Hunt and Working Terriers, by Captain Jocelyn Lucas (Chapman and
Hall, 18s.) has both the qualities and the defects of being written by an enthusiast. It contains a great deal of valuable material, together with some which is of very little value at all. The opinions of Masters of Hounds, for instance, are inconclusive and, as illustration, hardly worth the space allotted to them. The whole book, indeed, could with advantage be considerably shortened. As it is, it falls between two stools ; half of it consists of sporting reminiscences, and half of information which, under rather more scientific methods of arrangement, could well form the basis of a text-book. It is, however, full of interest—the chapter on hares, rats, rabbits, and a variety of game is particularly good, and Captain Lucas's way of Otter-hunting with terriers will come as a surprise to many of his readers. Several quite amusing old prints enliven a book which, like all those written as a direct result of many years of experience and enjoyment, will appeal to anyone interested in the sports with which it deals.
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