This vintage book contains the 'Grouse Shooting' edition of 'The Sportsman’s Library', and includes information on the history of the sport, shooting dogs, equipment, habits and habitats, moor management, and much more. Written in clear, plain language and full of handy tips and invaluable information, this timeless volume would be of considerable value to those with an interest in the sport, and it would make for a great addition to collections of hunting literature. The chapters of this book include: “Shooting Wildfowl”, “The Development of Grouse Shooting”, “Habits and Feeding”, “Manipulating Grouse”, “In the Butts”, “Pointers and Setters”, “Shooting Dogs”, “Moor Management”, “Distribution and Hand-Reading”, “Grouse Disease”, etcetera. This antiquarian volume is being republished now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition - complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on hunting wildfowl.

Generally thought to be the work that led to the abolishment of serfdom in Russia, "Sketches from a Hunter's Album (A Sportsman's Sketches)" is a series of short stories, written in 1852, that gained Turgenev widespread recognition for his unique writing style. These stories were the result of Turgenev's observations while hunting all over Russia, particularly on his abusive mother's estate at Spasskoye. A definitive work of the Russian Realist tradition, this collection of sketches unveils the author's insights on the lives of everyday Russians, from landowners and their peasants, to bailiffs and mournful doctors, to unhappy wives and mothers. Turgenev captures their tragedies and triumphs, losses and love in a set of stories that condemned the behavior of the ruling class. Considered subversive writing, Turgenev was confined to his mother's estate, yet his "Sketches" opened the eyes of many people of his time, proving him not only an artist but also a social reformer whose abilities ultimately affected the lives of countless Russians.