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Afield. Afield and Afloat. In progress. Pliiladclphia. Fol. 



[A weekly paper wliolly dcvulcd to lickl sports.] 

 Akerman (John Yon^i^). Spring-tide ; or the angler and his 

 friends. A series of tishing scenes, with illustrations of the 

 West-country dialect. London: Bentley, 1^50. 12*^; 2iid 

 edition. 1852. iz"^. 



[The motto of the book is : — 



" Lonl, who would live tunnoiled in the court, 

 And may enjoy such quiet walks as these ?" 



Shakespeare, K. Henry VI. 



" Never m our recollection," says a writer in the Gentleman's 



Magazine, "has the contemplative man's recreation been rendered 



more attractive, nor the delight of a country life set forth with a truer 



01 more discriminating zest than in these pleasant pages."] 



See Anglp:k's almanac. 



Albin (Eleazar). History of esculent fish, and an essay on breed- 

 ing of fish and construction of fish ponds, by the Hon. Roger 

 North. [18 col. plates.] London, 1794,4'^.; London, (n. d.) 4°. 



Aldam (W.H.). A quaint treatise on " Flees and the art a' 

 artyficiall flee making," by an old man well-known on the 

 Derbyshire streams a century ago; printed from an old MS., 

 never before published. With editorial notes and patterns of 

 flies and samples of the materials for making each fly. Lon- 

 don, Day, 1876. 4°. 



Aldrovandi (Ulysse). De piscibus, libri v.; et de cetis, liber 

 unus. Bononiae, 1613 and 1638-44; Francofurti, 1629 and 

 1645. Fol. 



[Not merely ichthyological. To many of the descriptions of 

 fish is appended a chapter "Capiendi ratio."] 



Alexander {Col. Sir James Edward). Salmon fishing in 



Canada. By a Resident. Edited by Col. J. E, A. London, 



Longmans, i860. 8". 

 On the preservation of fishing streams. Dundee, 



Advertiser office, 1867. 12°. 

 Alexander (William). A journey to Bcresford Hall, the seat 



of Charles Cotton, Esq. London, Russell Smith, 1841. 4°, 



[A fac-simile of a somewhat " flat, stale and unprofitable" epistle. 

 It is dedicated to ' The Anglers of Great Britain,' and the preface 

 commences thus: — "A journey to Beresford H.\ll, the se.\t of 

 Ch.\rles Cottox, Esq., the celebrated Angler ! ! Why what an 

 irresistible title ! Beresford Hall ! there is something so charm- 

 ing in its sound, that it cannot be described. To an Angler, it is 

 the T.\LLY-H0 of the Foxhunter. A soul-stirring Neck and neck 

 Race to the Horse-r.vcer. The Dowx Charge to the Crack 

 Shot. The Soho to the Courser. The R.\ttlixg of the Rings 

 to the Fly-fisher, or Troller." &c. 



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