Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of British, Indian, Colonial, and Foreign Sport. With Thirty-two Full-page Illustrations. Volume XV. 1898.

Original publisher's red cloth binding with gilt lettering on front. Dark brown lettering on beige (formerly red) spine. 6 1/4" x 9." 304 pages, complete. Thirty-two tinted illustrations (black-and-white colors on brown paper), complete. List of Illustrations in front. Pages are clean and intact except for light age toning throughout, small occasional marks or stains, and foxing and discoloration on first and last few pages in front and back. Covers are clean and intact but spine has faded to beige and there is fading along edges, light rubbing, a few small stains, and bumped corners. A Very Good copy. This the Volume XV issue of Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, a quarterly magazine. This magazine was published by the Fores family publishing firm founded by Samuel William Fores (1761-1838), an English publisher and printseller. Samuel became well-known for his Piccadilly print shop. His sons, George Thomas Fores (1806-1858) and Arthur Blucher Fores (1814-1883), continued the family business and focused on publishing sporting prints. The Foreses' company continued to operate for many decades thereafter. This issue includes many brief sketches and anecdotes relating to the world of hunting, sporting, and other forms of outdoor recreation. Also included is one sketch about California titled, "Californiana." The following are the titles of the contents with their respective authors (if applicable): "Fox-Hunting in Relation to Life" by Cuthbert Bradley, "The Secret Telegram" by the "Author of Racing for Gold, &c.," "The Evergreen Gorse" by "Brentingby," "Who Shot the Fox?" by Finch Mason, "Christmas at the Bear" by Nathaniel Gubbins, "Wild-Fowl and Sea-Fowl" by L. Clement, "Winning the Pony" by Fox Russell, "The Professor's Eye-Glass" by R. Pardepp, "With the Salmon on Loch Tray" by "Sandy," "Meltoniana" by "Tom Markland," "On Colours in Horses" by Ames Savile, "Imprisoned in a Geyser" by Wilf Pocklington, "Wild Bosnia" by "Snaffle," "Amateur Umpires" by R. Mordaunt, "A Prophet in His Own County" by "Fusbos," "Our Ursine Adventures" by "Rellim," "The Everley Turk" by "H. H.," "A Meltonian Retrospect" by "Pigskin," "Outridden" by Russell, "A Fox-Shooting Party" by Seth Halliday, "Hoodwinking the Handicapper" by Mason, "There's Many a Slip" by S. Clement Southam, "Hoist with His Own Petard" by Guy Gravenhill, "The Mark of the Heriot's Hoof" by Meadow Brown, "Working the Courses" by Russell, "A Ride on a Tidal Wave" by Pocklington, "Polo Bewitched" by Bradley, "A Great Fight" by "Chameleon," "A Bad Five Minutes" by Frank Aubrey, "Won at Last" by Mason, "The Badgers of Badgworthy" by "Peep Out" and "Snowstorm," "The Three Queens" by "Markland," "A Cingalese Romance" by "Rellim," "The Skipper's Cup" by "Rockwood," "A Strange Kettle of Fish" by Clifford Cordley, "Californiana" by "Kirly Hare," "The Fascination of Birds" by Major-General R. Bracken, "Fatty" by Mason, "Meltoniana" by "Markland," "Sensational Cricket in 1898" by Somerville Gibney, "The Grouse Lodge Sweepstakes" by "Rockwood," "A Desperate Encounter" by "Willow," "Capercailzie Shooting in Germany and Austria" by Clement, "Peccaries in Mexico" by Pocklington, "Lost in the Arctic Regions" by J. Russell Jeffreson, and "Notes on Novelties.".…