2 OCTOBER 1897, Page 26

Hopkins' Pard, and other Sketches. By Robert T. Morris. (G.

P. Putnam's Sons.)—Here we have some vivid sketches of Nature and sport. " The Autocrat of the Eddy " is a good specimen. There is a touch of Nature in it that makes the English angler feel distinctly akin to his Transatlantic brother. Here, too, we have seen such "autocrats" disappear for ever just when the landing-net was being reached out to secure them. Some of the words which Mr. Morris uses are strange. We may guess what is meant by a " sucker," but what are " shytepokes " ? We commend this little volume to the angler.