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The Muses of Mayfair - Selections from vers de société of the nineteenth century is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1874. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are avai...

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The definitive guide to fly fishing by one of Britain's most famous naturalists.

Excerpt from Spinning-Tackle: What It Is, and What It Ought to Be, An Entirely New Method of Spinning for Pike It must not be supposed from this remark that I am an advocate for cheap, and therefore inferior, tackle. There are few things in which extreme cheapness is worse economy. Gut, for example, which, if carefully chosen, and a fair price paid for it, will frequently last for years, if selected on the pennywise principle, will seldom hol...

Excerpt from Fishing Probably few persons who visited the late International Fisheries Exhibition in South Kensington could fail'to have been struck by the multiplicity, and, to the un initiated, complexity of the engines and appliances used in the capture of fish. The Observation applies even more to the 'angler'-a generic term that I have a special objection to, by the way, but let us say to the fisherman who uses a rod - than to the 'fishe...

Excerpt from Bottom or Float-Fishing Shown to the fish, and not the slightest prowess by the fisherman. It is fish-slaughter - murder - any thing you like - but it is not Sport. The essence of sport consists in the amount of skill, difficulty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgott...

Excerpt from The Modern Practical Angler: A Complete Guide to Fly-Fishing, Bottom-Fishing, Trolling The present opportunity is taken of submitting to the judgment of anglers a new pattern of hook, constructed on mechanical principles, and the result of some thought and experiment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of...

Excerpt from Fly-Fishing and Worm-Fishing for Salmon, Trout and Grayling It will be seen from the following pages, that in regard to the theory and practice of Artificial fly-making and fishing the Author has arrived at conclusions very different to those usually accepted by anglers and angling writers, but fishermen who, in spite of preconceived views and the venerable sanction of the fathers of the gentle craft, have the courage and patienc...

Excerpt from Fishing A few lines only are necessary to explain the object with which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopaedia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the various British Sports and Pastimes, can turn for information. Some books there are on Hunting, some on Racing, some on Lawn Tennis, some on Fishing, and so on, but one Library, or succession' of volumes, which treats of the ...

Excerpt from From Grave to Gay: A Volume of Selections From the Complete Poems And Love's a butterfly that hasteth From lip to lip the trider hies And sweet by sweet the garden tries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally recon...

Excerpt from Puck on Pegasus(i) That your Memorialist, on making his fifth appear ance in public (this time as a?four-year-old), desires to avail himself of his prescriptive privilege as one 'of the talking animals to say a few words on his own.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Bo...

Excerpt from The Angler-Naturalist: A Popular History of British Fresh-Water Fish, With a Plain Explanation of the Rudiments of IchthyologyNo work on Natural History has hitherto been published adapted to the special requirements of Anglers and others Who may Wish to possess, in a compendious form, a fair general outline of Ichthyology, With some account of the Fresh-water Fish of the British Islands and the distinctions by Which they may be m...

Excerpt from The Book of the Pike: A Practical Treatise on the Various Methods of Jack Fishing, With an Analysis of the Tackle Employed, the History of the Fish, & C. Also a Chapter on Spinning for Trout in Lakes and Rivers Izaak Walton has a single chapter on Pike-fishing, the greater part of which is now obsolete. Stoddart, in his excellent work The Angler's Companion, ' gives the subject 20 pages, confined however to Scotch waters, 'epheme...

Excerpt from The Sporting Fish of Great Britain: With Notes on Ichthyology To the author of Yarrell's British Fishes, as also to Mr. Van Voorst, the publisher of that excellent and exhaustive treatise, I gladly take this opportunity of acknowledging my many obligations. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an importa...

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