APPENDIX. 



OPINIONS OF THE PEESS. 

 BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. 



" Mr. Stewart Las the reputation of being a most 

 successful angler, and his fame is on many waters. 

 Therefore, holding the views which we have already 

 expressed touching the general selfishness of the frater- 

 nity y we cannot too much admire his single-heartedness 

 in compiling a work which, if attended to, must trans- 

 mute the veriest tyro into a tolerably prosperous 

 fisherman. We suspect that some who now rank as 

 his rivals will barely thank him for his revelations, on 

 the score that it is not expedient either to multiply the 

 number of rods, or to divulge secrets which must tend 

 to a considerable thinning of the streams. ... One 

 special recommendation of this book as an angling 

 treatise is, the clearness with which Mr. Stewart lays 

 down his positions, and the care which he has bestowed 

 on the proof. He does not content himself with merely 

 giving directions ; he explains, and always lucidly, why 

 such directions are given." 



BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON. 



" Without hesitation we pronounce this little treatise 

 the best we have ever read on angling for trout with 

 the artificial fly, worm, minnow, and other baits. It is 



