C O N T E N T S. 



I. The Bibliography of Fishing Literature — Cata- 

 logues — Libraries, etc.— Authors on the Bib- 

 liography OF Fishing ...... i 



n. Authors on Sea and River Fishing, etc., before 

 the Introduction of Printing into England 

 (1474 a.d.) . .13 



in. Authors on Sea and River Fishing, from the 

 Introduction of Printing into England (1474 



A.D.) to the time of IZAAK WaLTON (1653 A.D. 



First Edition of " The Complete Angler ") . 35 



IV. IZAAK Walton — His Literary Contemporaries, 



AND Successors to end of Century XVII. . 62 



V. Authors on Fish and Fishing in Century XVIII. 82 



VI. Authors on Fish and Fishing in Century XIX. . 87 



VII. The English Poets on Fishing . . . .107 



VIII. The Periodical Literature of Sea and River 

 Fishing — Newspapers — Reviews— Magazines — 

 Books on Sea Fishing, Ichthyology, and Pis- 

 ciculture — The Literary "Outcome" of the 

 Fisheries Exhibition 147 



