The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 49, July 1945 - April, 1946 Page: 304
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Southwestern Historical Quarterly
("The Ranger"), author of A Hunter's Experiences in the Southern
States of America, published by us on October 31, 1866. I should say,
however, that Professor Dobie's surmise that he is an Englishman is
probably correct. I enclose a copy of the extract in regard to this book
which appears in our catalogue, Notes on Books, Volume III, page 132.
We have also looked up the Impression Book and the Author's Advances
Book of that date and in neither does he appear as anything but "Cap-
tain Flack."
Yours faithfully,
/S/ R. C. LONGMAN
Ralph A. Brown, Esq.,
Messrs. B. F. Stevens & Brown Ltd.
New Ruskin House,
28-30 Little Russell Street,
W. C. 1.
Enclosure
(Enclosure)
A HUNTER'S EXPERIENCES IN THE SOUTHERN STATES OF
AMERICA; being an Account of the Natural History of the various
Quadrupeds and Birds which are the objects of the Chase in those Coun-
tries. By Captain Flack ('The Ranger'). Post 8vo. pp. 368, price 10s.
6d. Cloth.
(October 31, 1866).
The Author of this work brings to his subject the experience of many
years spent in the Southern States of the American Union, and devoted
to hunting, shooting, and fishing. Since his contributions began to appear
in the Field newspaper, under the nom de plume of "The Ranger," the
frequent questions put to him by sportsmen in search of some region
where they might have mild winter quarters as well as an abundance of
game, have led him to believe that a volume like the present, on the
quadrupeds, game birds, wild fowl, and other objects of sport in the
Southern United States might be both useful and interesting.
Extracted from Notes on Books, being a Quarterly Analysis of the
Works Published by Messrs. Longmans and Co., Volume III, From March
1865 to February 1870. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer.
1870.
In his recent book, A Texan in England, page 199, Dobie tells of going
to the Bodleian Library at Oxford to try to find out something about
Capt. Flack. This visit was probably responsible for Mrs. Mander's con-
tinued efforts and her report in the letter quoted above.
The facts are few. Capt. Flack wrote six books:
1. The Prairie Hunter-C. W. Clarke (1866).
It was reprinted in London in 1875 and again in 1883. My copy of
the Clarke edition (1866) is bound in green cloth with a leather
title label on the back strip. I also have a copy in colored pictorial
boards printed by J. & R. Maxwell, London. This copy is undated
but may be the 1883 edition listed in Phillips' "A Bibliography of
American Sporting Books" since J. & R. Maxwell are credited with
that issue.304
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