19 NOVEMBER 1898, Page 30

In Pursuit of the Trout. By George A. B. Dewar.

(J. M. Dent and Co.) — Some of the sketches have been published before, but their reappearance together cannot fail to charm those who read this little book, which is so attractively got up. The art of dry-fly fishing has no abler exponent than Mr. Dewar, and whilst those who are unfamiliar with it may learn that there is pleasure to be found in the sights and sounds of Nature when waiting on the river-bank for the "rise," those who are already enthusiasts will be vividly reminded of many a happy hour, of many a triumph or heartbreaking disaster in their own experi- ence.