Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th October 1887, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1246, ¦ . ' . ¦ ~ f ' '" ¦ ¦ ii 46 Th^ Publish...

1 > , NEW WORK BY THE AMATEUR ANGLER . I NOW HEADY . FRESH WOODS i AND I PASTURES NEW . I By tie Author of ' An Amateur Angler ' s Days in Boye Dale / ' Frank ' s Ranche / 4 c . ' ! Large fep nave . 8 vo be . en cloth printed , Is . 6 , £ on . post best -frea hand . - Also made a L paper arge- , pap bound er Edit in imitation ion , of wliich vellum onl , y 5 150 s . copies ¦ ¦ - { \\ " pleasant Extract little from book Review , which in sat 3 the V forth Saturday , in a series Review - of '¦ bright : — : " " and * Fresh . pictureaqae . Wood ? and letters P ^ , urea the jays New of ' ^ the is amatear the pleasant ' angler title oa of the ¦ a " ¦; i I holiday city Lugg pent and soj , the ourn the vivaci Teme at a ty farmhouse , the and pleasures keenness . So of of far a bis from suburban obser being vations garde tbe of man n , nature with of busloe note and ? ^ the s on the m sport author yriad ani deligh describes natural ts of hi history a msel country f , , much collected life in - suggest populous during a a J 1 as mo are 3 t ua the -John rest 8 onian of the acquaintance papers , bat a with real acquisition Fleet Street to . lovers His * of ' Eve natural nio ? with history the . H ornet" is not merely dcligh . tful reading , i 1 . quoted . Extract , the ; author from Review of " Frank in the ' s R Dailt inche News " and " -z 4 -i Ln * Under Amatour the Miltonic Angler ' s title Diya , which in Dovedale it is refreshing " hia published to find for a little o * ice volaine correctly of 1 I essays upon it on . No flshiag living and writer rural sketches sights and a day sounds by the , which river well side . - deserves or a sbjoorn the honours in « ta old of Engli choice 3 Q print farmhouse " and , paper or records bertowed I I Ama observations teur , " whose of animal identity life is no in secret our gardens in the , piscatorial woods , and world fiel . is The with easy , more , graceful genuine style enthus of ias the m descriptions than the will Doved serve ale I further to make them welcome . ' I I important -with Extract their problem boys from , he Review tells in "Fresh them in tin in Woaia his XravsMivt pleasant aad Pastures : — wiy ' The hvvr New genial an . " old Instead author boy contrive of of " trying FcanVs * to to amu Ranshe show 3 e himself his " tiai readers . not The essayed what ** ¦ Amateur they to sho so Angler lve uld any do ° I I writes one fond as agreeably of country as sigh ever ts , and and sounds he is improvin will fin 1 g an ai hour a ^ psrtsm pas 3 mo ui 3 , t for delightfully he hag caught in turni some ng grayling over thea : and e pages shot , which a rabbit show . Any the author ' s bonhomie quite as much a 3 his Uterary skill . * I I irresistibly Extract charming from Review . The in author Pjjmp is evidentl Court : y — a 'There keen lover is a of freshness nature , and aud s ha pontaneity treads , with about no thi faltering 3 little work step 3 , the which path ia I I that founded Borrow himsel and f upm Jefferies either so of worthily the brilliant trod . writ ]> t ers there mentioned ba no mistake ; rather here we would . We poi do nt not out mean that to , imply as a word that - painter * E . ' ¦ iHt" who has I i poatically loves the scenes depicted that " The he depicts Qamekeapar , " E . M at . " Home bids fair . " It to was take Mr rank . Piaero with the ' s boast keen that lover in of " Tha the Norfolk Squire "he Broads brought and " him the scent who I ; 4 of > o the the vision hay across of the the reader footlights , who gives . " S > himself in *•* Fre up 3 h wholly Wood 3 to and the Pastures delight Ne of w following ° the author in tha brings rural evefy wanderings scene that wherever he depicts the ; I master to the end chooses that to a singular lead . Poetical ly healthful conceits volume , scrap ha ? 3 been of rural prod wisdom uced . , Lettora and even on folk fishing -lore , , the are May pressed -fly , into adventures service w by ith horne . If ., t " s and dom 3 Sticated p 3 t 3 , all lend charm to the volume bsfore us . ' . - ¦ \ author Extract says that from it Review is well , though in the perhaps Civil Servic not nece e Gazette 3 sary , to : — mention * In the that intr ;> many diiefcor of y the note following to this charming letters were little written book , the for the Fishing Gazette ; and he also adds that he has been tempted , perhap 3 rashly , to bring them together here . We are not and , one from of the the regular great amount readers of of that pleasure widely we -read have journal derived —we fro have n reading not had them the , wa pleasure can very of readily reading aS these 3 ure him letters that before there , enough need be to no have fear lei that them his to cond read uct th will ) letters be so where judged they . There originally are appeared vary many , bat who who 3 e will angling now wel proclivities come the are book not , and strong who , I I when they have read it , will say that it is a pity that ib came to an end so soon . ' " Fresh Extract Woods from and Review Pastures in TauTH Hew , " a : — set 'Another of light cheerful , bright , and ani charmin humorous ? book fisherman which ' s p can apers confidently , by the author recommend « of «* The is Amateur Angler , " & c / Extract from Review in the Whitest ah , Review" : —* It literally < c does one ' s heart good " to read these genial letters . I . picturesque ... This book banks is of really Herefordshire fascinating rivers . The , is aa account fresh and of the original writer as 's are recent his wanderings former descriptions , rod in hand of piscatorial , up and d straying own the in a boy Dovedale ' s bright , ani , hopeful of adventuro , mirth loving us jonrney temperament a in the , far and West an . elder ' E ly . M man . " possesses ' s tact , philosophy that rare combination , scholarly lore of good , and things world ly knowledge . * I ( the latest Extract addition f ro-n Review to the worka in John of " Bgtlt B . M * : . — , " ' who One quite of the recently most charming gave us little " Frank books ' s Ranc wa have ie " met and with "An , for Amateur many a Angler day Is ' s Days in Dovedale . ** The literary skill and the bright and genial style which were notable in those works distinguish ! t lover < r Presto of WooJa nature . and The Pastures ne \ t little New book " ( Sampson will prove Low a most ) , which acceptable will furnish pocket many companion a half- , honr and ' a the delightful pithy sketches reading , tho to eve rural ry | descriptions , and the writer ' s experiences of various fishing exenraiona will lessen the tedium of many a railway journey . * of the Extract earlier fro books m Review iaonoa in more the Daily apparent OanowoLH la this lively : — ' Tbfe and natural geaial rocori charm of which an enjoyable formed ao holiday distinguished . . . Qood a characteristic nature and i good humour ahine through every paje of this little work . * natural Extract history from , and Review outdoor in thi the ngs Echo in general , Oct . , 12 by : — a gentleman ' Is a volume who , a possesses ll too small much , of de lightful varied gossi spirits py le tters Isaac on Walton fishing , tion and GHlbert as he tells White of , dauntless combined deeds with done a cheery against good a neat humour of hornets of his own . There . . . . is He a breezy works vivacity us into a in state the style of ^ breathless which does expecta goo - I to the jaded reader of academic English . * ( Continued on next page . ) I 1

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