Vol. I.--FIELD AND COVERT. 105 Illustrations. Vol. II.--MOOR AND MARSH. 65 Illustrations. SKATING, CURLING, TOBOGGANING, &c. By J. M. HEATHCOTE, C. G. TEBBUTT, &c. 284 Illustrations. SWIMMING. By ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR and WILLIAM HENRY. 119 Illustrations. TENNIS, LAWN TENNIS, RACKETS, AND FIVES. By J. M. and C. G. HEATHCOTE, &c. 79 Illustrations. YACHTING. By Lord BRASSEY, the Earl of ONSLOW, &c. Vol. I.--CRUISING, CONSTRUCTION, RACING RULES, &c. 114 Illustrations. Vol. II.--YACHTING IN AMERICA AND THE COLONIES, RACING, &c. 195 Illustrations. LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO. 39 Paternoster Row, London and Bombay. [Illustration: CAUGHT AND BOWLED] CRICKET BY A. G. STEEL AND THE HON. R. H. LYTTELTON WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY A. LANG, W. G. GRACE, R. A. H. MITCHELL, AND F. GALE [Illustration: Roundel of Batsman waiting on bench] _WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS AFTER LUCIEN DAVIS AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_ Sixth Edition, thoroughly revised LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON AND BOMBAY 1898 _All rights reserved_ _BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE._ _First Edition, June 1888; Reprinted August 1888, January 1889, September 1890. New Edition, thoroughly revised and with additions, December 1893. New Edition, thoroughly revised and with additions, July 1898._ _DEDICATION TO H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES._ BADMINTON: _June, 1888_. Having received permission to dedicate these volumes, the BADMINTON LIBRARY of SPORTS and PASTIMES, to HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, I do so feeling that I am dedicating them to one of the best and keenest sportsmen of our time. I can say, from personal observation, that there is no man who can extricate himself from a bustling and pushing crowd of horsemen, when a fox breaks covert, more dexterously and quickly than His Royal Highness; and that when hounds run hard over a big country, no man can take a line of his own and live with them better. Also, when the wind has been blowing hard, often have I seen His Royal Highness knocking over driven grouse and partridges and high-rocketing pheasants in first-rate workmanlike style. He is held to be a good yachtsman, and as Commodore of the Royal Yacht Squadron is looked up to by those who love that pleasant and exhilarating pastime. His encouragement of racing is well known, and his attendance at the University, Public School, and other important Matches testifies to his being, like most English gentlemen, fond of all manly sports. I consider it a great privilege to be allowed to dedicate these volumes to so eminent a sportsman as His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and I do so with sincere feelings of respect and esteem and loyal devotion. BEAUFORT. [Illustration: BADMINTON.] PREFACE.