Excerpt from Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury, Vol. 1 of 2 Chairman, has assured me that for keen business acumen and wisdom he never met his chairman's equal. Notably he was a great pacifier. From the chair of a stormy meeting his inﬂuence spread as Oil on the waves, and his dexterous steering and fine vision for a possible haven that would be welcome to all, has averted many a Shipwreck. 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.

Life of Sir John Lubbock, Lord Avebury, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Biographies & Memoirs

Horace G. Hutchinson

Memoirs

Forgotten Books

<p>his was the first anthology of the history of the game and the first indication that golf had a literature superior to other sports. The Badminton Library, under the sponsorship of the Duke of Beaufort, was an ambitious project to produce definitive volumes covering all the major British sports and pastimes. Horace Gordon Hutchinson - a prolific writer on a variety of subjects, including cricket, shooting, fishing, big game, history, natural history, golf, fiction and more besides - was asked to do a volume on Scottish sports such as skating, curling and tossing the caber. He was disturbed by this approach and argued vehemently for a volume devoted exclusively to golf, Scotland's national pastime. The game, he told them, was important enough now to stand on its own footing and have its own book. Hutchinson turned out to be right. The Badminton Library: Golf was a best-seller and did better than any other volume in the series. It was little wonder that Horace Hutchinson was chosen to edit the volume. "He was the first Englishman" wrote Darwin, "to be Captain of the Royal and Ancient; the first golfer of distinction to write regularly about the game and write about it with style and grace." Hutchinson rounded up the best writers on the game and, like the good editor he was, inspired them to write at their A level. He shaped and edited everything and wrote many chapters himself. Even for Darwin, the publication was a special event: "And then in 1890 came the Badminton, and that, for me at least, and I think for many people, marked an era. I read every word in the book, as I have often done since. I doubt if any subsequent book on golf has contained so much good writing. Foreword by Robert S. Macdonald.</p>

The Badminton library: golf

Sports & Outdoors

Racket Sports

Flagstick Books/A

Golf: A Complete History of the Game, Together With Directions for Selection of Implements, the Rules, and a Glossary of Golf Terms (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Golf: A Complete History of the Game, Together With Directions for Selection of Implements, the Rules, and a Glossary of Golf TermsWhen Scotland gave to England the rather dubious blessing of her Scottish kings, she gave therewith a gift which was an undoubted boon: the game of golf. For very many years England was more blind to the merits of the game than of the Stuarts. The Scottish Court, taking its country leisure at Greenwich, recreated itself for the toils of government by playing golf on Blackheath. If Blackheath was as flinty then as it is to-day, that fact may partly excuse and explain their governing so badly.It does not seem, however, that golf was of indigenous growth in Scotland.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Excerpt from Golf Greens and Green-KeepingMontrose, Peterhead, Nairn, North Berwick, and all along the Forth, Sandwich, Bembridge, Aldeburgh, Westward ho, Aberdovey, Harlech, Hoylake, and plenty more. It is no use naming them all; but at all, SO far as I know, that have the real links characteristics, there is evidence that the sea and a river have been at work to gether to produce them. Some years ago, as I say, we used to think that we could not play golf on ground Of any other kind, and this al though the golf club of Blackheath is the oldest establishment of its kind known to history, and although one of the Perth clubs dates back to 1824: The Perth ground, however, formed by the silting of the great river, remote though it is from the sea, has a measure Of likeness with the real links soil. We seem to see a formation Of rather a like kind in the two Richmond greens. As for Blackheath, that was accepted frankly as a substitute, the best that could be Obtained, so far from the sea, for the real thing.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Golf Greens and Green-Keeping (Classic Reprint)

History

Two Moods of a Man (Classic Reprint)

Children's Books

Creatures of Circumstance, Vol. 3 of 3: A Novel (Classic Reprint)

Creatures of Circumstance, Vol. 2 of 3: A Novel (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Golf: A Complete History of the Game, Together With Directions for Selection of Implements, the Rules, and a Glossary of Golf TermsWhen Scotland gave to England the rather dubious blessing of her Scottish kings, she gave therewith a gift which was an undoubted boon the game of golf. For very many years England was more blind to the merits of the game than of the Stuarts. The Scottish Court, taking its country leisure at Greenwich, recreated itself for the toils of government by playing golf on Black heath. If Blackheath was as flinty then as it is today, that fact may partly excuse and explain their governing so badly.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

GOLF (THE BADMINTON LIBRARY OF SPORTS AND PASTIMES EDITED BY HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT)

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