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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCIII, Issue 10670, 3 June 1895, Page 2

Business notices SPECIALISES ’ FOR COUNTRY HOUSE ELECTRIC 'LSOHTINe. CHATSWOETH, - —Duke of Devonshire ALNWICK CASTLE.—Dnio oi Northumberland BUCHANAN CASTLE.—Lute of Montrose WYNYABD. —Marquis of Londonderry DEES'S HOUSE. —Earl of Darby CBAGSIDE.—Lord Armstrong CREWE HALL.—Lord Houghton THE DELL.—Baron Schroder "'Tr.'a IWVVKI!«7,-<l!a.wra &e, A FACT!.!<? . lIH DRAKE AND GOEHAU'S COMBINATION OF PETROLEUM ENGINE, &0., . . - 12 LAMPS BACH OP 16 CANDLE-POWER CAN BE LIT 808 AN HOUR AT A COST or ONE PENNY. i « DRAKE AND GORHAM, ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERS. Head Office: ' 60, VICTORIA STREET, WESTMINSTER, London, S.W, Branch Offices: IOO.KING STREET, MANCHESTER, AND 4G, WESTBOEO’, SCARBOROUGH.' PB3 NOW BEADY, Handsomely hound, 240 pages, 9 portraits, with many vignettes, PRICE HIVE SHILLINGS, A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION, WITH REMINISCENCES,. or THIS FOX TERRIER, BY EAW DO N B. LE E^ Kennel Editor of the “ Field,” Author of “ Modem Dogs," &c. THE ILLUSTRATIONS by ARTHUR WARBLE. nnHTS, the third edition of this popular work, B; has been so nraoh extended as to he to all intents and purpoeea a new hook. It includes a full history of the Fox Terrier from its introduction to the present time, with a rdsumd of what ■dd writers hare said about Terriers, the early shows and the notabilities which first made the variety popular. Full particulars as to working 'crriers with fox, badger, otter, &c,; the opinions ti Mr Yicary, Mr J, A. Doyle, Charles Littleworfch .■•ail other eminent breeders of icrnere, both for and work, ore included, with notes on roaring spies, early treining and entering to game anti vermin. Various hints as to preparing for show and advice shout their ordinary ailments arc given, with the points and full descriptions of both the smooth-coated and wire-haired in their various strains. Tho full-page illustrations include, the FoxTerrier, ,1803; Portraits of Old Jock, Gi'ovo Nettle, Old Tartar', ..Result, Veeuvio"ne. Venio. D'Orsay, I,yens Sting, Darao Fortune, Carlisle Tack, Carli-lo Tyjo. Jack St Leger and Charawood Marion, with a'ninubar of rijeettoo or tail-yiecos of various terriers, fanciful and otherwise. THE FOLLOWING ARE A FEW OF THE PRESS NOTICES OF THE EARLIER EDITIONS:— "The historical pare of tbs work is most interciliog, the auocdotai part most amusing, tbs ad-v;-,!:ig part moss, Instructive, and. in abort, from uv' to iiniuh tbo book■ is ‘go-ad.’ • * * The b*a«;iful litfio vignettes"arc a study, and high examples of the painter’s and engraver’s art.” —“ Fox Terrier Chrcmclo.'* Breeders and exhibitors will find it very usafal, and it is not without Interest to all who agree with Kir.>t Solomon, that •ft living dog is hsttar than a do.,d lion.' ’’—“Morning Post.” "A bright, pleasant and sufficiently long history oi the brood from earliest times loads iheroadvi i-tip by step until the author has shown the youngest fancier clearly how i.u dogs were proiVicd. * * * Koplete with racy stories of doughty deeds done by dogs belon-;lng to several well-known brooders.”—“ Tho Stock-Keeper." “ To those wlio admire the fox Terrier tho work is invaluable; to those who admire doga it is pleasing i-r.-.f instructive literature.” “Tho American Field.” “Hiving been interested in for terriers from the Tmo That they first came prouiieently into n dice, there is no on-; more capable of giving atrr.o history of tho for terrier, nor is there any parson whoje opinion in more valued than that of tho Kennel Editor of the ’ Field,’ when the smart little tyke is under consideration.—” Fanciers’ Gazette.” “ The author has by no means lost sight of the purpose for which these terriers wero and should be bred in tho present day, and has duly endeavoured to maintain their character cs a true sporting dog. Tho chapters oil working Qualities are excellent. * * * Tho. illustrations are unequalled.”—“ Kennel Gazette.” ” A. volume all about fox terriers can scarcely fall to be well received by tbo public, and from tho pen of such a well-known writer, the contents, one may well be assured, are valuable. * • * Every fox terrier fancier should have tills book on his shell 1 .”—" Sporting Life." “The whole subject is treated in tn exhaustive style which seems to leave nothing else to be said cm the subject, and which only the experience of such writers as Mr loe could lead us to look for, ¥ * * Apart from owners of dogs even, there nrc fow who will not find much readable and pleasant matter in its pages.*’—“Kendal Mercury end Times.” “Tho vignettes are beautiful. Altogether w;a pave net read a more wholesome book on anyi branch of the fancy.”—“ Scottish Fancier,” “Mr Rawdon Lea, the Kennel Editor of the ‘Field,’ has produced one of the, and probably the best ami most complete works on those charming little dogs that has ever been written; The charming illustrations, the portraits of celebrated flogs, and the vignettes at the ends of chapters by Mr Arthur Wardle are well executed, and add much .to the beauty of one of the best books of the kind wo have come across.”-—“ Poultry.” ■ ' “Wo have already referred to the new edition of Mr Rawdon Leo’s important work on ‘TheFox Terrier.* Thin must bo regarded as the standard work on the history, the points, and the pedigrees of the popular little dog which ‘plebeian sportsmen ’ who indulge in rabbit coursing, sad a certain :ln.ss of ‘fancy* are doing their level best to IcEtYoy. Apart from Its great value as a record jf all that is worth knowing about fox terriers. Mr Lee’s book in its present cheap and elegant form is a delightful historical, typographical and irtistio addition to the Jlteratdra of dogology."— “ Westmoreland Gazette," , A limited number of Large Paper Copies, with Ihe page engravings on India paper, an edition da’ luxe, will be ready in a fortnight. Price 10s 6dU Condon: Hoeace Cox, Windsor House, Bream’s Buildings, E.O, PSB'