34 BIBLIOTHECA PISCATORIA. 



[Portions of this work were reproduced in "Angling, or how to 

 angle, and where to go," 1854.] 



The angler's complete guide to the rivers and 



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lakes of England. London, Whittaker, 1853 ; Philip, 1856. 

 12° ; second edition, revised and enlarged. London, [printed 

 at] Winchester, 1859. pp. xviii. 184. 8°. 



The angler's guide to the rivers and lochs of Scotland. 



London, Bogue, [other copies] Glasgow, Murray, 1854. front, 

 pp. viii. 205. 12°.; 2nd edit. London, 1859. 12°. 



X Historical sketches of the angling literature of all 



nations, to which is added a bibliography of English writers 

 on angling. London, J. Russell Smith, 1856. 12°. 



[A slip-shod and negligent work, devoid of all real utility. A 

 mere farrago of matter relevant and irrelevant, of indiscriminate 

 sweepings from miscellaneous sources, of quotations incorrectly 

 given and of so-called original passages the vagueness and uncertainty 

 of which rob them of all weight and value. Names and dates are 

 seldom given, or are given inaccurately : thus, "Gower's Confessione 

 Amatis, 1554," (three consecutive errors!) for Gower's "Con- 

 fessio amantis," 1493 ; Llewellyn's "New Miracles," 1646, for "Men 

 miracles" 1656 ; Fletcher's "Purple Island" and "Piscatorie Eclogs," 

 1621, for 1633 ; "Country Contentments," 1733, for 1611 ; "The 

 Innocent Epicure," 1701 for 1696; Browne's " Piscatory Eclogues,', 

 1827 for 1729; The "North Country Angler," 1838, for 1786, and 

 by way of culmination, Walton's "Angler," 1613 for 1653 1 



But the crowning blunder of the book occurs at pp. 101-4 wherein 

 the author describes at some length what he conceives to be the 

 "Piscatory Eclogues" of Sannazarius, and which are, really, those 

 of Moses Browne! "The Piscatorj' Eclogues," he asserts, "are well 

 known," and then proceeds to inform us that they are nine in number. 

 He gives the subject of each with extracts, and at pp. 1 79-1 81 

 describes the same poems over again, repeats the subjects, but, this 

 time attributes them to the rightful author! 



Mr. Blakey's volume, it is but fair to add, is redeemed from utter 

 worthlessness, by the excellent " Bibliographical catalogue of writers 

 on angling and ichth3-ology," appended to it by the publisher, Mr. 

 John Russell Smith.] 



The angler's song book. London, Cox ; Edinburgh, 



Oliver and Boyd, 1855, pp. xv. 276. 8°. 



[ Thirty copies were printed on larger sheets of paper, of several 

 colours, and these were mi.xed in the binding.] 



The angler's complete guide. 2nd edit. London ; 



[printed at], Winchester, 1859. S'^ 



Angling ; or, how to angle and where to go... With 



illustrations. London, 1854. 8°.; other editions '. London, 

 Routledge 1855, 1858, i860, 1865 and rewritteii [1871]. 8°. 



Old faces in new masks. London. 1859. 



[Containing : "A few words about eels." "A few words on pike." 

 " Days on the Tweed ^.\ty years ago."] 



