"Riding Recollections" is an attempt by the author to teach horse riding while hunting. It details the type of horse required for hunting and the different techniques needed in different climes. The book contains ten chapters along with useful illustrations: Kindness - Coercion - The Use of the Bridle - The Abuse of the Spur - Hand - Seat - Valour - Discretion - Irish Hunters - Thorough-Bred Horses - Riding to Fox-hounds - Riding at Stag- hounds - The Provinces - The Shires.

George John Whyte-Melville (1821 - 1878) was a Scottish writer and poet who was also much taken up with field sports. This book about riding and horsemanship has lots of useful information for the experienced and novice rider alike, and has a humorous quality to it.

This vintage book offers an authentic glimpse into nineteenth century hunting, with anecdotes, details of notable figure and events, comments on the its particulars, and much more. Insightful and entertaining, this is a volume that will appeal to those with an interest in the history of English hunting, and one that would make for a worthy addition to collections of hunting literature. Contents include: "Hunting", "Fox-Hunting", "Staghounds", "Harriers", "Draghounds", "Steeplechasing", "Early Days", "Celebrities of the Past Thirty Years", "Steeplechase Race", "Hurdle Racing", "Some Equine Erratics", "On Conditioning Hunters", and "In the Off Season". Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. Originally published in 1896, this volume is now being republished in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of fox hunting.