LIST OF BOOKS

ON ANGLING,

REFERRED TO AT PAGE SEVENTH OF THE PRESENT VOLUME.

THE TREATISE OF FYSSHINGE WITH AN ANGLE, by DAME JULIANA BARNES or BERNERS. This is the earliest printed Work on Angling in the English language. It forms part of the Book of St. Alban's, emprented at Westmestre by Wynken de Worde in 1496. It is less useful to the Angler than curious in the eyes of the Bibliographer.

HAWKING, HUNTING, FOULING, and FISHING, with the True Measures of BLOWING, &c. now newly collected by W. G. FAUKENER. 4to, Lond. 1596.

A BOOK OF FISHING WITH HOOKE AND LINE, and of all other Instruments thereunto belonginge, made by L. M. 4to, Lond. 1590. This Work contains Remarks on the Preservation of Fish in Pools, and some Improvements on the Directions of the "Religious Sportswoman," Juliana Barnes. L. M. signifies LEONARD MASCALL.

A NEU BOOK OF GOOD HUSBANDRY; very pleasaunt, and of great Profite, both for Gentlemen and Yeomen; conteining the Order and Maner of Making of Fish-pondes, with the Breeding, Preseruing, and Multiplyinge of the Carpe, Tench, Pike, and Troute, and diverse kindes of other Fresh Fish. Written in Latine by JANUS DUBRAUIUS, and translated into English at the speciale request of GEORGE CHURCHEY, Fellow of Lion's Inne, the 9th Februarie 1599. 4to, Lond. 1599. CERTAIN EXPERIMENTS CONCERNING FISH AND FRUIT; Practised by JOHN TAVERNER, Gentleman, and by him published for the benefit of others. 4to, Lond. 1600. THE SECRETS OF ANGLING; teaching the Choicest Tooles, Baytes, and Seasons for the taking of any Fish in Pond or River : Practised and familiarly opened in Three Bookes. By J. D., Esquire. 8vo, Lond. 1613. The author of this Work is named in the third edition of Walton's Angler as one Jo. DAVORS; but, from an entry in the Books of Stationers' Hall, as given in

the second volume of " British Bibliography," p. 355, he is mentioned as JOHN DENNYS, Esquire. Large extracts from this Work are given by SIR EGERTON BRIDGES, in the last volume of his Censura Literaria. The poetry, of which several passages are quoted by Walton, is remarkable for its beauty. THE PLEASURES OF PRINCES, OR GOOD MEN'S RECREATIONS; containing a Discourse of the General Art of Fishing with the Angle, or otherwise, and of all the Hidden Secrets belonging thereunto; together with the Choyce, Ordering, Breeding, and Dyetting of the Fighting Cocke; being a Worke never in that nature handled by any former author. Lond. 1614, 4to. This treatise forms part of the second book of the English Husbandman, by. G. M. (GERVAIS MArkham.) A BRIEFE TREATISE OF FISHING, WITH THE ART OF ANGLING. Lond. 1614, 4to. This volume is little else than a reprint from a portion of the Book of St. Alban's, and forms part of the Jewell for Gentrie, by T. S.

CHEAP AND GOOD HUSBANDRY; by GERVAIS MARKHAM. 4to, Lond. 1616. This Work contains a Chapter on Fish and Fish-Ponds.

COUNTRY CONTENTMENTS; OR THE HUSBANDMAN'S RECREATIONS: by J. M. In the fifth and sixth editions of this volume (4to, Lond. 1633 and 1639), will be found the Whole Art of Angling, as it was written in a small treatise in rime, and now, for the better understanding of the reader, put into prose, and adorned and enlarged. This is a prose version, with additions, of Davors' Secrets of Angling. THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION, 2 vols. 12mo, Lond. 1753, is a reprint, without acknowledgement, of Markham's work.

THE ART OF ANGLING; wherein are discovered many rare secrets very necessary to be known by all that delight in that recreation, written by THOMAS BARKER, an antient practitioner in the said art. 12mo, Lond. 1651. In an epistle to the reader, prefixed to the first edition, and in the dedication of the two last to Edward Lord Montague, Barker speaks of himself as having practised Angling for more than half a century. He also says he was born and educated at Bracemeall, in the liberty of Salop, being a freeman and burgesse of the same city; adding, " if

any noble or gentle angler, of whatever degree soever he be, have a mind to discourse of any of these wayes and experiments, I live in Henry the 7th's Gifts, the next doore to the Gatehouse, in Westm. My name is Barker, where I shall be ready, as long as please God, to satisfye them, and maintain my art during life, which is not like to be long." See British Bibliography, by Sir Eg. Bridges and Joseph Haselwood, vol. ii. p. 356. THE COMPLEAT ANGLER, OR THE CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION; being a discourse of Fish and Fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. 12mo, Lond. 1653. This is the first edition of Izaak Walton's celebrated work. It went through five editions during the author's lifetime; and in the course of its republication was enlarged and improved. The fifth edition forms the first part of the Universal Angler, by Walton, Cotton, and Venables, 12mo, Lond. 1676; and is accompanied by a second part (written by Cotton), which treats more fully of fly-fishing. The sixth and seventh editions were published in 1750 and 1759, by Moses Browne, author of the Piscatory Eclogues and other works. The eighth edition was published by Sir John Hawkins in 1760, and has been succeeded by many others since that period, of which one of the most recent and most beautifully adorned is that by John Major, with an introductory essay and illustrative notes. 8vo, Lond. 1823.

THE THIRD EDITION OF THE COMPLEAT GENTLEMAN, by HENRY PEACHAM, 4to, Lond. 1661, contains a chapter concerning Fishing.

THE EXPERIENCED ANGLER, OR ANGLING IMPROVED; being a general discourse of Angling. 8vo, Lond. 1662. This work, of which there are several editions, is by Colonel ROBERT VENABLES. Its fourth edition forms the third part of the Universal Angler.

ANGLING IMPROVED TO SPIRITUAL USES, forms part of an octavo volume entitled Occasional Reflections upon several Subjects, by the Hon. ROBERT BOYLE. 8vo, Lond. 1665.

In a volume called THE EPITOME OF THE ART OF HUSBANDRY, by J. B. Gent. 12mo, Lond. 1669, are brief

experimental directions for the right use of the angle. The author's name was Blagrave.

THE ANGLER'S DELIGHT; containing the whole Art of Neat and Clean Angling; wherein is taught the readiest way to take all sorts of Fish, from the Pike to the Minnow, together with their proper baits, haunts, and time of fishing for them, whether in mere, pond, or river. As also the method of fishing in Hackney River, and the names of all the best stands there; with the manner of making all sorts of good tackle fit for any water whatsoever. The like never before in print. By WILLIAM GILBERT, Gent. 12mo, Lond. 1676.

THE COMPLEAT TROLLER, OR THE ART OF TROLLING, by ROBERT NOBBES. 8vo, Lond. 1682. There are several editions of this work, of which the third and fourth are appended to the Angler's Pocket-Book.

GENTLEMAN'S RECREATIONS; treating of the Art of Horsemanship, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, and Agriculture. Fol. Lond. 1686.

THE GENTLEMAN'S RECREATION, in four parts, viz. Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing. 8vo, Lond. 1674. (By NICHOLAS COX.)

THE ANGLER'S VADE MECUM, OR A COMPENDIOUS YET FULL DISCOURSE OF ANGLING. By T. CHEETHAM. 8vo, Lond. 1681.

NORTHERN MEMOIRS, calculated for the meridian of Scotland; wherein most or all of the Cities, Citadels, Seaports, Castles, Forts, Fortresses, Rivers, and Rivulets, are compendiously described; to which is added, the Contemplative and Practical Angler, by way of diversion; with a Narrative of that dextrous and mysterious Art experimented in England, and perfected in more remote and solitary parts of Scotland; by way of Dialogue: writ in the year 1658, but not till now made public. By RICHARD FRANK, Philanthropus. 8vo, Lond. 1694. Of this curious volume a reprint was published of late years. THE GENTLEMAN FISHER, OR THE WHOLE ART OF ANGLING. 8vo, Lond., second edition, 1727. THE TRUE ART OF ANGLING, by J. S. 24to, Lond. 1696. THE COMPLEAT FISHER, OR THE TRUE ART OF ANG

LING, by J. S., third edition, 1704. The preceding work, revised and corrected by W. WRIGHT and other experienced anglers, was republished in 1740.

THE COMPLEAT FISHERMAN; being a large and particular account of all the several ways of Fishing now practised in Europe; by JAMES SAUNDERS, Esq. of Newton-Awbery, upon Trent. 12mo, Lond. 1724.

THE GENTEEL RECREATION, OR THE PLEASURE OF ANGLING; a Poem: with a Dialogue between Piscator and Corydon. By JOHN WHITNEY, a lover of the Angle. 8vo, Lond. 1700.

THE SCHOOL OF RECREATION, OR A GUIDE TO THE MOST INGENIOUS EXERCISES; by R. H. 8vo, Lond. 1701.

THE SECRETS OF ANGLING; by C. G. 12mo, Lond. 1705. THE ANGLER'S SURE GUIDE, OR ANGLING IMPROVED AND METHODICALLY DIGESTED: by R, H., Esq. 8vo, Lond. 1706.

THE INNOCENT EPICURE, OR THE ART OF ANGLING; a Poem. 8vo, Lond. 1697.

THE WHOLE ART OF FISHING; being a Collection and Improvement of all that has been written on this Subject; with many New Experiments. 12mo, Lond. 1714. The second edition of this Work is entitled The Gentleman Fisher, or the Whole Art of Angling. 8vo, Lond. 1727.

A DISCOURSE OF FISH AND FISH-PONDS; by a PERSON OF HONOUR. 8vo, London. The author of this Work was the Hon. ROGER NORTH. A subsequent edition (of which there were more than one) bears the date of 1713. It was also published as an appendage to the Gentleman Farmer. 8vo, Lond. 1726.

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S VADE MECUM; by G. JACOB, Gent. 8vo, Lond. 1717; and the COMPLEAT SPORTSMAN, by the same author (1718), of which the 3d part relates to Fish and Fishing.

ENGLAND'S INTEREST, OR THE GENTLEMAN AND FARMER'S FRIEND; by SIR JOHN MOORE. 8vo, Lond. 1721. THE GENTLEMAN ANGLER. Lond. 1726.