ii AN ANGLER'S LINES. 



Field for permission to republish the follow- 

 ing " lines," which, with the exception of 

 Saturday and " Variitm Et Mutabile" appeared 

 in their original form in that journal. May I 

 state that the incident related in the latter is 

 authentic, and not drawn from the realms of 

 fancy. 



The illustration on the cover (a view on 

 the fishery, of the Friendly Anglers Society 

 on the Colne, near Rickmans worth) is re- 

 produced, by the courtesy of Messrs Kodak, 

 Ltd., from a photograph by Mr. F. 

 Napier Suttonj. ,Much, to me, that is 

 pleasant of recall^ gathers round the Friendly 

 Anglers' fishery. .The charm of woodland 

 scenery, the sob and fret of the river where it 

 comes through the sluices, the scent of the 

 honeysuckle clustering on the hut, the snowy 

 mass of horse-daisies by the railway-bridge, 

 the mill on the upper water; all these have 

 their part in the recollection of many a delight- 

 ful hour with the rod. 



.My preliminary cast would be incomplete 



