Pictures Of Sporting Life And Character PDF Download

Excerpt from Pictures of Sporting Life and Character, Vol. 1 of 2 "What's in a name?" asks the great poet of nature; "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." Granted, we reply; still, in selecting the title for a book or literary article, nomenclature goes a great way, as every publisher and editor will vouch for. We have been led to these reflections, because, under the title of "Pictures of Sporting Life," it is our intention to introduce whatever is worth recording, connected with the amusements and pastimes of our own and foreign countries. Many titles have suggested themselves to us, but objections have arisen to almost all. We thought of "Sports and Pastimes;" Strutt has forestalled us. Then of "Out-door Amusements;" but that has been taken possession of by a writer in The Illustrated London News. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.