An angler's reminiscences; a record of sport, travel and adventure, with autobiography of the author . nscendent works of the purelyscientific field, in which the scale system, the lateral line, and the hyoid bone playso important a part. The American Anglers Book is today by long odds thebest home book extant upon the broad subjects of which it treats, and this con-ceded precedence is made obvious by the fact that it is still in print, and that 16 AN ANGLERS REMINISCENCES. edition after edition has been consecutively made profitable to the publisher. Itis purely an American book for American


An angler's reminiscences; a record of sport, travel and adventure, with autobiography of the author . nscendent works of the purelyscientific field, in which the scale system, the lateral line, and the hyoid bone playso important a part. The American Anglers Book is today by long odds thebest home book extant upon the broad subjects of which it treats, and this con-ceded precedence is made obvious by the fact that it is still in print, and that 16 AN ANGLERS REMINISCENCES. edition after edition has been consecutively made profitable to the publisher. Itis purely an American book for American anglers. There is no English in is as much difference between the habitats and habits of the fishes of thetwo continents as there should be between the methods and appliances of fishingfor the same, and the angler who would substitute one for the other would beas likely, if he were a shooter, to hunt for jacksnipe with a rifle in a field of indigenous angling literature was fallow when Norris entered Herbert and Bethune had worked the ground over, and so had Harry. DOMIXE OLMSTEAD,Gramir,ar School, Xew Haven, 1S47


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