in 1877 a second edition, also in small octavo, thoroughly revised, was put forth. The preface to the second edition reads as follows: - "Since the publication of the first edition numerous changes in hunting countries have taken place; some have been divided and new ones constituted. Many masters of hounds have resigned - fresh ones have been installed, and a sad number have paid the debt of nature. All the subjects connected with these events have been carefully investigated by the Author with scrupulous attention to accuracy, and he trusts his readers will favourably appreciate his labours." The Author's additions to this second edition amount to nearly 10,000 words - of small and often trivial detail; and the sum effect of them is to render the book verbose and tedious. In the first edition Cecil set out to write a conspectus of foxhunting, and admirably he succeeded: in the second edition he lost sight of his original design and, being anxious only to bring the book up-to-date, expanded it into a voluminous catalogue of masters. The result is that the second edition is neither so readable nor, to-day, useful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.