THE TROUT FLY DRESSER'S CABINET OF DEVICES, OR HOW TO TIE FLIES FOR TROUT AND GRAYLING FISHING. By the late H.G. McClelland. ("Athenian" of the "Fishing Gazette"). Second edition.

(1899) 1905 2nd edition. Tall 16mo (95 x 167mm). Ppviii,137+ 8pp ads. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and line drawings. Light green cloth backing light green paper-covered boards, spine titled in dark green. The title on the spine is simply How To Tie Flies For Trout And Grayling. H.G. McClelland.

"In him, the art of fly-dressing has lost, at a very early age, probably the most prolific, ingenious and inventive intellect of the century". (G.E.M. Skues in the Fishing Gazette). The cloth is simply titled, How to Tie Trout Flies. Chapters: On the exact imitation theory; On hooks; On materials; Dyeing, bleaching and other recipes; On the vice and tools; How to dress a wet fly; How to dress a dry fly; Parting observations and hints.