INTRODUCTION 



modeled, more or less, on "Fisshynge With 

 An Angle" or the "Compleat Angler." 



The most superb work on Angling ever 

 issued from the press is "Forest, Lake, and 

 River," treating of the fishes of "New Eng- 

 land and Eastern Canada." This sumptu- 

 ous work is in two royal octavo, de luxe 

 volumes, bound in embossed vellum and 

 satin, with nearly a hundred full-page col- 

 ored plates and black and white illustra- 

 tions, and with a portfolio of twelve life- 

 size game-fishes, two by three feet, repro- 

 duced from oil paintings by A. D. Turner. 

 This unique and remarkable work is by 

 Frank Mackie Johnson, M.D., the author of 

 these unpretentious "Reminiscent Tales." 



While Dr. Johnson's recherche volumes 

 are suitable only for the angler's bookcase 

 or his library table, his modest book of fish- 

 ing sketches is intended more for the pocket 

 of his fishing jacket, to be read and browsed 

 over, while smoking his post-prandial pipe, 

 after the mid-day luncheon on the bank of 

 the stream; or when in his den on a winter 

 night, in slippered feet, to follow the "Humble 

 Angler" in his wanderings by lake and stream 

 in search of sport and adventure. 



The dominant note in this symphony of 



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