7 APRIL 1888, Page 23

The Silver Trout. By Sir Randal H. Roberts, Bart. (W.

H. Allen.)—This is a collection of slight—very slight—stories and papers reprinted from the Field and Land and Water. The stories are not remarkably entertaining, and the papers are not remarkably in- structive. "Trout-Fishing lathe Rhenish Provinces" is, however, novel and interesting. It shows that there are still fresh streams for the English angler within twenty-four hours of home. But in the par- ticular case of the Ahr, and other German streams to which we are introduced, it would seem that the fisherman should not only put money in his pouch, but also German on his tongue, or he is likely to find himself in difficulties with the natives.