The Pointer and His Predecessors: An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog From the Earliest Times (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Arkwright, William

9781332568888: The Pointer and His Predecessors: An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog From the Earliest Times (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 1332568882 ISBN 13: 9781332568888

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Pointer and His Predecessors About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. This text has been digitally restored from a historical edition. Some errors may persist, however we consider it worth publishing due to the work's historical value. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase.

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Excerpt from The Pointer and His Predecessors: An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog From the Earliest Times

Bout nine years ago I said in my haste, 'i will write a complete record of the Pointer.' Ever since I have been hunting up the materials, at home and abroad, and to aid the pursuit have been obliged to learn from its commencement the language of one of the countries involved in my research.

I do not make mention of these labours in a grumbling spirit, but simply to prove that I have worked hard at the historical part of my subject; and, partly to substantiate my claim, partly to help others bent on kindred studies, I have added, in an appendix, a complete list of all the books that I have consulted. In this list I cannot, of course, guarantee that, despite diligent endeavour, my dates are in all cases those of the first editions; but I have myself verified all my references, and have made all the translations except the German ones, which are the work of my friend, Miss L. Smythe, a lady in whose accuracy I have every confidence. I believe these selections to be undistorted by any bias, and not plucked unduly from their contexts; while in the renderings of foreign passages, fidelity rather than elegance has been aimed at. It was my wish to place the original texts in an appendix, but I have been dissuaded on the ground of cumbrousness.

I trust that my reiterated introduction of dates and names of reference will not irritate the hyper-sensitive reader; but I myself have suffered so grievously by the absence of such details from the pages of others, that I resolved at any risk to be guiltless of similar sins of omission.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Pointer and His Predecessors: An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog From the Earliest Times

Since the publication of The Pointer and his Predecessors in its original form, a demand appears to have arisen for a cheaper, more portable edition, which shall be suitable for everyday use.

To meet this demand the present volume has been designed, to synchronise if possible with a similar edition in French. It has been carefully revised throughout and a few additions have been made chiefly to the chapter on kennel management: otherwise it remains unaltered. The general arrangement is identical, with the exception that the descriptions of the illustrations, formerly in a separate chapter, have been distributed, so that each may be opposite the picture of which it treats; and the forty original plates have been reduced to twenty-two of the most apposite in order to make the book as compact as possible. After consideration, the chapter that deals with Shows and Working Trials has been left untouched because since 1901, the year when it was written, there has been no appreciable change in the policy of the various canine Societies.

One fresh subject alone seems to me to require consideration. The late Mr. C. J. Cornish, in the course of a most thoughtful criticism of this book for 'Country Life,' remarked, 'There is only one bed-rock subject which Mr. Arkwright does not discuss, and that is the history of the growth and transmission of the gift or habit of pointing.' This omission not having been due to any cloudiness in my own mind as to the derivation of the phenomenon, I am now presenting my view of the subject without claiming for it any special originality.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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