INTRODUCTION 



hearty hand clasp we bid him au revoir with 

 wishes for better luck on the morrow, and 

 commend him to the cheerful, inspiring and 

 comforting words of our Mother Superior, 

 good Dame Juliana Berners, in her exordium 

 to the angler: 



"But if any fish break away after that he 

 is on the hook; or else that he catch nought; 

 or that there be nought in the water; yet at 

 least he hath his wholesome walk, and the 

 sweet air of the mead flowers that maketh 

 him hungry." 



JAMES ALEXANDER HENSHALL. 



Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 March, 1921. 



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