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however, will not lose, but rather gain, by being 

 old-fashioned, and should be received with the same 

 favour by the present generation of anglers as by 

 the past. 



The concluding portion of this work is also a 

 part of a book which was published under the title 

 of " Angling Idylls." The critics who then made the 

 author blush, in his exceeding modesty, at the too 

 generous nature of their criticisms, are responsible 

 for this mixture of the new wine with the old. The 

 last three sketches or articles are quite new, except 

 that Carpe Diem appeared in the pages of "London 

 Society." Critics like to have a raison d'etre for the 

 production of a book now, although I don't see the 

 least reason why they should, and hope that I have 

 established a sufficient one for the existence of this 

 new edition of " The Angler's Souvenir." 



