This was the first complete book. A third volume followed in 1825. There are _two_ fourth volumes owing to a circumstance which requires explanation. That published by George Virtue, and bearing the name of Pierce Egan, has for its title _New Series of Boxiana: the only Original and Complete Lives of the Boxers_. By Pierce Egan. London: George Virtue, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row. Vol. I., 1828. Vol. II., 1829. These are generally bound as Vols. IV. and V., in sets of _Boxiana_. The other volume, IV., is identical in title, but not in contents, with Pierce Egan’s first volume of the “new series,” omitting those words. It was written by Jon Bee, for Messrs. Sherwoods, who moved an injunction against Pierce Egan for selling his fourth volume to another publisher. Lord Chancellor Eldon merely compelled Pierce Egan to prefix the words “new series” to his book, and the matter ended. _A Lecture on Pugilism_: Delivered at the Society for Mutual Improvement, established by Jeremy Bentham, Esq., at No. 52, Great Marlborough Street, Oxford Street, April 14th, 1820. By S[eptimus] M[iles]. 8vo., 24 pp., White, 1820. This curious and elaborate defence of pugilism seems rather to have been a rhetorical exercitation for discussion at a debating society than a defence. It is printed at the end of the third volume of Boxiana. _Boxing; with a Chronology of the Ring, and a Memoir of Owen Swift._ By Renton Nicholson. London: Published at 163, Fleet Street. 1837. _Owen Swift’s Handbook of Boxing._ 1840. With Steel Portrait by Henning. This was also written by the facetious Renton Nicholson—styled “Chief-Baron Nicholson,” and originator of the once-famous “Judge and Jury” Society. _The Handbook of Boxing and Training for Athletic Sports._ By H. D. M[iles]. London: W. M. Clark, Warwick Lane, Paternoster Row, 1838. _Fistiana; or, the Oracle of the Ring. By the Editor of Bell’s Life in London._ This pocket volume, containing a Chronology of the Ring, the revised rules, forms of articles, duties of seconds, umpires, and referee, reached its 24th and last edition in 1864, and expired only with the ring itself. Its author, Mr. Vincent George Dowling, the “Nestor of the Ring,” a gentleman and a scholar, also contributed the article “Boxing” to Blaine’s “Cyclopædia of Rural Sports,” Longmans, 1840. _Fights for the Championship._ 1 vol., 8vo. By the Editor of _Bell’s Life in London_. London: published at 170, Strand, 1858. _Championship Sketches_, with Portraits. By Alfred Henry Holt. London: Newbold, Strand, 1862. _The Life of Tom Sayers._ By Philopugilis. 8vo., with Portrait. London: S. O. Beeton, 248, Strand, 1864. [By the author of the present work.]