and during seven years in which the work has been in progress, his ardour never for a moment abated. It is now for the public to judge of the result of his efforts; and the Editor, who has so often benefited by his bibliographical knowledge, cannot deny himself the pleasure of expressing a hope that he to whose taste and exertions these volumes owe nearly all their value, may derive from them the credit which he so well deserves. N. HARRIS NICOLAS. CONTENTS. Notice of Sir Henry Wotton's Fishing-house, near Eton APPENDIX TO THE MEMOIR of Walton. Extracts from Wills, Probates, and Letters of Administration of Persons of the name of Walton Walton's Dedication of the Complete Angler Commendatory Verses, addressed to Walton on the Publica- Containing the First Chapter, being "A Conference betwixt 19 The Third Chapter, containing Directions "How to Fish The Fourth Chapter, "On the Nature and Breeding of the And Part of the Fifth Chapter, "On the Trout " Containing the Seventeenth Chapter, "Of Roach and Dace". The Eighteenth Chapter, " Of the Minnow or Penk, Loach, Bullhead, or Miller's-Thumb, and the Sticklebag" PLATE LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS. I. PORTRAIT OF WALTON, from a Picture by Housman, in the 1 Frontispiece 2. VIGNETTE OF THE DEVICE OF WALTON, impaling the Arms of his two Wives, viz., Fludd and Ken; and the Arms of Cotton, impaling his two Wives, viz., Hutchinson and Russell, drawn by Mr Willement, engraved on wood by Byfield 3. VIEW OF SIR Henry WottoN'S FISHING-HOUSE on the Banks of the Thames, near Eton, drawn by Mr Edward Hassell, engraved by J. Adcock. 4. VIEW FROM THE LAWN OF SIR H. WOTTON'S FISHING-HOUSE, 6. PORTRAIT (whole length) of IZAAK WALTON, from a Painting by Mr Inskipp, engraved by H. Robinson 7. ENGRAVED TITLE, designed by T. Stothard, R.A., engraved by A. Fox. 8. MADELEY MANOR, the Seat of John Offley, Esq., engraved by Augustus Fox 9. FACSIMILE of the TITLE-PAGE of the First Edition of the Compleat Angler, 1653 10. Vignette of a Mill-dam, drawn by Delamotte, engraved by Fox II. THE GREETING AT TOTTENHAM HIGH CROSS, drawn by T. 12. VIGNETTE, Head-piece, drawn by T. Stothard, R.A., engraved 13. INTERIOR OF THEOBALDS, from a Print by Sparrow, from an Original Picture then in the Collection of Earl Poulet, at Hinton St George, engraved by Fox 14. EXTERIOR OF THEOBALDS, from a Picture by Vinkenboom, in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, engraved by J. Rich. ardson Preface cxxix |