226 The " Lea and Dove " Edition. 



as at present, I think the illustrations 

 hardly deserve the censure meted out to 

 them in the Chronicle. 



In 1888 I brought out the "Lea and 

 Dove" edition, being the hundredth edition 

 of The Compleat Angler^ in two volumes, 

 small quarto, and a limited large-paper 

 edition. My idea was to make illustrations 

 of scenes on the rivers Lea and Dove the 

 leading feature of this issue, and to give 

 the text of the old classic in a style worthy, 

 if possible, of its hundredth edition, and 

 entirely unencumbered with notes. The 

 text was printed from new type by Messrs. 

 William Clowes & Sons, Limited, who took 

 the greatest interest in the work. The 

 illustrations consist of about one hundred 

 small woodcuts and fifty full-page photo- 

 engraved plates of views on the Lea and 

 Dove those on the Lea by Mr. P. H. 

 Emerson, B.A., and those on the Dove 

 by Mr. George Bankart. Possessors of 

 this edition may at any rate rest satisfied 

 that it will not be reprinted, as the copper- 

 plates I had transformed into boxes for 

 keeping fly-books free from moth, and the 

 type has been distributed. Of the recep- 

 tion of this edition both by the Press and 

 the public I will only say that I was more 

 than satisfied. 



It is pleasant to note the number of 



