Of the Books which have attained to the position of being perennial
favourites with the audience to whom they appeal--living as if no
rivalry could dislodge them--a foremost place has long been held by the
HANDLEY CROSS series of volumes, which are now just as much the
favourite reading of those who are interested in the exploits of the
hunting-field, as they have been since their first publication.
The fictitious heroes, whose doings and sayings inspire these favourite
volumes, provide a nomenclature which is as much imbedded in the
phraseology of sport as those of Thackeray or Dickens are in our
national literature. In what hunting circles may it not be said that the
names of JORROCKS and SOAPEY SPONGE and FACEY ROMFORD are "familiar in
their mouths as household words"?
The HANDLEY CROSS Sporting Novels have hitherto, by the form of their
production, formed the enduring ornament of a Country Gentleman's
Library, and, by reason of their price, have been somewhat beyond the
attainment of that extensive and constantly enlarging section who have
learned to take delight in the out-of-door amusements which brighten
rural life.
Everyone whose delight in a "finest run across country that ever was
seen," and whose ambition is "to be in at the finish," may now have as
his abiding companions on his own book-case within reach of his
easy-chair, the histories of JORROCKS and SPONGE and ROMFORD, and others
of the famous creation, in a handsome and handy form; having the pages
brightened by a selection from the original illustrations to give an
added vividness to the exhilarating raciness of the author's humour.
_The volumes are sold separately as under:--_
HANDLEY CROSS; or, Mr. Jorrock's
Hunt. With 67 Text and 12 Page
Illustrations and Coloured Frontispiece.
Price 7_s._ 6_d._
ASK MAMMA; or, The Richest Commoner
In England. With 51 Text
and 8 Page Illustrations and Coloured
Frontispiece. Price 6_s._
SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR. With
60 Text and 8 Page Illustrations and
Coloured Frontispiece. Price 6_s._
PLAIN OR RINGLETS? With 43
Text and 8 Page Illustrations and
Coloured Frontispiece. Price 6_s._
MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS.
With 46 Text and 8 Page Illustrations
and Coloured Frontispiece.
Price 6_s._
HAWBUCK GRANGE; or, The Sporting
Adventures of Thomas Scott,
Esquire. With 28 Text and 8 Page
Illustrations and Coloured Frontispiece.
Price 4_s._ 6_d._