THE LITERATURE OF FISHING. 53 



tosh, has for its godparent an association called the 

 " Driffield Anglers," formed by noblemen and gentlemen 

 in 1 833, for the preservation of the waters in that neigh- 

 bourhood. Rennie's Alphabet of Scientific Angling, 1833, 

 I have already mentioned, with a few words of commenda- 

 tion, in the last Note. 



It might almost be said that, in 1835, we come to 

 another era — the modern era — of Angling Literature, as 

 in that year we have the first edition of Thomas Stod- 

 dart's . Art of Angling in Scotland, which is still a very 

 valuable little book to trout-fishers, though to some 

 extent superseded by other and fuller works. Mr. Stod- 

 dart also published several other angling works, which 

 anglers should never fail to obtain when they have an 

 opportunity. In 1839 T. C. Hofiand, author, artist, and 

 fisherman, dedicated the first edition of his British Angler's 

 Manual to Sir Francis Chantrey. This and subsequent 

 editions are enriched with engravings and wood-cuts 

 from pictures and drawings by the author himself and 

 other artists ; and I must confess that there are few books 

 on my piscatorial shelves which I more thoroughly appre- 

 ciate, written as it is in the spirit of a true angler and 

 a true artist. South's Fly-fisher's Text Booh was pub- 

 lished in 1845. In 1846 appeared the first of several 

 piscatorial discourses — all well worth reading — which 

 have issued under the nom de plume of " Palmer Hackle, 

 Esquire," and in 1847 SoltauV Salmon and Trout 

 Flies of Devon and Cornwall, 8fc, in which year also 

 " Ephemera's " never-tiring pen produced the Bland- 

 book of Angling. In 1849 Alfred Ronalds made a hit 

 with his Fly-fisher's Entomology. I believe I have given 

 the date of the first edition correctly ; but several have 



