Dovedale Revisited. By the Amateur Angler. (Sampson Low, Marston, and
Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—We are always glad to meet the "Amateur Angler." He is modest; he is not provokingly success- ful; he is not too proud to turn the laugh against himself. He can see other things besides fish, and find a pleasure in seeing them, and—what is more to the present purpose—give his readers no little delight by describing them. In this volume we are taken to other places besides Dovedale,—to a spot, prudently left un- named, in the Fairford country—we wonder whether its name begins with a "D "—to the Teme, near Leintwardine, where he found his dry fly something of a failure in fishing for grayling; to the Lea, a stream which those whose memories go back a genera- tion or so do not care to visit; and to the Isle of Wight, where he had the privilege of fishing some productive millponds. If there is any reader of fishing literature who needs an introduction to the "Amateur Angler," here it is.
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