Whether we have all succeeded in our object, viz., to give clear, practical directions to women in the several out-door recreations of which we have written, it is for our readers to determine, and on their verdict will depend the extension of our plan to other branches of sports and pastimes.
To the great body of sportsmen, who so far have held almost undisputed sway in the realm of sporting literature, I would plead:
"Softly, my Masters!
Do me this right—hear me with patience."
The Editor.
Beeding,
March 31st, 1898.
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