Hunting. By his Grace the Duke of Beaufort, K. G.,
and Mowbray Morris. (Longmans, Green, and Co.) —There is already, one would think, a sufficiently plentiful literature bearing on the chase ; but hunting-men are never tired of reading shoat their favourite pastime, and a book on hunting, edited by a ducal M. F. H. and dedicated to the Prince of Wales, is sure of a favourable reception and a ready sale. Albeit Hunting comes out under such high auspices, there is nothing in it pretentious ; neither, we are bound to say, does it contain anything particularly new. The best part of the work consists of extracts from previous books on the same subject, and of some good though not absolutely original stories. On the other hand, it gives a variety of information on kennel management, the duties of huntsmen, whippers-in, and the rest, which, coning from so accomplished a master of his art as the master of the Badminton Rant, will, no doubt., be found useful by other members of the fraternity throughout the country. Lovers of the horse, albeit they may not be riders to hounds, will also find much that is interesting in these pages. The book is well got up and the illustrations are fair. We mast, however, express our surprise that the artists by whom the latter were sketched did not take the trouble to learn, by means of instantaneous photography, bow horses gallop. No horses that were ever foaled could go in the form depicted on page 239. A horse does not fly, and when at full gallop he never stretches his fore-legs further than his
nose.
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