WILD LIFE IN HAMPSHIRE HIGHLANDS. By G.A.B. Dewar.

1899 1st edition. 8vo (139 x 208mm). Ppxii,304. B/w illustrations by R.W.A. Rouse and Ralph Hodgson, decorative end-papers. Top edge gilt. Pictorial blue cloth gilt, gilt titles spine.

Illustrated with 5 intaglio sepia etchings by R.W.A. Rouse, and 2 coloured engravings by Ralph Hodgson, endpapers and chapter headings from drawings by Arthur Rackham. 310 pp. Blue or dark green pictorial cloth gilt uniform with other titles in this series. 8vo. Published at 7/6d. A volume of Dent's "Haddon Hall Library" series, edited by the Marquess of Granby and George A.B. Dewar. Chapter V (pages 94 to 136) is on Angling In Hampshire, and is principally concerned with dry fly fishing for trout on the River Test. Chapters include: In Hampshire Highlands; From Sarum to Winchester; The sweet of the year; The woodlands' medley; Angling in Hampshire; A bird's-nester's notes; Among the butterflies; The silent time; In the autumn fields; Winter sport and wild life (two chapters).