A 

 BOOK ON ANGLING 



A new edition of Francis Francis' classic. 

 Edited, with an Introduction, by Sir 

 Herbert Maxwell, Bt., and numerous illus- 

 trations in colour and black and white. 

 Demy 8vo. I5/- net. 



Fifty-three years ago the publication of this 

 " work practically marked a new era in the 

 literature of angling". There had been no 

 previous shortage of treatises on special 

 branches of the craft, but Francis was an 

 adept in all of them ; his knowledge of fish 

 and fishing was encyclopaedic. 



Moreover, he had the gift of imparting literary 

 quality to his precepts ; and his book, 

 besides being excellent reading, still holds 

 the field as the best practical g'uide to 

 the water-side. 



Such modifications and improvements as have 

 been made in the angler's equipment since 

 Francis' day, have been duly noted in the 

 present edition by Sir Herbert Maxwell, 

 than whom no one is better qualified for the 

 post of editor of this angling classic. 



Great care has been bestowed upon the illus- 

 trations, and they are technically correct in 

 every detail. The colour-plates are partic- 

 ularly useful to the angler, being reproduced 

 from actual salmon-flies. 



HERBERT JENKINS, LTD., 3 YORK STREET, ST. JAMES'S, S.VV. i 



