Word: izaak
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ANGLING is somewhat like poetry, men are to be born so," said Izaak Walton; and Bliss Perry's three essays on fishing seem abundant proof of this statement. Only a born angler could write with such gusto, or make the subject seem so alive to the reader. Three essays--"Fishing with a Worm," "Fishing with a Fly," and "Revisiting a River"--make up this book; all appeared in the Atlantic Monthly...
...volume on the separation of Church and State. Books of travel, natural history and biography flow incessantly from the pen of Minister of Education Herriot, whose Madame Recamier has attained moderate sale in the U. S.* Minister of Public Works Tardieu is known for his America in Arms. The Izaak Walton of the Cabinet is Minister of Colonies Perrier, who has brought forth two books on fishing. Minister of Interior Sarraut has written much on civil government. Finally there stand on many a Parisian bookshelf two fat volumes of poems by Minister of Marine Leygues...
...honorary member of the Izaak Walton League of America, President Coolidge expects to fish at White Pine Camp, N. Y. He suggested that newspapermen find some good spots and "lead him to them...
...distance in the surf -manly exercises all. But does the missile fly farthest from rod, arm, club or bow? Which engine is superior in speed, in accuracy? A hypothetical question, surely; one that might be debated i Erewhon on Midsummer Day, with Walter Travis expatiating kindly to Amos Rusie, Izaak Walton put-tnig in a gnarled, shy word, and the laughter of Robin Hood foaming clear and soft like the ale in his cup. Or fancy Lou Gehrig, Yankee first baseman, Leo Diegel, Canadian open golf champion, Edwin F. Harkins, famed fisherman, and Er. Paul W. Crouse, champion...
...Last week, Senator Borah was at Bridgeport, Conn. He inveighed against the World Court because it lacked perfection. He raised the question of confiscated German property, a matter of national honor. He went to Chicago, addressed the Izaak Walton League...