31 OCTOBER 1925, Page 47

THE STORY OF BRITISH SPORTING PRINTS. By Captain Frank Siltzer.

Illustrated. (Hutchinson. 30s. net.) THE Sporting Print, through its equal appeal to artist and pugilist or bookmaker, has been unduly neglected. In this pioneer catalogue Captain Siltzer has not only given us a fascinating amount of industrial detail, but in his descriptions of Morland, Sutherland and other masters of the coloured aquatint, has added so many anecdotes of " bloods and bucks" and of the great days of hunting, shooting and coaching that the historical and personal interest of old prints, as well as their artistic interest, become clear to us ; and the lithographs of View-Hallo, Boxing Champion or Trout on the walls of country inns appear no longer negligible.