4 Mr. Edward Arnold'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 \to. £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 8 vo. 12 s. 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. 
