CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. PAGE 



SPORTING LITERATURE IN FRANCE AND 



ENGLAND - 1 



CHAPTER II. 



THE TREATISE OF FISHING WITH AN 



ANGLE - - - - 16 



CHAPTER III. 



FROM THE TREATISE TO THE COMPLEAT 



ANGLER ... 36 



CHAPTER IV. 



EARLY FLY FISHING IN FRANCE 49 



CHAPTER V. 



CHARLES COTTON AND HIS CONTEM- 

 PORARIES .... 56 



CHAPTER VI. 



FROM COTTON TO STEWART 82 



CHAPTER VII. 



STEWART AND THE UPSTREAM SCHOOL - 99 



