TO THE LOVERS OF ANGLING. 



BOOKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY J. H. BURN. 



THE ART OF ANGLING : wherein are discovered many rare 

 Secrets very necessary to be known by all that delight in that 

 Recreation. Written by THOMAS BARKER, an ancient Prac- 

 titioner in the said Art. Reprinted from the extremely rare 

 original edition of 1651. 12ino. sewed, 3*. 

 Only One Hundred Copies printed. 



BARKER'S DELIGHT, or the Art of Angling. By THOMAS 

 BARKER, Second Edition; reprinted from the rare original 

 edition of 16.57, with a Biographical Notice of the author, and 

 an additional fac-simile of the title of 1659. 12mo. sewed 5*. 



Only One Hundred Copies printed. 



THE ANGLER : a Poem, in Ten Cantos, with Notes and Ap- 

 pendix, comprising Proper Instructions in the Art, with Rules 

 to choose Fishing Rods, Lines, Hooks, Floats, Baits, and to 

 make Artificial Flies, Receipts for Pastes, &c. &c. By T. P. 

 LATHY, Esq. Embellished with a beautiful frontispiece, en- 

 graved by SCOTT, from a Painting by A. COOPER, Esq. R. A. 

 and upwards of twenty wood cuts by the most eminent hands, 

 illustrative of the Sport. Octavo, boards. 7s. 



s elegant volume contains a didactic description of the various modes 

 g practised in England, and points out the proper tackle, baits, sea- 

 , and places for taking each particular species of the finny race. The 



of Angling practised in England, and points out the proper tackle, baits, sea- 

 sons, and places for taking each particular species of the finny race. The 

 whole is intermingled with rural scenery and moral reflection, so' as to render 



the mechanical detail, necessarily introduced, t'ar from uninteresting. The 

 Notes and Appendix comprise a complete guide for the novice in the piscatory 

 art, and many new rules and observations for the experienced practitioner, 

 which appear veil adapted and arrayed, so as not to break the connexion of 

 the text, whilst they convey every necessary intornr.ttion. We should notice, 

 that the enioellishineuis are numerous, and of a superior order.--" 



New Monthly Magazine. 



"We ought not to conclude our notice without mentioning that this volume 

 is beautifully printed, and that its ornaments A,e very finely engraved. The 

 head and tail pieces to each Canto are small wood cuts, and their tasteful exe- 

 cution is worthy of the highest panegyric. " 



Literary Gazette, 



In addition to the above extracts, in commendation of 

 this work. The Rev. Henry Kett, in his interesting "Letters 

 on Angling," published in the New Monthly Magazine, de- 

 scribes " The Angler," as " a very pleasing poem, the whole 

 of which well deserves a perusal." 



New Monthly Magazine, Sept. 1820. 



