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which found favour with our forefathers ; an amusement 

 for the idle angler as he notes the names of those dis- 

 tinguished of old in his craft ; and a veritable delight to 

 the scholarly fisherman." In a word, it is a literary 

 treasure of which not only anglers but the nation may 

 be justly proud ; and which, though only nominally a 

 "catalogue," is a most valuable addition to the Literature 

 of Sea and River Fishing. 



It may be here mentioned that Professor Brown Goode, 

 who has so ably represented the United States Section at 

 the Fisheries Exhibition, has for some years been engaged 

 in the compilation of an elaborate bibliography of ichthy- 

 ology, fisheries, and fish culture, which will doubtless prove 

 of great value to all interested in fish and fishing in all parts 

 of the world. 



In addition to the general catalogues which are given in 

 the Bibliotheca Piscatoria, there is a very interesting list of 

 over twenty " sale " catalogues, in which books on angling 

 are a special feature. Most of these sales were conducted by 

 the well-known firm in which the name of "Sotheby" 

 occurs, and they stretch over a considerable number of 

 years. Among them is the notice of the sale, in March 

 1854, of the "valuable and unique private library of Mr. 

 W. P. [William Pickering, before mentioned], consisting of . . . 

 works on angling, embracing the first five and almost 

 every other edition of Izaak Walton's Complete Angler, and 

 also the works of all his favourite authors." Also the notice 

 of the sale, in July 1869, of the library of Sir H. E. Ellis, 

 above mentioned. In some cases the price, which rare 

 editions of Walton and other angling authors fetched, is 

 given ; as, for instance, 92 for an illustrated edition of 

 Walton and Cotton, published by Pickering, and 27 for a 

 copy of the fourth edition of Secrets of A ngling, by J. D., at 



