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Tlie Cheapest Ami Best Sporting- Magazin...
Tlie Cheapest ami Best Sporting- Magazine extant : PRICE ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE ONLY .
PUBLISHED MONTHLY , BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED SPORTSMAN , THE TWO HIGHLY - FINISHED " STEEL ENGRAVINGS , FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS .
The Proprietors of the SPORTSMAN very respectfull y solicit the favour of public Patronage and Support , in promoting the circulation of a Sporting Miscellany of the most varied , useful , entertaining , and practical information , ever presented to fheSporting World in any Periodical of a similar description . The Pictorial Embellishments in each number consist of Two Steel En ° ravin ° -s , whicli are faithful Portraits from Nature , or Ori ginal Designs by Artists of the highest order . The Contributions will speak for themselves , no expence
beingspared lo ensure the most distinguished talent ; the engagements entered into are with tbe first Sporting Writers ofthe age . In submitting a prospectus of this Magazine to tbe favourable consideration ofthe Sporting World in particular , and the . Public in general , the Proprietors cannot refrain from alluding to the flattering reception it has hitherto experienced , which liberal reward for their indefatigable exertions to cater for the amusement of their Subscribers , has stimulated them to incur a considerabl y increased outlay of capital . This will be at once perceptible to the most superficial observerand will
, , tbey trust , be duly appreciated by all lovers of sporting literature . It will be the proud endeavour of the Proprietors , b y bestowing unremitting pains in the " getting up " of" The Sportsman , " in its several departments , to place it at least upon an equality with its most popular rivals , being determined that it shall be " equalled by / emexcelled by none . "
The Contributors to ' -The Sportsmen" are gentleman of great practical knowled ge and experience , and writers of distinguished celebrity in the literary world . Each succeeding number will contain amusing- and instructive articles on Hunting , Shooting , and Eishing , with every Field Sport as practised in Asia , Africa , and ' America , as well as Europe ; the Authors whoso services are retained havin ° - had most extensive practice in those distant climes . ° To the Tyro in sporting , it will be quite apparent tbat tbe proprietors have not been unmindful of Old English Sports , and tbat trul y indigenous pastime " Fox-Hunting in of which in
; " proof every alternate number , will appear a paper from the well-known pen of " Rough-Rider , " whose writings on all matters connected with the chace and its " maddening influence , " have been stamped with the unanimous approbation of the " Hard Riders" of England . Tlie Turf , with all its fascination , will notbe omitted , the Racing department having been confided to a gentleman of sporting celebrity , and uncompromising integrity , ( the very essentials for such a personage ) upon tbe fidelity of whoso reports and sound judgment , tbe Proprietors unequivocall y assert , that they can with confidence place the most strict reliance .
In conclusion , the Proprietors beg again most respectfull y to direct the attention of their Subscribers and the Public , to the fact of their having resolved to present " The Sportsman" with its two steel Engravings , and Eighty pages of letter-press in medium 8 vo ., at so low a price ( One Shilling and Sixpence only , being little more than half what is exacted by any contemporary ) as to warrant universal patronao-e , and almost to preclude tbe possibility of profit without a more extended circulation ¦ economy , therefore , has not been forgotten ; and this consideration , coupled witli tbe increased attractions which tbey hold outwillit is confidentlpresumed
, , y , secure for " The Sportsman" general approval and support . Tlie Proprietors having launched their bark upon the stream of public opinion , trust that the " tide" may have been taken " at the flood , " which , if it do not" lead ' to fortune , " will , they flatter themselves , produce a result tbat will entitle their Eriends , Patrons and Supporters , to their heartfelt gratitude and thanks , and thereby secure to them , " a consummation devoutly to be wished . " 24 , Norfolk-street , Strand , London , March , 1840 .
\ * THE SPORTSMAN , VOL . I ., NEW SERIES , price 10 .. 6 d . only , bound in cloth , illustrated with twelve exquisitely finished steel Engravings , from original designs , may be had by order of all Booksellers in the UnituVJCingdom .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Tlie Cheapest Ami Best Sporting- Magazin...
Tlie Cheapest ami Best Sporting- Magazine extant : PRICE ONE SHILLING AND SIXPENCE ONLY .
PUBLISHED MONTHLY , BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED SPORTSMAN , THE TWO HIGHLY - FINISHED " STEEL ENGRAVINGS , FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS .
The Proprietors of the SPORTSMAN very respectfull y solicit the favour of public Patronage and Support , in promoting the circulation of a Sporting Miscellany of the most varied , useful , entertaining , and practical information , ever presented to fheSporting World in any Periodical of a similar description . The Pictorial Embellishments in each number consist of Two Steel En ° ravin ° -s , whicli are faithful Portraits from Nature , or Ori ginal Designs by Artists of the highest order . The Contributions will speak for themselves , no expence
beingspared lo ensure the most distinguished talent ; the engagements entered into are with tbe first Sporting Writers ofthe age . In submitting a prospectus of this Magazine to tbe favourable consideration ofthe Sporting World in particular , and the . Public in general , the Proprietors cannot refrain from alluding to the flattering reception it has hitherto experienced , which liberal reward for their indefatigable exertions to cater for the amusement of their Subscribers , has stimulated them to incur a considerabl y increased outlay of capital . This will be at once perceptible to the most superficial observerand will
, , tbey trust , be duly appreciated by all lovers of sporting literature . It will be the proud endeavour of the Proprietors , b y bestowing unremitting pains in the " getting up " of" The Sportsman , " in its several departments , to place it at least upon an equality with its most popular rivals , being determined that it shall be " equalled by / emexcelled by none . "
The Contributors to ' -The Sportsmen" are gentleman of great practical knowled ge and experience , and writers of distinguished celebrity in the literary world . Each succeeding number will contain amusing- and instructive articles on Hunting , Shooting , and Eishing , with every Field Sport as practised in Asia , Africa , and ' America , as well as Europe ; the Authors whoso services are retained havin ° - had most extensive practice in those distant climes . ° To the Tyro in sporting , it will be quite apparent tbat tbe proprietors have not been unmindful of Old English Sports , and tbat trul y indigenous pastime " Fox-Hunting in of which in
; " proof every alternate number , will appear a paper from the well-known pen of " Rough-Rider , " whose writings on all matters connected with the chace and its " maddening influence , " have been stamped with the unanimous approbation of the " Hard Riders" of England . Tlie Turf , with all its fascination , will notbe omitted , the Racing department having been confided to a gentleman of sporting celebrity , and uncompromising integrity , ( the very essentials for such a personage ) upon tbe fidelity of whoso reports and sound judgment , tbe Proprietors unequivocall y assert , that they can with confidence place the most strict reliance .
In conclusion , the Proprietors beg again most respectfull y to direct the attention of their Subscribers and the Public , to the fact of their having resolved to present " The Sportsman" with its two steel Engravings , and Eighty pages of letter-press in medium 8 vo ., at so low a price ( One Shilling and Sixpence only , being little more than half what is exacted by any contemporary ) as to warrant universal patronao-e , and almost to preclude tbe possibility of profit without a more extended circulation ¦ economy , therefore , has not been forgotten ; and this consideration , coupled witli tbe increased attractions which tbey hold outwillit is confidentlpresumed
, , y , secure for " The Sportsman" general approval and support . Tlie Proprietors having launched their bark upon the stream of public opinion , trust that the " tide" may have been taken " at the flood , " which , if it do not" lead ' to fortune , " will , they flatter themselves , produce a result tbat will entitle their Eriends , Patrons and Supporters , to their heartfelt gratitude and thanks , and thereby secure to them , " a consummation devoutly to be wished . " 24 , Norfolk-street , Strand , London , March , 1840 .
\ * THE SPORTSMAN , VOL . I ., NEW SERIES , price 10 .. 6 d . only , bound in cloth , illustrated with twelve exquisitely finished steel Engravings , from original designs , may be had by order of all Booksellers in the UnituVJCingdom .