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upon the subject of angling, and almost all their reading 

 upon it, must have been derived from the mother country, 

 this mother country possessing in 1861 no less than four 

 hundred and seventy works upon fish and fishing. From 

 the first use of the printing press up to the present year, 

 Britain has indeed held the proud position of instructor 

 of all civilized nations in the gentle art of angling. 



The most recent work upon angling bibliography, and 

 probably the most complete, is a work published in 1874, 

 at Haarlem, compiled by Bosgoed. It contains notices 

 of books upon every conceivable subject connected with 

 fish or fishing. It, however, owes its existence very 

 largely to the rare English work I have alluded to, 

 compiled by Westwood. I am not able to say how far 

 it is correct as regards the list of works published since 

 Westwood's. 



For the purpose of showing more clearly the exact 

 position of each of the more prominent angling countries, 

 I have analysed (and this you will admit is my proper 

 role), the publishers' lists and catalogues, up to the month 

 of September, 1879, with the following results : — 



Britain. Germany. France. America. 



Real Angling Works 411 64 41 12 



Natural History, wliicli in- 

 cludes Ichthiology, Pisci- 

 culture, &c... 50 18 15 3 



Poetry and Rhyme 37 



Reports 59 6 4 



Total 557 SS 60 15 



In preparing this list I have placed under the name of 



