30 APRIL 1898, Page 14

Angling Done Here. By W. Carter Platte. (Jarrold and Sons.)—This

is a series of amusing sketches of fishermen and their craft, their virtues, and their weaknesses, especially their tendency to adorn their tales. The humour is sometimes a little too broad for our taste ; there are things which are not suitable for jokes. Still, the book is harmless on the whole, and certainly funny, somewhat in the fashion of American fun.