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ADAM: his early education
     his opinion of woman,
"Afghan's Knife, The"
Algebra: the equation of life
"Alice Lorraine,"
"Along New England Roads,"
Altars of remembrance
"Amateur Angler's Days in Dove Dale, An,"
"American Angler's Book, The,"
"American Salmon Angler,The,"
"Among New England Hills,"
"Angler, The Cornpleat," See Walton, Izaak.
Angler: the education of an
"Angler's Guide, The,"
Angling: an affair of luck; a means of escape from tędium vitę
     books about, classified
"Angling Reminiscences" of Thomas Tod Stoddart
"Angling Sketches," by Andrew Lang
Antony: deceived by Cleopatra
Arden, the Forest of: direction for reaching
Ascension Day: good for fishing

Bald Mountain
Banquets: two delectable ones
Baptists, Seventh-Day: an inducement to join them
Barber: the philosophic conduct of a
Barker, Thomas
Bartlett, Mr. John: piscatorial collection of
Bergen: town of
Berries; Izaak Walton quoted on
Bethune, Rev. Dr. George W., an editor of Walton
Birds: their unexpectedness; their courage
     their manner of singing.
Birds named:
     Blue jay
     Boblink
     Brown thrush
     Catbird
     Crow
     English sparrow, not a bird
     Grosbeak, rose-breasted
     Hooded warbler. Kingbird
     Mockingbird
     Oriole
     Parrot
     Partridge
     Pigeon-hawk
     Redstart
     Robin
     Rose - breasted grosbeak
     Ruffed grouse
     Spotted sandpiper
     Swallow
     Thrush
     Veery
     Vireos
     Water-thrush
     White-throat
     Wood thrush
     Wren
     Yellow-throat
     Yellow warblers
Black, William: his knowledge of angling
Blackmore, R. D.; fishing described by
"Book of the Black Bass,"
Borgund: church at
Boyle, Hon. Robert
Brogue: as an ornament of speech
Brook: a lazy, idle; in the bower; considered as a sign,
    the lesson of a; fishing in a
Browsing: a diversion for anglers
Burroughs, John
Butler, Dr. William: his pleasant saying about the strawberry
    his character as a physician and a philosopher
"By Meadow and Stream,"
Byron, Lord: a detractor of Walton
Camp-fire: the art of kindling a
Camping: pleasures of
Cannon Mountain,
"Chalk-Stream Studies,"
Chance: a good word with a bad reputation
Chatto, William Andrew
Cheerfulness: a virtue in good talk
Christian character: illustrated
Civilization: a nervous disease
Cleopatra
"Cloister and the Hearth, The"
Colquhoun, John
Conversation: compared with talk
Cook: a good
Cooking-fire: the art of kindling a
Cotton, Charles
Crinkle-root
"Crocker's Hole,"
Crosby, Chancellor Howard: a good talker
Davy, Sir Humphry: slighted by Christopher North
"Days in Clover,"
Days: Superstitions about them
Dennys, John: "The Secrets of Angling," quoted
DePeyster, Mr. and Mrs.: the success of, in the art of the angler
De Quincey, Thomas
Deucalion: the first artistic fisherman
Dickinson, Emily: quoted
Drivstuen
Eagle Cliff
Elizabeth, Queen
Elk: the Tarn of the
Emerson, Ralph Waldo: quoted
English sparrows: beasts, not birds
"Essays Critical and Imaginative'' of Christopher North
Etnadal
"Ettrick Shepherd," the
Fagornaes
Faleide
Fawkes, Guy
Fire: fear of animals of; kindling a fire in the woods;
     the camp-fire; the cooking-fire;
     the smudge-fire; the little friendship-fire.
Fish: their waywardness; how an angler feels about them;
     whether they can  hear; domesticated.
Fish named:
     Grass-pike
     Grayling
     Grilse
     Ouananiche
     Pickerel
     Pike
     Salmon
     Sunfish
     Trout
"Fishin' Jimmy,"
Fishing: passim; an affair of luck; lucky days for; a means of escape from routine;
     the only eventful mode of life; good luck in, deserving of gratitude;
     the schooling of a woman angler; catching pickerel through the ice;
     the best winter diversion in-doors; books on; fish and fishing;
     in old streams and new.
"Fish-Tails and a Few Others,"
Flies: various theories for the use of; the grasshopper a last hope; style in.
Flowers: wild and tame; luck in finding.
Flowers named:
     Anemone.
     Anemone, double rue
     Bishop's-cap
     Gentian, fringed
     Hare-bells
     Heart's-ease
     Laurel, mountain
     Loose-strife, yellow
     Orchid, purple-fringed
     Prince's pine
     Rosemary
     Rue
     Twin-flower,
     Violet
"Fly-Fisher's Entomology,The,"
"Fly-Rods and Fly-Tackle,"
Fontainebleau
Forester, Frank
Forests: real and artificial
Fox: red
Franck, Richard: a detractor of Walton
Franconia Mountains
Freedom of spirit: an essential of good company
"Fresh Woods,"
Friendliness: its magical power
Friendsinp-fire, the little
Gambling: a harmless variety of
"Game Fish of the North,"
Garfield, Mount
Geiranger-Fjord: cliffs of
Goff: respectfully alluded to
Gratitude: a virtue
Graygown, my Lady: her praise, dedication
Grayling
Great South Bay, the
Greetings: their significance; superior quality of the angler's salutation
Grey, Sir Edward
Habits: the pleasure of changing them
Hall, Bradneck
Hamlet
Hastings, Lady Elizabeth: her "liberal education,"
"Heart, A Contented,"
"Heart of Midlothian, The,"
Henry Esmond: romantic love in
Higginson, Colonel Thomas Wentworth: quoted
Honeymoon: a Norwegian
Houses: the disadvantage of living in them; built by four-footed architects
Humour: as a moans of grace
"Hypatia,"
"I Go A-Fishing,"
Indolence, defined; the teachers of
Indvik Fjord
Irving, Washington: quoted
James, William: His defence of chance
James of Scotland
Jefferies, Richard: quoted
Jefferson, Joseph: as an angler; as fisherman
Jerkin
"John Inglesant,"
Johnson, Dr. Samuel: his word "clubable,"; quoted
"Jungle Books, The,"
Kant, Emmanuel: his rules for talk
Kariol
Katahdin, Mount
King, Clarence: a good talker
"King Lear"
Kingsley, Charles
Kinsman Mountain
Lafayette, Mount
Lake George: a scene on
Lakes named:
     George
     Loenvand, the
     Moosehead
     Pharaoh
     Rangeley
     St. John
Lamb, Charles: quoted, 2; his essays
"Land of Steady Habits, The,"
Landaff valley
Long, Mr. Andrew: his "Angllng Sketches,"
Life: reflections, chiefly upon its uncertainty
     the philosophy of a quiet llfe
"Little Flowers of St. Francis," quoted
Loenvand, the
Long Island: a good place to cure insomnia
"Lorna Doone,"
Love: romaniic love not the "greatest thing in the world,"
Lovers: sudden appearance of, in the landscape in spring
     their relation to the landscape
     charm added to the landscape by
     society arranged for their convenience
Lowell, James Russell: quoted; alluded to
Lucian: his dubious fish story
Luck: indispensable to fishermen; varieties of
     the charm of trying it; a subject for gratitude;
     not to be boasted of; a parable of life;
     the way to make friends of it
Luther, Martin: his opinion of pike
Lytton, Sir Edward Bulwcr, his fishy advice
"Macbeth,"
Macduff, the Reverend Bellicosus
"Madame Delphine,"
Malignancy: a brilliant example of
Marriage: philosophically considered
Marston, Mr. Edward
Mary, "Bloody" Queen
"Maxims and Hints for an Angler,''
McCabe, W. Gordon: how he crossed thc Atlantic
McCosh, Dr. James: his manner of speech
Milton, John: quoted
Montaigne, M. de: quoted, title page; variations on a theme from
Moody, Martin, Esq.
"Moor and the Loch, The,"
Moosilauke
Mountains: the real owner of the
"My Novel,"
Nedre Vasenden: the station at
Newport: sport at
Norcross Point
Norris, Thaddeus
Norway: a honeymoon in
"Nōtre Dame,"
North, Christopher
"Occasional Reflections" of Hon. Robert Boyle
Odnaes
"Ole 'Stracted,"
Othello
"Owl Creek Letters,"
Parrots: productive of un-Christian feelings
"Peace and War"
Penn, Richard
Peppermint
Pike
Piscater
Plutarch: his fish story of Anthony and Cleopatra
Preserves: for fish
Pride: unbecoming in a fisherman
Prime, Dr. William C.
"Procession of the Flowers, The,"
Pronunciation, correct: as a mania
"Quo Vadis,"
Rabbit: cotton-tail
"Rambles with a Fishing-Rod," of E. S. Roscoe
Randsfjord
Raphael, the Archangel: bis one-sided affability
Rauma: the vale of the
"Recreations of Christopher North, The,"
"Redgauntlet:" angling in
Remembrance: altars of
"Rip Van Winkle,"
"Rise of Silas Lapham, The,"
Ristigouche,
"Rivals, The,"
Rivers, named:
     Ausable
     Baegna
     Bouquet
     Dove
     Gale
     Hudson
     Lea
     Marshpee
     Meacham,
     Metabetehouan
     Moose
     Naeselv
     Natasheebo
     Neversink
     New
     Penobscot
     P'tit Saguenay
     Randsfjord
     Rauma
     Ristlgouche
     Saguenay
     Shepaug
     Swiftwater
     Ulvaa
     Willowemoc
Rob Roy: an eel named
"Rod in India, The,"
Romola
Romsdal, the
Ronalds, Mr.: quoted
Roosevelt, Mr. Robert B.
Roscoe, E. S.
"Roundabout Papers,"
Sabbath-Day Point
Sage, Mr. Dean: piscatorial library of
Saguenay, the Big
Saguenay, the Little
Salmon
"Salmonia,"
"Schuylkill Fishing Company,"
Scott, Sir Walter: quoted
Sermon: a good one
Singlewitz, Solomon: quoted
"Sketch Book,"
Skogstad: the station at
Skydsgut
Slosson, Mrs. Annie Trumbull: her "Fishin' Jimmy,"
Slumber Song, A
Smallness: not a mark of inferiority
Smith, Captain John
Smudge; the art of kindling a
Spearmint
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Brandan
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Peter
Stedman, Mr. Edmund Clarence
Steele, Richard: quoted
Stevenson, Robert Louis: quoted
Stoddart, Thomas Tod
Stolkjaerres
Storm King Club: a festival of
Strawberry, the: one that God made; imputed to England; wild and tame
Stuefloten
Style: the value of
Summer Schools: persons for whom they have no attractions
Sunday: fishing on
"Superior Fishing,"
Swiftwater: a well-named brook
Talk: anglers urged to; varieties of; obstacles to its perfection.
Talkability: defined; a talkable person; contrasted with talkativity;
     not the same as eloquence; commended; the fourfold conditions of;
     goodness; freedom; gayety; friendship.
Tarn of the Elk, the; trout in.
Telephone: its influence on manners
Tennyson: as a talker; quoted
Tent: life in a
Thackeray, W. M.: quoted
Thersites: as a journalist
Thomas, H. S.
"Three Musketeers, The,"
Timoleon: the unlucky one
Tobias, the sun of Tobit: his adventure with a pike
Tommy's Rock: a good place for blackfish
"Treasure Island,"
Trees: why boys and girls love them
Trench, Archbishop
Trolley-car: the blessings of its absence
Trout; taste of, for flies;
     in Norway; in the Tarn of the Elk; in the Rauma in Narway;
     a good catch; eating vs. catching.
Twin Mountain.
Vacations: can be taken without long journeys.
Valders, the vale of
Vergil: quoted
Virginia: talk in; its strawberries; bread in a Virginia country house.
Walton, Izaak: described; quoted; his luck in literature; his detractors;
     Dr. Bethune's edition of; fishermen born, not made.
Warner, Charles Dudley: quoted.
Water: emblem of instability.
Weather: a subject of talk; various remarks on
Webster, Daniel: as an angler
Wells, Mr. Henry P.
Wife: the right kind of a
Wilson, Professor John; "A. M." and "F. R. S.,"
"Winter's Tale, A,"
Women wanting in natural ability to fish
Woods: scenes in the
"Words and Their Uses,"
Wordsworth, William: quoted
Wotton, Sir Henry: quoted
Youth: a recipe for renewing

 
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