P,IBlJ()lHia:A IMSCATORIA. 239 



"Wells (Joseph). The teniperaiue hshinjj book; or, the Con- 

 teniphitive angler. Beiny a new and complete general treatise 

 on that pleasing and healthful recreation, tlie art of angling. 

 Containing a description of all the various kinds of fish, with 

 full instructions how to angle for them ;...and much other 

 useful information never published in any other treatise. 

 Sheffield, 1842. 12°.; Second edition, improved. 1853. 

 front., pp. 158. iv. 12°. 



[This little work is all but unknown out of its special locality. 

 It is divided into two parts, of which tlie first is devotional, didac- 

 tical and scientific, and the second practical. The scraps of verse, 

 scattered over its pages, are of a home-made and halting character.] 



Westwood (Thomas). A new bibliotheca piscatoria. 1861-9. 



See C.-\TALOGUKS. 



The chronicle of the complete angler of Izaak 



Walton and Charles Cotton, being a bibliographical record of 

 its various phases and mutations. London, Willis and 

 Sotheran, 1864. pp. xv. 64. 4°. 



[ Twenty-five copies were prmted on large paper.] 



The quest of the Sancgreall, the sword of king- 

 ship and other poems. London, John Russell Smith, ]868. 8°. 

 [Contains "A garland of angling rhymes," viz. "A Lay of the 

 Lea," "Hey for Coquet," "Farewell to Coquet," and "An'angler's 

 dream umier Rolandseck." The third was originally published in 

 the Newcastle Fisiiers' Garlands. Ed. 1864.] 



Wetenschappelijke bladen ter uitbreiding der Nederlandsche 

 visscherij en ter bevordering van de kennis onzer inlandsche 

 visschen. Deventer, 1845. 8°. (Bosgocd ). 



Wheatley ( Hewett). The rod and the line : or practical hints 

 and dainty devices, for the sure taking of trout, grayling, etc. 

 By Hewett Wheatley, Esq., Senior angler. Li five parts. 

 *' Mine is a work of death ! " Schiller s William Tell. London, 

 Longman, 1849. pp.157. <^ plates of baits and tackle. 8°. 

 [ Characterized by a mixture of caustic humour and sound 

 practical knowledge.] 



W^heeldon (J. P.) Angling resorts near London, the Thames 

 and the Lea. London, Triibner ; Edinburgh [printed], 1878. 

 pp. viii. 218. 8°. 



[ Information originally given in Bell's Life of which the writer 

 is piscatorial correspondent.] 



Wheelwright (Horace William). See Bushman (The old), 

 pseicd. 



White ( John). A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions ; 

 unlocked and opened for the recreation of ingenious spirits at 

 their vacant hours... Collected by J. W. a lover of artificial 



