Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 2nd February 1885, Edition 1 of 1, Page 117

AN AMATEUR ANGLER ' S DAYS IN DOVE DALE . Being an Account of My Three Weeks' Holiday in Jnly and August 1884 . Imp . 32 mo . fancy boards , is . ; limp leather-cloth , gilt edges , is . 6 d . ? Also a Large Paper Edition , printed on hand- made paper-, parchment binding , price $ s . [ Ready . The Athenaeum says : — 'This is an amusing little The Bookseller : —* A dainty little volume . . . . The > iook written with much brightness and considerable author tells in a most charmingly simple style . . . . There iiterary skill . ' a is little much gem quiet in humour its way . ' in the book . . . . The dedication is The S tandard , Dec . 24 , 1 S 84 : — ' It is written in an exceptionally bright and genial style . . . . his writings The Literary World : — ' Others besides anglers will ob ttspeak servation an . intense A strong love with vein of of Nature quiet and humour a keen runs power throug of h read with interest this pleasant record of a holiday . ' samemnes antly the volu written me play little i ^ ful ngled books Altogether which thoug we it nave is hts one read sometimes of the for a most long serious pleas time . - , p , j leasant , The e guas Sunday hour i . eJcte in * n reading / , Times ore books . ' says . . . :- . ' One We have of those enjoyed charming a very The Daily News says : — Herein is the charm of the _ ... . _ . f ... ¦ . thoroughly book ... with For true an amateur Dove Dale , he flavour certainly . ' saturates you to tuxesque its T 1 merits * e Publishers scenery . ' will , ' welcome Circular this : — fresh 'All and lovers natural of this tribute pic The Pall Mall Gazette : — ' This is a pleasant book to read " now that the fields are dank and ways are mire . " ' Lloyd ' s Weekly : — 'A genial , pleasant little book r written in the happiest vein . ' but The by all World who appreciate says : — 'Not Nature merel y m by her brethren prettiest of the haunts rod , The Derby Mercury says : — 'We have read no ii will be found pleasant reading . ' pleasanter book of its kind . . . . Always genial , sometimes The Illustrated News says — This . charming ,., bit .- of invariably humorous , readable sometimes , disp thoughtful laying , , thoug sometimes h without playful parade , and , * a personal shelf where narrative Izaak . Walton . . will certainl and Charles y be preserved Cotton hold on many the tne signs of considerable culture . ' most honoured place . ' Exeter and Plymouth Gazette :- ' This is not the uJ ah . plenty f g raphic of . quiet . says humour :- . t Written iir in - it . n . . in a charming x . spiri • t » , cha sort We t of h and bookmaker u mcrry w as compan h that plcasant ions the hi critic p will companion impales beguile upon whose the hoi his pleasant hours hook , . ' The Field says : — ' Anyhow , the result of " The Dove & c The Dale principal Holidays charm " is a of deli the ghtfu little l pocket work is companion that it will . . . be . . T he Weekly Dispatch : — « A . j dainty - little i-iu book tu by a equally interesting to anglers and non-anglers . ' to disciple be named of Izaak with Walton his master , who , alike shows for himself steady not handling unworth of y good The -a bricht St . James little volume ' s Gazette . Worthy : —' -E of very gracious page accept of it is - pleasantl a line anJ y about for rambling the ins and use outs of of a a nea corner t pen of . Derb He yshire gossips / ancefroni all sorts and conditions of readers . ' - _ . _ Land and Water : —' This is a very charming little oe as 1 , he pleasant Daily , Telegraph a companion , : — ' b The y the fisherman waterside , who , as he must is many book . a . . long . One day of , and the we brightest look forward which we to the have publica read tion for pmal holidays as . an Sic . author . . . may , tells emp us loy how very he p spent leasantl three y , half weeks -an- ' of some more letters from the author . ' hour Thj ofany . r . ~ - ^ : ' s time XT ' t rr « 11 pleasure Spec to tator out of his - 'He fishing seems to ; and something have got of this good he is dea goo l of d peasant Pleasant £ fashion , how 1 ' a ^ delightfu v l TP l three L Tells weeks , ^ holiday , enough ** communicate his rcuders . ' My be spent in beautiful Dove Dale . ' The _ .. Banner „ : — T ^ ells ., most charming , . l . y his .. successes lnS . - Glas It gow is gracefull Herald y and : — ' li D ghtly ecidedl written y interesting . ... he and tells amus the - as wcl 1 as his failures . ' ! ' o y angler . . . should with be much withou quiet t this and excellent quaint little humour book . . ' . . . charm Decoration of style , the : — ' author Out of has very succeeded slight materials in making , by a sheer veiy The Whitehall Review : —* This is one of the most fasc taste inating . ' book . . . . The author shows a cultured aur * iung iiu | c books we have met with for some time . ' fc I- « ic , ^ St . Stephen ' s Review : — - ' No more charming sketches Warrinjfton . ' Guardian : — 'An entertaining series of * ork than this has been published for many a day . " j ^ » rmy and N avy Gazette ;— A very pleasant little of no Bath tc arc Herald forcible : — without ' His descriptions being labou of red scenery . ' and places Daily Chronicle : — ' An entertaining little book . ' handler ^ Yf t ? T the Dail than * £ rcur rod / and : ~~ < l £ e letters , is a mo will ' ? » skIllc read < ? cuing Civil httie Service book / Gaxette : — 'This charming and inter- with lovers a of great the picturesque deal pen ot pleaaurc » n nature . , whe . ther by angler * or by London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEARLE , & RIVINGTON , Crown Buildings , 188 Fleet Street , E . C . ^ , , . ; 5 ^»—— . ^^ . . . * ^—^—^— . . »»^^«» -.. »»^^^»»»«««»»»»»''»»»» iM » - ~««« " »»'' CV 1 ^ ___ _ g

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