EMBELLISHMENTS.

THE BRITISH YEOMAN.
WINNER OF THE GREAT METROPOLITAN STEEPLE-CHASE, 1849.
ENGRAVED BY E. HACKER, FROM A PAINTING BY W. BARRAUD.

AND

"A CASE OF REAL DISTRESS.”

ENGRAVED BY J. SCOTT, FROM A PAINTING BY R. B. DAVIES.

CONTENTS.

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DIARY FOR JANUARY

THE NEW YEAR.–BY CRAVEN

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HANDS, NOT HEARTS.-BY FOXGLOVE

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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF THE LATE JOHN MUSTERS, ESQ.-

BY HUGH BRUCE CAMPBELL, ESQ.

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THE BRITISH YEOMAN-WINNER OF THE GREAT METROPOLI-

TAN SPEEPLE-CHASE, 1849.-BY CASTOR

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A LAY OF OLD 'FORTY-NINE.- BY COLONEL CHASSE.

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COUNTRY PRACTICE.---BY GELERT .

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BITS AND BITTING.-BY HARRY HIEOVER.

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SPORTING INCIDENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD (FROM THE MS.

LIFE OF THE HON. PERCY HAMILTON).—COMMUNICATED

TO AND EDITED BY LORD WILLIAM LENNOX

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CLOSE OF THE GROUSE SEASON ON THE GRAMPIANS FOR 1849.-

BY HAWTHORN

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NOTES OF THE CHASE. BY CECIL

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THE RACING KNELL OF 'FORTY-NINE, WITH A TELESCOPIC PEEP

AT THE CANDIDATES POR 1850.-

-BY GOLDFINCH

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“A CASE OF REAL DISTRESS.”—BY OXONIAN

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LITERATURE-FORES' “ HUNTING DIARY”

AND " GUIDE TO THE

HOUNDS OF ENGLAND"-"THE FOX-HUNTER'S GUIDE”-

THE ARTISTS' ALMANAC AND HAND-BOOK FOR ARTISTS

AND AMATEURS, POR 1850”_" THE ROYAL NAVAL AND

MILITARY ALMANAC FOR 1850"

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PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS OF THE METROPOLIS

STATE OF THE ODDS

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BRECONSHIRE-EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING LIECESTER-MAN-

CHESTER AUTUMN MEETING BEDFORD UPTON-ON-
SEVERN -SCARBOROUGH-BASINGSTOKE-WHITBY -NEW-
MARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING KELSO CHESTER
AUTUMN MEETING CHESTERFIELD-HASTINGS AND ST.
LEONARD's

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