Fly fishing
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is part of: Hawthorn Fly Fishing & Angling Collection
is part of: The Haddon Hall Library
creator: Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, Viscount, 1862-1933
issued: 2018-03-01
issued: 1907
description: Edition: Fourth and cheaper edition, May 1907.
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/hawthorn/items/1.0364313/source.json
extent: xiii, 276 pages : illustrations
format: application/pdf
note: r *i* THE LIBRARY THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ~I A.o.h- HADDON HALL ,» ^r^§y MARQUESS OF GRANBY AND MR. GEORGE A. B. DEWAR t£ FLY FISHING BY SIR EDWARD GREY LONDON J. M. DENT # CO., ALDINE HOUSE 29 far 30 BEDFORD STREET, W.C 1907 F:r,t Edition, April 1899 Second Edition, July 1899 i Cheaper Edition, May 1907 vss^ GENERAL PREFACE IN bringing the Haddon Hall Library to the notice of the public, an explanation from me of its scope and aims would seem necessary. Probably more literature in relation to British sport, natural history, and country life has appeared during the last decade than has been produced at any previous time. Several excellent series of illustrated books, dealing with sport in its various branches, have been published during that period, and may seem at first sight largely to cover the ground which the editors hope that the Haddon Hall Library will occupy: whilst the delightful writings of such authors as Mr. Warde Fowler and WA Son of the Marshes," among many others, have brought home to a multitude vi GENERAL PREFACE of readers the fact that, in spite of the growth of cities and the reclaiming of wild and waste places, there still exist in this country abundant opportunities for those who are wise enough to study and take delight in natural history. If therefore this Preface should somewhat overstep the usual limits, my apology must be that the editors are desirous of making quite clear the position which the Haddon Hall Library will aspire to take in the already extensive field of literature bearing on English country life. They hope that the Haddon Hall Library will not only help to fill up such gaps as there may be in the mass of practical information on wild creatures and on sports, contained in the books already published, but also that its contributors will succeed in describing their different pursuits with the true sympathy of those who love the open air, and who decline to regard sport solely from the destructive point of view, whil…
has type: Books
identifier: SH456 .G7 1907
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0364313
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : J.M. Dent & Co., Aldine House
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Woodward Library. Memorial Room. Hawthorn collection. SH456 .G7 1907
subject: Fly fishing
subject: Flies, Artificial
subject: Trout fishing
subject: Atlantic salmon fishing
subject: Fishing
type: Text