4 Mr. Edward Arnold 9 s List of New Books 



CHRONICLES OF THE HOUGHTON 

 FISHING CLUB, 1822-1908. 



Edited by the Rt. Hon. Sir HERBERT MAXWELL, Bart., 



AUTHOR OF ' MEMORIES OF THE MONTHS,' ' THE CREEVEY PAPERS,' 

 ' THE STORY OF THE TWEED,' ' BRITISH FRESH-WATER FISHES,' ETC. 



With numerous Illustrations, many in Photogravure or on Japanese Vellum, 



including facsimile Reproductions from Sketches by Landseer, Chantrey, 



Turner, etc. Demy tfo. 2 2S. net. Limited to 350 copies. 



This sumptuous volume, which gives the history of one of the 

 oldest and most famous fishing clubs, on that finest of all English 

 streams, the Test, forms an unique addition to angling literature. 

 The effect of angling on literature has always been genial and 

 discursive, and these delightful Chronicles are no exception to the 

 rule. They throw much light on the changes which have affected 

 social habits in general, and the craft of fly-fishing in particular, 

 during the best part of a century. They contain not only records of 

 sport, but various contributions literary and pictorial to the club 

 album, made by celebrated members and visitors. These included 

 Penn's well-known fishing maxims, some portraits by Chantrey, several 

 sketches by Landseer and Sir Francis Grant, and one precious 

 drawing from the hand of Turner. In the leisurely old days of mail- 

 coaches, the members of the club and their guests had more time for 

 such diversions, when the weather was unfavourable to sport, than 

 is the case in the present age of telegrams and express trains. 



IN OLD CEYLON. 



By REGINALD FARRER, 



AUTHOR OF ' THE GARDEN OF ASIA.' 



With numerous Illustrations. Demy Svo. 125. 6d. net. 



The shrines of Oriental romance have once more charmed the pen 

 of Mr. Reginald Farrer. His book has little concern with modern 

 Ceylon, its industries and exports. He tells rather of the bygone 

 glories and sanctities of ancient Lanka, when the island was the seat 

 of a powerful monarchy and a dominant church. He gladly deserts 

 the beaten track for the fastnesses of the jungle and the great dead 

 cities whose bones lie lost in a shoreless ocean of green. Under his 

 guidance, all those who love contemplation of ' old unhappy things 

 and battles long ago ' can follow the tale of the Buddhist hierarchy 

 and the Cingalese monarchy, realizing their ancient glories amid the 

 ruins where they lie buried, and their final tragedy in the vast jungle 

 that now for many centuries has engulfed their worldly majesty. 



Nor is the interest of the book wholly antiquarian and historic, for 

 Ceylon that Eastern Island of Saints is a vast flowering garden, of 

 whose blossoms and paradises all votaries of horticulture will delight 

 to read in Mr. Farrer's pages. 



