THIS LITTLE BOOK 

 IS ADMIRINGLY AND RESPECTFULLY 



DEDICATED TO 



AMERICA'S MOST-BELOVED FISHERMAN 



REV. HENRY VAN DYKE, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L. (OXON.) 

 DISTINGUISHED DIVINE, AUTHOR, SPEAKER, AND 



SERVANT OF His COUNTRY; 



FORMERLY MINISTER OF THE BRICK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 



NEW YORK CITY; LATER PROFESSOR AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, 



AND UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE NETHERLANDS; 



CHAPLAIN LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER, U. S. N. 



CHEVALIER OF THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR 



BUT MOST OF WHICH HE LEAVES BEHIND 



WHEN HE GOES FISHING 



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