Thoughts on Hunting: In a Series of Familiar Letters (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Beckford, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0282533036 ISBN 13 : 9780282533038

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Thoughts on Hunting. What Izaak Walton is to angling, that Peter Beckford is to foxhunting ;each is the father of the literature of his sport; but with this difference, that whereas Walton as an instructor has long since been relegated to honourable retirement, Beckford retains his place as head master and will retain it so long as fox-hunting continues. The reason lies on the surface; Beckford knew his subject from the bottom and was above all things thorough ;he seems always to have kept a huntsman, but he himself was a perfect master of all that pertained to hounds whether in the field or in kennel, and had occasion required could have discharged the duty of kennel huntsman or of feeder with complete knowledge of its minutiae. A man much above the average in ability, intelligence and power of observation, he made a study of fox-hunting in its every aspect; and his Thoughts were penned only after many years of experience. Various changes have come over the sport during the hundred and thirty years which have passed since his book first saw the light; but its essentials remain the same, hence the permanent value of Beckford swork. It is hardly too much to say that the Thoughts are unique; even as they were the first word on their subject, so they are like to be, in a sense, the last, for in each of the numberless works since written on fox-hunting, acknowledgment of Beckford is to be found. It is curious to contrast with the authors enduring monument the inscription self chosen, surely on the memorial tablet in Steepleton Church: We die and are forgotten tis Heaven sdecree; Thus the fate of others will be the fate of me. The production of Thoughts on Hunting, however, was a mere incident in Beckford scareer; though the book passed through five editions in his lifetime and undoubtedly won him recognition among his peers, he could not have anticipated the per
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0282533036
• ISBN 13: 9780282533038
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 270
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