CHAPTER VIII 



IT would seem that Nobbes and the preceding 

 authors had exhausted all the material available for 

 works on angling, for in the books which immediately 

 follow, the reader looks in vain for new methods or 

 instructions. 



In chronological order the next books to be dealt 

 with are Pro jit and Pleasure United ; or, the Husband- 

 man's Magazine. By J. S., 1684, and The School 

 of Recreation ; or, tJie Gentleman's Tutor to those most 

 Ingeniotis Exercises of Hunting, Racing, . . . Fish- 

 ing, ... By R. H., London, printed for H. Rhodes, 

 1684. 



To the second edition of Profit and Pleasure, 

 published in 1704, the author's name, J. Smith, is 

 affixed. The authorship of The School of Recreation 

 has been attributed by some to Richard Howlett, the 

 author of The Angler's Sure Guide ; it has also been 

 suggested that the initials R. H. are those of the 

 publisher, H. Rhodes, transposed ; only the initials 

 of the author are given in the Stationers' Registers, 

 so this point cannot now be definitely settled. 



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