IN the great experiments which made Robert Boyle the \'father of chemistry\', we find him saying, every now and then, that his purpose was “the Improvement of Knowledge, and not of Trade”, or other words to that effect ; for he knew that “both Scholars and Gentlemen are wont to look upon the Enquiry into Manufactures as a Mechanick employment, and consequently below them”. After two hundred and fifty years we have changed our minds, and come to see that science must pay its way, and stand or fall, like all other occupations, by the measure of its usefulness to mankind. It has been somewhat hard to learn this lesson, and to trim our course to the new concept of \'science\' ; but we have a plain example in the study of the sea, where many sciences meet together, and do so (if you only leave them alone) to the benefit of all who do their business in the great waters. How this happens is told by Michael Graham in “The Fish Gate”, with ample knowledge, industrial and scientific, of the fisheries, with many beautiful illustrations, and with a literary taste and skill which touch art, from the title-page to the end of the book.First edition of this history of Fishing & the Fishing Industry at the middle of the last century. The book is in overall good condition, with b&w photos throughout. The dust jacket is slightly soiled, with sun damage to the spine & wear to the edges.