THE AMATEUR ANGLER IN DOVE 

 DALE, 1884 



OPINIONS of the Press were unanimously in praise of 

 the little volume ; and the personal letters received by 

 the author were very numerous and gratifying. Only 

 a few can be mentioned. 



The late R. D. BLACKMORE : " Your pretty fish need not have 

 jumped from the frying-pan of criticism into the fire, for the finest 

 cook must have been pleased with them and found them a 

 dainty morsel." 



The late GEORGE BEXTLEY : "You must publish a new edition 

 and call it Phoenix Edition." 



The late X. MACCOLL, Editor of The Alhenceum : " I have 

 read it with much interest, and congratulate you." 



THOMAS HARDY : " I am delighted to find that you are such 

 a humorist." 



The late WILLIAM BLA.CK : " I have been quite delighted with 

 the little volume ; it is fresh and natural and humorous, and 

 also believable." 



The late J. R. LOWELL, American Ambassador: "Many 

 thanks for your delightful little book ; worthy to stand on the 

 same shelf with that of St. Izaak." 



The late RIGHT Hox. R. H ANBURY, Ham Hall : " Thank you 

 very cordially for the chatty and most interesting little volume 

 on Dove Dale. Accept my "thanks and the wishes, in which our 

 friends of the Izaak Walton will join, that your first visit to this 

 neighbourhood may not be your last by many." 



The late MRS. CASHEL HOEY : " Your delightful little book 

 it is in every way charming." 



The Athenceum says: "Written with much brightness and 

 considerable literary skill." 



The Standard, Dec. 24th, 1884: "A strong vein of quiet 

 humour runs through the volume. It is one of the most 

 pleasantly written little books which we have read for a long 

 time." 



The Pall Mall Gazette : " This is a pleasant book to read 

 ' now that the fields are dank and ways are mire.' " 



The World says : " Not merely by brethren of the rod, but 

 by all who appreciate Nature in her prettiest haunts it will be 

 found pleasant reading." 



