FISHPINGLE
A ROMANCE OF THE
COUNTRYSIDE
BY
HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL
AUTHOR OF
“QUINNEYS’.” “JELF’S,” “THE TRIUMPH OF TIM,”
ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1917
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To The
COUNTRY GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
FISHPINGLE
Table of Contents
PREFACE
A Romance of the Countryside needs no preface. Butunderlying the adventures and misadventures of thestory is an obvious purpose, and the importunities of anypurpose, if denied expression in the main narrative, dopress forward, with a justifiable relevance, when thatnarrative is completed