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. List of the Books formerly belonging to Izaak Walton, now in Account of Walton's Charities to the Town of Stafford List of Portraits of Walton's Family, in the possession of his Walton's Dedication of the Complete Angler His Epistles to the Reader in the First, Second, and Fifth Containing the First Chapter, being "A Conference betwixt 19 The Third Chapter, containing Directions "How to Fish And Part of the Fifth Chapter, "On the Trout" 120 The Tenth Chapter, "On the Bream" The Eleventh Chapter, "On the Tench" The Twelfth Chapter, "On the Perch" The Eighteenth Chapter, " Of the Minnow or Penk, Loach, LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS. PLATE 1. PORTRAIT OF WALTON, from a Picture by Housman, in the Possession of the Rev. Dr Hawes, of Salisbury, copied by Mr Derby, engraved by W. Humphrys 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, with Windsor Castle and Eton College in the distance, drawn by Mr Hassell, engraved by Adcock 5. PORTRAIT OF CHARLES COTTON, ESQ., from a Picture by Sir Peter Lely, in the Possession of John Beresford, Esq., at Ashbourne, copied by Mr Inskipp, and engraved by W. Humphrys 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 Preface cxxix cxxxi clxi.i I I I 5 10. Vignette of a MILL-DAM, drawn by Delamotte, engraved by Fox 8 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. Richardson 19 19 35 18 |