REFLECTIONS OF A COUNTRYMAN. By Fred J. Taylor. Second edition.

(1982) 1997 2nd edition. 8vo (141 x 222mm). Pp192. B/w illustrations, lilac end-papers. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

Hard to find in the original edition. A new chance to obtain this collection of Fred J. Taylor's tales of rabbiting and fishing. Fred J. was always one of my favourite writers, partly because of our shared outlook on sport and partly because of his unfashionable emphasis on cooking and eating the quarry. Chapters include: Country kids; Knocker and Will; Nature's apprentice; A soldier sportsman; 'Angling in earnest'; Where fishing is for fun; Good sport, good friends; The American outdoors; Australian interlude; The changing scene; Afterword. Foreword by Tony Jackson.