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Review, Blnckwood^s Magazine, The Edinburgh Rei'iew and the Scots-- 

 man.~\ 



Russia. Izslyedovaniya o sostoyanii ruibolovstva v Rossii... 

 Sanktpeterburg. 7 torn. 1860-3. 4. 



[ With two altlases and drawings of fishing apparatus and fishing 

 scenes in different parts of Russia. The work was published by 

 the Minister of the Imperial Domains.") 



S. ( J.) See EPICURE. The innocent epicure. 1697. 8. 



S. ( J.) Profit and pleasure united, or the husbandman's maga- 

 zine, 1684. See SMITH ( J.) 



S. (J.) The true art of angling ; or, the best and speediest way 

 of taking all sorts of fresh-water fish with the worm, fly, paste 

 and other baits in their proper seasons ; how to know the 

 haunts of fish and angle for them in all waters and weathers, 

 at the top, middle and bottom, baiting of the ground and 

 night baits, oyls and oyntments, baits natural and artificial ; 

 the several ways of angling ; to make oyl of asper, and many 

 rare secrets never before made publick ; containing the whole 

 body of angling, and mystery of a compleat angler. By J. S., 

 Gent. A Brother of the Angle. London, printed for George 

 Conyers at the Golden Ring and John Sprint at the Bell in 

 Little Britain. Price bound 6d. 1696. frontispiece, pp. vi. 

 160. 24. 



[ This minute work by an anonymous writer forms one of the 

 marked features of most angling book collections, partly from its 

 merits as a manual, but far more from its rarity, only a few copies 

 of the earlier issues having escaped the wear and tear of time. The 

 title is followed by an address " To the lovers of angling."] 



2. The true art of angling ; or, the best and speediest way 

 of taking all sorts of fresh-water fish... containing the... mys- 

 tery of a compleat angler. By J. S., etc. The second edetion. 

 London, printed for George Conyers at the Golden Ring, and 

 John Sprint at the Bell in Little Brittain. 1697. Price 

 bound 6d. front., pp. vi. 150. 24. 



[ This is even rarer than the first edition. The frontispiece is the 

 same but without ornamental border at top and bottom. The 

 three last pages contain advertisements of books only. Two re- 

 cipes are added at the end : " To take the smelt with an angle/' 

 and " To feed fish in ponds." The book is more closely printed 

 than the first edition.] 



3. The compleat fisher, or the true art of angling : being a 

 clear and speedy way of taking all sorts of fresh- water fish... 

 containing the... mystery of a compleat angler. To fish in 

 Hackney River, the best stands, and how to make the best 

 tackling to fish there. By J. S....The third edition enlarged. 

 London, printed for G. Conyers at the Golden Ring and 



