OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 



DURHAM COUNTY ADVERTISER. 



" A piscatorial friend, who ought to know something of such 

 matters, assures us that, compared with the present volume, all 

 previous works on the gentle craft are 'mere trash' good old 

 patient Izaak included This is certainly high praise, but not 

 more, we believe, than the work really deserves. It professes to 

 be a plain, practical guide (without poetry), not to the mere tyro 

 in the art of fishing, but also to those who fondly imagine they 

 are far beyond the rudiments of the craft. The guide, as we 

 have said, professes to be practical, and such it is in. every sense 

 of the word ; for although several new theories are broached, 

 calculated to stagger old stagers, the author shows how they can 

 all be reduced to practice with the most successful results. In 

 these days of book-making it is refreshing to find so much sound 

 sense and useful information in so small a compass. If those 

 who strictly follow Mr. Stewart's advice do not return from 

 streams in which trout are to be found, with well-filled creels, 

 the sooner they resign the pursuit the better as we feel confi- 

 dent nature never designed them for anglers." 



NEWCASTLE JOURNAL. 



" In the present little volume, which has reached a second 

 edition, Mr. Stewart, albeit that he boasts no literary fame, has 

 produced a work no less interesting to the general reader than 

 highly instructive to the lover of the gentle art ; and which, by 

 well-informed critics, has been designated as the best work yet 

 published on the subject. Glancing over its contents, we feel 

 disposed to concur in this favourable verdict." 



CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL. 



" We would take the opportunity of remarking, that when our 

 friends have carefully perused The Practical Angler, and after 

 that, whether they take the train to the north or to the south, it 

 will be their own fault if they do not know how to fill their 

 basket." 



ABERDEEN HERALD. 



" We have never seen in so small space so many sound practical 

 precepts upon angling, as may be found in this unpretending 

 volume. Every honest fisher will give this little book a hearty 

 welcome ; he will not long remain without it." 



