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THE “Compleat Angler” has long been accorded the rank of a ‘classic’, though there have been some who will only allow that it is good in parts. But these dissentients, at any rate, will accord a wholehearted welcome to the present small volume. Moreover, it will appeal not only to the angler, but also to all who have a kindly feeling for our undisturbed water-ways, and their inhabitants, other than human. For these delightful pages afford entertainment for every mood, made up, as they are, of ‘fishermen's tales' told with unusual skill, selections from the writers of the past, from Chaucer onwards, in prose and poem, ancient recipes for the gourmet for cooking fish, as well as observations on fish and their habits, record weights of fish, and a store of information on fishing, flies and tackle.
The Angler's Week-end Book
By Eric Taverner John Moore. Pp. 512. (London: Seeley, Service and Co., Ltd., n.d.) 8s. 6d. net.
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P., W. The Angler's Week-end Book. Nature 137, 130 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137130c0
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