Readers of Victorian era sporting books will likely be familiar with the works of Augustus Grimble , whose books run the gamut of angling, stalking and shooting topics, including his works on the great salmon rivers of Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England, as well as deer stalking and wing shooting in the forests of Scotland, and Highland Sport . Grimble will possibly be best known to modern readers through his Salmon Rivers of Scotland .
Shooting and Salmon Fishing, Hints and Recollections is exactly that. Grimble shares suggestions for various field sports underpinned by anecdotes describing direct experiences during the latter half of the 19th century. The book is in some ways typical in prose style of sporting writers of the era, probably to no one’s surprise, but makes for an entertaining read on a winter’s evening beside a warm fire.
What drew me to posting this particular book on Snipe in Literature is the chapter titled “Snipe and Wildfowl”, which I think aptly recognizes the appreciation of snipe to Victorian (and later) era wing shooters. This first sentences of this chapter immediately reinforce this: