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worth the price of the book. Fishing-tackle is also exhaust- 

 ively treated, and the angler's camp outfit as well. 



I shall not attempt to particularize further, for it will be 

 labor lost to tell how Mr. Shields writes of the Rocky Mount- 

 ain Trout, that he has caught in most of the waters it inhab- 

 its; or how Prof. George Brown^ Goode, Dr. David Starr 

 Jordan, and the veteran, B. C. Clarke, WTite of fish with which 

 their names are associated the world over. 



The book as a whole is unequaled in the history of ang- 

 ling literature, for the detail with which the various subjects 

 are treated and grouped together, and no other volume pre- 

 sents to its readers so much valuable information by such a 

 galaxy of star writers upon American Game Fishes. 



Then, in addition to all this feast of intellectual pabulum, 

 there is presented to the eye a rare treat in the way of accu- 

 rate, truthful portraits of all the fishes treated in the volume, 

 and besides these, there are many scenes that recall to the 

 memory of the angler delightful dreams of days on lake, surf, 

 or river, that will be green in his memory while reason holds 

 her sway. 



