The Development of English Fox-Hunting - Poems and Ditties from the 13th Century to the Modern Day Focusing on the Sport of Fox-Hunting

Various

• Publisher: Nag Press
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN:
  9781473356542
• Print ISBN:
  9781447421085

A fantastic look at the literature connected to Fox hunting, from the mediaeval to modern times.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Half title
• Contents
• “Holla Abloy!”
• The Fox in 1400
• Reynard keeps in Covert, 1576
• Advice to a Young Gentleman, 1591
• The Music of the Pack, 1593
• The Huntsman on Foot, 1686
• Beckford’s Thoughts on Hunting, 1781
• Getting across Country, 1781
• Luxurious Ease, 1837
• The Style Changes
• The Quorn with the Squire, 1826
• Hunting in Leicestershire, 1826
• The Mail Train brings the Hunter from London
• War Time
• The First Whip, 1915
• Meltonia To-day