THE TROUT FISHERMAN'S BEDSIDE BOOK. By Arthur R. Macdougall, Jr.

(1963) 1964 1st UK edition. 8vo (142 x 209mm). Pp224. B/w illustrations by John Pimlott, pictorial end-papers. Cream bonded leather printed in red and gilt.

An attractive collection of articles and essays by a first-rate American writer, touching occasionally on shooting as well as fishing. Contents include:- Adam was the father of all anglers; The gray ghost and stuffed shirts; The old-fashioned rules; The sedulous sons of science; Trout eat this and that; Matchsticks and so on; More about matchsticks and so on; The fly a little girl tied; How to fish the wrong way right; The best fly is not yet; Certain uncertain certainties; Rods and rods; Of ponds and lakes and men; If I had my life to live over; Help save the duck hunters; A hell of a mess; Trout fishing through the ice; Cold-storage memories; How to be an outdoorsman; Bonasa umbellus umbellus; About a hound dog; The porcupine is a Roman; Where to fish for trout in Maine; Look under the boat; The man I rowed; Tenting in a tent; Dinnering out; When the Shadbush blows; The almighty thump; I want him; The big one gets away; But don't cuss; Jacob of the Bunter Pool; The evidence at Brandy Pond; Fried trout and salt pork; Tight lines.