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Old Sports and Sportsmen

Old Sports and Sportsmen

by John Randall

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Author
Randall, John, 1810-1910
Title
Old Sports and Sportsmen; or, the Willey Country with sketches of Squire Forester and his whipper-in Tom Moody
Credits
Transcribed from the 1873 Bunny and Evans edition by David Price
Language
English
LoC Class
SK: Agriculture: Hunting sports
Subject
Forester, George, -1811
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 63805
Release Date
November 18, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.OLD SPORTS AND SPORTSMEN
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. THE MARSH AND FOREST PERIODS.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. MORFE FOREST.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. ROYAL CHASE OF SHIRLOT.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. THE WREKIN FOREST AND THE FORESTERS.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. WILLEY.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. THE WILLEY SQUIRE.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. THE WILLEY KENNELS.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE WILLEY LONG RUNS.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. BACHELOR’S HALL.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. THE WILLEY RECTOR, AND OTHER OF THE SQUIRE’S FRIENDS.
  16. 16.CHAPTER, XI. THE WILLEY WHIPPER-IN.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. SUCCESS OF THE SONG.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. THE WILLEY SQUIRE MEMBER FOR WENLOCK.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE SQUIRE AND HIS VOLUNTEERS.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. THE WILLEY SQUIRE AMONG HIS NEIGHBOURS.
  21. 21.THE SQUIRE’S CHESTNUT MARE.
  22. 22.APPENDIX. — A.— Page 10 . — B.— Page 41 . — C— Page 49 . — D.— Page 66 . — E.— Pedigree of the Forester Family , Page 69 .
  23. 23.INDEX.
  24. 24.ADVERTISEMENTS.
  25. 25.FOOTNOTES.

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