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...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...
...these essays, "Fishing with a Worm," long an angler's classic, remains the best. Perhaps it is inevitable that a defense of the under-dog, or of the worm, should have the greatest appeal, for as he says...
...fishing has had enough sacred poets celebrating it already. Isn't there a good deal to be said, after all, for fishing with a worm...
...Could there be a more illogical proceeding? And here follows the treatise--a Defense of results, an Apology for Opportunism--conceived in agreeable procrastination, devoted to the inconsequential angle-worm, and dedicated to a childish memory of a whistling carpenter...
...Early Worm" has the misfortune to get off on the wrong foot, whichever that may be, and for an alarmingly long period offers little or nothing. Then at a flick of the pen, or a particularly sound jab on the typewriter key the work gets under way, and one realizes that after all the worst is not to come but is behind in previous volumes Mr. Benchley has exhibited a particular inclination to clearing up any misunderstandings which may be current as to the why, wherefore and general makeup of the American family. He has taken us for rides...