Drollery

by wjw on September 6, 2010

“This fictional account of the day-to-day life of an English gamekeeper is still of interest to outdoor-minded readers, as it contains many passages on pheasant-raising, the apprehending of poachers, ways to control vermin, and other chores and duties of the occasional gamekeeper. Unfortunately, one is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material in order to discover and savor these sidelights on the management of a Midlands shooting estate, and in this reviewer’s opinion the book cannot take the place of J. R. Miller’s Practical Gamekeeper.”

—-Field and Stream‘s review of Lady Chatterly’s Lover, by DH Lawrence.

Dave Bishop September 6, 2010 at 10:03 pm

It’s all a question of priorities, dear boy – priorities!

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