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of the men who have founded a philosophy of 

 their own, and lived by it, under the sign of the 

 fish. It is impossible even to mention all the 

 worthies who have aided in making life happier, 

 brighter, longer for themselves, and shorter for 

 the fishes. There is Walton of blessed memory, 

 with his discourse on fish and fishing; Richard 

 Franck ; John Dennys and his " Secrets of An- 

 gling," 1613; " Salmonia," by Sir John Davy; 

 " Chalk Stream Studies," by Charles Kingsley ; 

 Penn's "Miseries of Fishing"; Robert Boyle's 

 " Angling " ; and a hundred more, down through 

 the names of Andrew Lang, R. D. Blackmore, 

 Thaddeus N orris, Frank Forrester, Robert B. 

 Roosevelt, Dr. Yale, William C. Prime, Henry 

 P. Wells, William Black, Henry Van Dyke, 

 Dr. Henshall, Dr. Kenworthy, Fred Mather, 

 and many more. The literature of the sub- 

 ject is endless. Dr. Goode, in the prologue to 

 his " Game Fishes," says : " My own library of 

 works on fish and fishing is far from complete, 

 yet it includes over two thousand volumes and 

 pamphlets, and my Bibliography of American 

 Ichthyology, which I hope to publish within the 

 next two years, comprises nearly ten thousand titles 

 of books and papers. A large number of these 



