Angling Sketches - Softcover

Lang, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1162653213 ISBN 13: 9781162653211

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Angling Sketches is a collection of essays written by Scottish author and journalist Andrew Lang, originally published in 1895. The book is a charming and witty account of Lang's experiences as an angler, covering everything from his favorite fishing spots to his thoughts on the ethics of the sport. Lang writes about his adventures in Scotland, England, and France, and shares his observations on the natural world, the people he meets, and the fish he catches. The book is filled with beautiful descriptions of rivers, lakes, and countryside, as well as Lang's reflections on the joys and frustrations of fishing. Angling Sketches is a classic of angling literature, and a must-read for anyone who loves fishing or the great outdoors.There is something mysterious in loch-fishing, in the tastes and habits of the fish which inhabit the innumerable lakes and tarns of Scotland. It is not always easy to account either for their presence or their absence, for their numbers or scarcity, their eagerness to take or their ""dourness."" For example, there is Loch Borlan, close to the well-known little inn of Alt-na-geal-gach in Sutherland.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Reseña del editor

There is something mysterious in loch-fishing, in the tastes and habits of the fish which inhabit the innumerable lakes and tarns of Scotland. It is not always easy to account either for their presence or their absence, for their numbers or scarcity, their eagerness to take or their "dourness." For example, there is Loch Borlan, close to the well-known little inn of Alt-na-geal-gach in Sutherland.

Biografía del autor

Andrew Lang (March, 31, 1844 July 20, 1912) was a Scottish writer and literary critic who is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang s academic interests extended beyond the literary and he was a noted contributor to the fields of anthropology, folklore, psychical research, history, and classic scholarship, as well as the inspiration for the University of St. Andrew s Andrew Lang Lectures. A prolific author, Lang published more than 100 works during his career, including twelve fairy books, in which he compiled folk and fairy tales from around the world. Lang s Lilac Fairy and Red Fairy books are credited with influencing J. R. R. Tolkien, who commented on the importance of fairy stories in the modern world in his 1939 Andrew Lang Lecture On Fairy-Stories.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1162653213
• ISBN 13: 9781162653211
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 78
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar