I detest battues and hot corners, and slaughter for slaughter's sake.

I wish every tenant in England had his share in amusements which in moderation are good for us all, and was allowed to shoot such birds or beasts as were bred on his own farm, any clause in his lease to the contrary notwithstanding." Considering that this passage was written ten years before the Ground Game Act, it must be admitted that the sentiment is remarkably liberal.

The chief interest of these papers,* however, is not political, but personal.

They show what Froude's natural tastes were, the tastes of a sportsman and a country gentleman.

He had long outgrown the weakness of his boyhood, and his physical health was robust.