The idyl of the split-bamboo

Opening of the book

Two boys, standing, put on a lure to a fishing line. A third boy, back to viewer, is fishing in the pond beyond.

COPYRIGHT BY THE CENTURY CO.

THE FORERUNNER OF THE SPLIT-BAMBOO

Sketch of a fish caught on the end of a line, and a net about to bring the fish out of the water. Text below is overlaid on the image.

THE IDYL OF

Tƒŧ SǙƯƗǵ-BĵƽœLjLj

A Carefully Detailed Description

of the Rod’s Building

Prefaced by

a Dissertation on the Joys of Angling

there being appended some Information on

the Home Cultivation of Silkworm-Gut

and Suggestions on Landing-Nets and

other Equipment, and for

The Angler’s Camp

BY

GEORGE PARKER HOLDEN, M.D., F.A.C.S.

PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED

CINCINNATI

STEWART & KIDD COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
STEWART & KIDD COMPANY
All rights reserved
COPYRIGHT IN ENGLAND

TƒƗǪ AƿƄƯŧǡǪ’ BLjLjƫ
ƗǪ DŧŠƗŕĵǵŧŠ
fiǡǪǵ Ljż ĵƯƯ, ǵLj
THAT DEAR WOMAN
WHO “LETS ME;”
NEXT, TO THE MEMORY OF A FRIEND,
SIDNEY HUGHES
—A QUIET AND GENTLE
SON OF HIS LOVED SOUTHLAND,
WHERE HE DROPPED ASLEEP—
WIZARD WITH A FLY, AND
TO WHOM I OWE MY FIRST
INTRODUCTION TO TROUTING;
AND, AFTER THESE,
TO THAT GENIAL COTERIE OF
CHERISHED COMPANIONS
WITH WHOM IT HAS BEEN MY GOOD FORTUNE
TO HAVE SPENT SOME OF THE MOST
JOYOUS HOURS OF MY LIFE
OUT-O’-DOOR

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