Introduction to the Compleat Angler eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 43 pages of information about Introduction to the Compleat Angler.

Introduction to the Compleat Angler eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 43 pages of information about Introduction to the Compleat Angler.

{2} The quip about ‘goods and chattels’ was revived later, in the case of a royal mistress.

{3} Sir Walter was fond of trout-fishing, and in his Quarterly review of Davy’s Salmonia, describes his pleasure in wading Tweed, in ’Tom Fool’s light’ at the end of a hot summer day.  In salmon-fishing he was no expert, and said to Lockhart that he must have Tom Purdie to aid him in his review of Salmonia.  The picturesqueness of salmon-spearing by torchlight seduced Scott from the legitimate sport.

{4} There is an edition by Singer, with a frontispiece by Wainewright, the poisoner.  London, 1820.

{5} Nicolas, I. clv.

{6} Barker’s Delight; or, The Art of Angling. 1651, 1657, 1659, London.

{7} I have examined all the Angling works of the period known to me.  Gilbert’s Angler’s Delight (1676) is a mere pamphlet; William Gilbert, gent., pilfers from Walton, without naming him, and has literally nothing original or meritorious.  The book is very scarce.  My own copy is ‘uncut,’ but incomplete, lacking the directions for fishing ’in Hackney River.’  Gervase Markham, prior to Walton, is a compiler rather than an original authority on angling.

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