360 THK ZOOLOGIST. 



The merit of this facsimile lies in the fact of its having been 

 produced by Mr. W. Griggs, whose name is well known in con- 

 nection with his labours as photo-lithographer to the India Office. 

 The very careful way in which all his facsimiles have been pre- 

 pared have met with the approbation of competent critics, and 

 we may therefore assume, without actually making a comparison, 

 that the little volume before us is really what it purports to be — 

 a perfect copy of the original. 



If we have one fault to find it is that the paper is too stout, 

 causing the volume to be about twice as thick as the original. It 

 may of course be urged that the original paper was poor stuff, 

 as no doubt it was ; nevertheless we cannot help thinking that 

 something less substantial than that which has been selected in 

 the present instance would have answered the purpose, and 

 would, moreover, have enabled the printer to obtain brighter 

 impressions of the cuts, which strike us as being a little faint. 



Still, it must be borne in mind that copies of the first edition 

 of ' Walton's Angler ' do not turn up every day, and, when they 

 do occur, realise high prices. We have just had the pleasure of 

 looking over a very perfect copy of the first edition, priced .£25 ; 

 but for all practical purposes we feel quite happy in the posses- 

 sion of Mr. Griggs' facsimile, published at the very moderate 

 cost of seven shillings and sixpence. 



Unlike a great many previous editions, the present one is of 

 the exact size of the original, the type measuring something less 

 than five inches by two and a half. Hence it is a veritable pocket 

 volume. 



At this season of the year what can be pleasanter than with 

 such a book in hand — 



" To lie amid some sylvan scene 

 Where, the long drooping houghs between, 

 Shadows dark and sunlight sheen 

 Alternate come and go," 



conjuring up fancies of that quaint, genial, tender-hearted old 

 fisherman and pleasant companion, the perusal of whose book 

 causes one to exclaim, " How I should like to have known him, 

 and to have gone a fishing with him ! " 



