  [1] “The Death of the Wye,” Images and Meditations, a Book of Poems, by Mary Duclaux. T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., London. [2] It is singular that this poem was written and published in 1849, and that Tennyson’s In Memoriam, which contained the famous lines: “’T is better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all,” was written in 1834 but not published until 1850, and then anonymously. This is surely very remarkable, for it is impossible to believe that a man of the high and noble character of Clough would have consciously plagiarised any other poet. [3] After the publication of these verses in the above article, as it originally appeared in the issue of Country Life for August 6, 1921, their authorship was discovered through the kindness of some of the readers of that journal and the enterprise of its editor. In a letter in Country Life for August 27, 1921, Bishop G. F. Browne, late Lord Bishop of Bristol, thus describes their origin. “The first three stanzas were composed at Lowick Rectory, Northants, by the rector, J. S. Watson, his daughter Betty, and Dean Ingram of Peterborough. The authors felt that there ought to be a concluding stanza, ambiguously stating a final result. I told the story to Father Waggett on our way from Bournemouth to Clouds, and he suggested ‘booked it’ as the point of a last stanza. On that hint I wrote the stanza. In my book I remark that its tendency would be unjust to any real fisherman’s imaginative powers.” [4] December 11, 18, 25, 1921. [5] January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 1922. [6] Field, February 18, 1922, p. 233. [7] “Velocity of Flight among Birds,” by Colonel R. Meinertzhagen, D.S.O., in the Ibis for April 1921, pp. 237-238. [8] Field, February 18, 1922, p. 234. [9] Wild Sports of the Highlands, chap. x. p. 135. [10] Field, February 18, 1922, pp. 233-234. [11] Ibis, April 1921, p. 234. [12] Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands, by Charles St. John, ch. x. p. 131. [13] See also the letter of Mr. H. G. Hurrell in the Field for March 8, 1923. [14] This is a very considerable warning—H. F. [15] Pp. 258-259 (Witherby & Co., London, 1914). [16] Pp. 35, 36. [17] Manual of British Birds, by Howard Saunders, 2nd ed. (Gurney & Jackson, London), pp. 264, 266. [18] History of the Birds of Europe, by Henry E. Dresser, F.L.S., F.Z.S. (1871-1881), vol. iv. p. 617. [19] A Practical Handbook of British Birds, edited by H. F. Witherby, vol. ii. pp. 7, 9. Witherby & Co., London, 1920. [20] Handbook to the Birds of Australia, by John Gould, F.R.S. (1865), vol. i. p. 104. London. [21] Vol. ii. p. 305, Porter, 6 Tenterden Street, W.; Dulau & Co., Soho Square, W., 1884. [22] Avicultural Magazine, Third Series, vol. x. No. 4, February 1919, pp. 73-74. [23] Vol. iv. p. 616. [24] British Birds Magazine, vol. xvi. No. 1 (June 1, 1922), p. 31. [25] The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma Birds, vol. iii. p. 173. Published under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in Council. Taylor & Francis, London, 1895. [26] Ibid. p. 174. [27] March 15, 1923. [28] Ornithological Dictionary of Birds, by Col. G. Montagu: 2nd edition by James Rennie, London, 1831. [29] Rough Shooting, by Richard Clapham, ch. vii. pp. 125-126. Heath Cranton, Ltd., London, 1922. [30] In One Hundred Years in the Highlands, p. 132 (Edward Arnold, London, 1921), Mr. Osgood Mackenzie quotes an extract from a diary of his uncle, Dr. John Mackenzie of Eileanach, in which an incident of this kind is described as having occurred in Kinlochewe Forest. [31] Adam & Charles Black, London, 1910. [32] See, for instance, the opinions of Mr. F. M. Halford in The Dry-Fly Man’s Handbook, p. 395 (George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., London); Mr. P. D. Malloch at p. 179 in the work previously cited; Mr. J. J. Armistead in An Angler’s Paradise, and how to obtain it; and Mr. Tom Speedy in The Natural History of Sport in Scotland with Rod and Gun (William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1920). [33] Martin Secker, London, 1917. [34] The Dry-Fly Man’s Handbook, p. 319 (George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., London). [35] A Lame Dog’s Diary, by S. Macnaughtan, pp. 239, 240 (John Murray, London, 1915). [36] “Canadian Boat Song,” St. Andrew’s Treasury of Scottish Verse, by Mrs. Alexander Lawson and Alexander Lawson, pp. 133, 134 (A. & C. Black, Ltd., London, 1920). Transcriber’s Note This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will be renamed. 1.F. 1.F.3. LIMITED RIGHT OF REPLACEMENT OR REFUND - If you discover a defect in this electronic work within 90 days of receiving it, you can receive a refund of the money (if any) you paid for it by sending a written explanation to the person you received the work from. 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