Excerpt from Sketches in the Hunting Field

Some of the "Sketches" which follow appear for the first time, others have been altered and amended, but the greater portion of the book consists of reprint, and for the issue of such works critics have taught us that explanations, if not absolute apologies, are required. I proceed therefore to offer my excuses.

For the last year I have been the Editor of the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, to which periodical, before I accepted the position, several of the "Sketches" had been contributed under the signature "Rapier, " and after I had undertaken the editorship, a pleasant feature of my letter-box consisted of correspondence from kindly readers who expressed a wish to see more of these papers, asked whether they would be issued in book form, and offered friendly suggestions and criticisms.

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