Shooting and Salmon Fishing. By A. Grimble. (Chapman and
Hall.)—Mr. Grimble tersely describes his book by the title of "Hints and Recollections," and there could not be a better account of it. The combination makes it at once entertaining and useful. Pleasant recollections of experiences of his own and others, and suggestions, always made in a sportsmanlike spirit, are the characteristics of the volume. It begins with a general chapter, written with no little sagacity and shrewdness. Why do people, who would scorn to say a word that was false, claim for their gun birds that have obviously fallen to another ? Because, says Mr. Grimble, they shoot with their eyes shut. Do ladies really like shooting? They have never been known to rent a moor and shoot it by themselves. Do not grudge money for a good gun. Even a large sum, spread over a number of years, is seen to be really insignificant. Grouse, capercailzie, &c., snipe and wild- fowl, and low-ground shooting, and, finally, salmon-fishing, form the subjects of successive chapters. As to this last, we have an excellent suggestion that there should be a penalty for gaffing a kelt. Indeed, the gaff is a barbarous instrument.
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