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20 BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



which occupies twenty unpaged leaves, has a separate title page : 

 " Bibliotheca piscatoria a catalogue of books upon angling. William 

 Pickering, 1836." This was contributed by Mr. Pickering. (See 

 Catalogues : Pickering). The " Reminiscences " were compiled 

 by Thomas Boosey, whose initials are appended to the Preface, and 

 are mainly the result of paste and scissors. They are chiefly 

 "descriptive anecdotes of fish and fishing," extracted from books 

 and newspapers, to which, "fearful of wading beyond his depth, he 

 has principally directed his attention."] 



Baddeley (John). London angler's book, or Waltonian chron- 

 icle ; containing much original information to anglers gener- 

 ally, combined with numerous amusing songs and anecdotes of 

 fish and fishing, never before published. Together with an 

 entirely new description of the Thames... and every river 

 and stream within 20 miles of London worth fishing in. 

 London: Baddeley, 1834. 8°. 



[Coarse and Cockney.] 



Badham (Charles David). Prose halieutics ; or, ancient and 

 modern fish tattle. London: J. W. Parker, 1854. 8°. 



[Reprinted, in part, from Fraser's Magazine. In the prefatory 

 notice the .writer hopes that "the title of the volume will suffici- 

 ently explain his purport, which is to treat of fish ichthyophagously, 

 not ichthyologically, and to give, not fish-science, but fish-tattle." 



Chapter I. is on "Ancient and modern fishing," and chapter II. 

 "On the fishing tackle of the ancients."] 



Baer ( K. E. v.). Ueber zvveckmassige Bewirthschaftung pri- 

 vater Fischereien. Dorpat, Glaser, 1872. 8°. 



Bagnall (George). Piscatorial rambles ; or, the fisherman's 

 pocket companion. London: R. J. Kennett, 1865. 8°. 

 [Appeared, originally, in the " Sporting gazette."] 



Bailey (William). The angler's instructor; a treatise on the 

 best mode of angling in English rivers, lakes, and ponds; and 

 on the habits of the fish. London, Longman; Nottingham, 

 Forman, 1857, 8°. 2nd. edition, Nottingham and London, 

 1866. 8°.; 3rd. edition, 1879. 8°. 



[An excellent practical treatise by the best Nottingham angler of 

 his day. There are some marked points of difference between the 

 Nottingham system of angling and that in vogue elsewhere, espe- 

 cially as regards the nature and action of the winch employed. For 

 comments on this subject Francis's " Foray on Trent side " ( pub- 

 lished originally in the "Field,") may be referred to with ad- 

 vantage.] 



Baily's monthly magazine of sports and pastimes, and racing 

 register, hi progress. London, i860, etc. 8°. 



Bainbridge (George C.) The fly-fisher's guide: illustrated by 

 coloured plates representing upwards of forty of the most 

 useful flies, accurately copied from nature. 



