OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

“Most certainly the above title is no misnomer, for the ‘Handy Horse-Book’is a manual of driving, riding, and the general care and managementof horses, evidently the work of no unskilled hand.”—Bell’s Life.

“As cavalry officer, hunting horseman, coach proprietor, whip, andsteeplechase rider, the author has had long and various experience in themanagement of horses, and he now gives us the cream of his informationin a little volume, which will be to horse-keepers and horse-buyers all thatthe ‘Handy Book on Property Law,’ by Lord St Leonards, has for yearspast been to men of business. It does not profess to teach the horse-keepereverything that concerns the beast that is one of the most delicateas well as the noblest of animals; but it supplies him with a numberof valuable facts, and puts him in possession of leading principles.”—Athenæum.

“The writer shows a thorough knowledge of his subject, and he fullycarries out the object for which he professes to have undertaken his task—namely,to render horse-proprietors independent of the dictations of ignorantfarriers and grooms.”—Observer.

“We need only say that the work is essentially a multum in parvo, andthat a book more practically useful, or that was more required, could nothave possibly been written.”—Irish Times.

“He propounds no theories, but embodies in simple and untechnicallanguage what he has learned practically; and a perusal of the volumewill at once testify that he is fully qualified for the task; and so skilfullyis the matter condensed that there is scarcely a single sentence which doesnot convey sound and valuable information.”—Sporting Gazette.

“We can cordially recommend it as a book especially suited to the generalpublic, and not beneath the attention of ‘practical men.’”—The Globe.

“Contains a very great modicum of information in an exceedingly smallspace.... There can be little doubt that it will, when generallyknown, become the established vade mecum of the fox-hunter, the countrysquire, and the trainer.”—Army and Navy Gazette.

“A useful little work.... In the first part he gives just theamount of information that will enable a man to work his horse comfortably,check his groom, and generally know what he is about when riding,driving, or choosing gear.”—Spectator.

“This is a book to be read and re-read by all who take an interest in thenoble animal, as it contains a most comprehensive view of everything appertainingto horse-flesh; and is, moreover, as fit for the library and drawing-roomas it is for the mess-table or the harness-room.”—Sporting Magazine.

“By all means buy the book; it will repay the outlay.”—Land and Water.