viii. INTRODUCTION. 



sympathy for a pastime if angling may be so styled and 

 its votaries is apt to extend itself in other directions, and 

 consideration for others not infrequently involves forgetful- 

 ness of self, with pecuniary results from which a shortened 

 life leaves but little opportunity for recovery. 



It was partly so in the case of him whose book is now 

 sent forth, with the hope that purchasers of it may be 

 numerous in view of the fact that every copy sold will be 

 of some pecuniary advantage to her who " halved his sorrows 

 and doubled his joys," and whose grief is shared by the many 

 friends whom he attached to himself by his spoken or 

 written words. 



Kindly and sympathetic notices to this effect of the 

 publication of " An Angler's Basket " have already appeared 

 in the Press in anticipation of its appearance. As one who 

 was associated with Mr. Pritt in the formation of the 

 Northern Anglers* Association, and who succeeded him as 

 its President, I can but express my fervent hope that this 

 posthumous child of his brain and pen may find many who 

 will take charge of it and adopt it as their own, and give it 

 a place on their bookshelves for the sake of him who has 

 gone and of her who survives him, as well as for their own 

 delectation as they peruse its pages in those hours of leisure 

 which they are still permitted to enjoy. 



C. P. ROBERTS, M.A. 

 Longsight Rectory, 



Manchester, July, 1896. 



