Archery (The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes, Book 24)

xvi, 534 pp. CONTENTS: Introductory; Prehistoric Archery; Forms of the Bow, and Their Distribution; Notes on Ancient Archery; On Methods of Drawing and Loosing the Arrow; Savage Archery; Military Archery in the Middle Ages; Archery Tackle in the Middle Ages; The Decadence of Archery; Archery as a Pastime; The Grand National and Other Public Meetings; Some Old Archery Societies; Scottish Archery; The Royal Toxophilite Society; The Woodmen of Arden; Archery of the Past--Some of Its Archers and Some of Their Scores; The Bow; The Arrow; The String, Bracer, and Other Implements; Practical Instructions in Shooting; Ladies' Archery; On the Management of Public Meetings; On Scores; The Range and Penetration of the English Long-bow; On Archery Prizes and Handicapping; Archery in the United States; Bibliography, Pictures, and Prints; Index.