TO MT EXCELLENT FRIEND AND BROTHER ANGLER, 



GEORGE SHEPARD PAGE, 



Of Stanley, N. J., 



WHOSE GOOD EXAMPLE AND CHRISTIAN INFLUENCE ARE KEENLY 



APPRECIATED, AND WITH WHOM I HAVE SPENT MANY 



DELIGHTFUL HOURS 



AMONG THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL O H I L_ D R E N , 



AND IN THE HAUNTS OP THE NOBLE TROUT OF MAINE, 



THIS LITTLE WORK IS MOST AFFECTIONATELY 

 DEDICATED. 



R. G. A. 



New York, (lotober. Is6't. 



