THE STOLEN YEARS. By Hugh Falkus. Second Edition. With 49 drawings by the author.

(1965) 1979 2nd edition. 8vo (220 x 146mm). Pp216. B/w illustrations by the author. Brown cloth, spine titled in gilt.

Falkus recollects his boyhood, spent fishing, sailing and wildfowling. Chapters include: Father and the magneto; Puggy Dimmond; Rats; Spilt milk; The eel; "Sea Witch;" The day; The cruise of the "Seagull;" Beachcombers; The wigeon; The reef; Broad beans; The bite; Stranger on the shore; Wait till you see; "Night Wind;" The farmhouse; The Stolen Years. This second edition contains a new prologue with the story of the air battle over France, his capture and imprisonment.