The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation What, not a word for thee, 0 little tome, Brown jerkined, fi'iendlyfaeed - qf all my books The one that wears the quaintest, kindliest looks Seems most completely, easily at home Amongst its fellows. Ah! If thou couldst tell Thy story - how, in sz'xteen fifty-three, Good Master Marriott, standing at its door, Saw Anglers hurrying - fi¿y - nay, three store, To buy thee ere noon pealed from Dunstan's bell And how he stared and shook his sides with glee. One story, this, which fact or fiction weaves. Meanwhile, adorn my shelf, beloved of all Old book! With lavender between thy leaves, A nd twenty ballads round thee on the wall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.