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Copies: Unlimited
Extent: 210pp
Size: 192 x 138mm
Binding: Hardback with dust-jacket
Illustrations: One tipped-in colour illustration, two black and white photographs (loose)
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An Angler at Large (7)
William Caine
William Caine was one of the most versatile Bohemians of his time; a clever novelist, a flamboyant genius, a gifted, sentimental writer. He loved fishing, being an angler of many wiles and he loved to amuse people. An Angler at Large is a collection of his witty angling essays on a variety of fishy subjects, both game and coarse. In the foreword, which he addresses to H. T. Sheringham (then Editor of the The Field) he says:
I do not apologise for the Angler at Large. I prefer to say that the book is a good book, and that I congratulate the public on its appearance. I do not hesitate to own that it is a book which I am glad to possess; that I am sure it is one which a great number of people ought to buy - if only to give it instantly away. I will even declare that it is a book which should be translated into all polite languages.
I could develop this theme indefinitely, but I find that, while I am putting its proper valuation upon your judgement, I am almost losing sight of that modesty which it still behoves an author in some degree to preserve.
I think enough has been said to show that I am in a very embarrassing situation.
So here is the book for you.
I do not apologise for the Angler at Large. I prefer to say that the book is a good book, and that I congratulate the public on its appearance. I do not hesitate to own that it is a book which I am glad to possess; that I am sure it is one which a great number of people ought to buy - if only to give it instantly away. I will even declare that it is a book which should be translated into all polite languages.
I could develop this theme indefinitely, but I find that, while I am putting its proper valuation upon your judgement, I am almost losing sight of that modesty which it still behoves an author in some degree to preserve.
I think enough has been said to show that I am in a very embarrassing situation.
So here is the book for you.
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