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pen, full of instruction and interest, and redolent of a 

 genial spirit. Perhaps, when he is less busy with periodical 

 literature, he will supply us with a further instalment of a 

 more permanent character. 



In January 1880 Messrs. Satchell & Co. began to issue 

 The Anglers' Note-Book and Naturalists Record, in separate 

 numbers, which formed a volume by the end of June in that 

 year. It is a kind of " Notes and Queries " production, to 

 which many well-known scholars and angling writers con- 

 tributed ; and anglers and others will be glad to hear that 

 a new series is in contemplation. In this year the Messrs. 

 Satchell brought out a new edition of My Life as an Angler, 

 by Mr. William Henderson ; and it would not be far wrong 

 to say that this is one of the most important contributions 

 to angling literature of late years. It is one of those books, 

 like " The Complete Angler," whose special charm is that it 

 seems to make the reader personally acquainted with the 

 author, the manner of man he is, or was, and able fully to 

 sympathise with him. There is no modern book upon 

 angling and its surroundings which could be put into the 

 hands of novice or veteran with greater chances of charming 

 both alike. It holds a copious store of information and 

 anecdote, and reflects in every page its author's contented 

 spirit, kindly heart, and ripe experience. A sound and 

 carefully-compiled manual for all kinds of fishing is Mr. 

 J. H. Keene's Practical Fisherman,T^vi}o\\s\i&6. in 1881. One 

 of its features is that it contains full descriptions of all 

 kinds of fishing-tackle, and admirably plain directions. The 

 Scientific Angler, by the late David Foster, of Ashbourne, 

 was a welcome addition to angling literature in 1882. 

 British Field Sports, published last year by Mackenzie 

 of Ludgate Hill, E.C., contains pleasant angling reading. 

 Among recent angling publications of value are several 



