marry, or make use of it, then I give the same to my grand-daughter, Ann Hawkins; and I give my daughter, Doctor Hall's Works, which be now at Farnham. To my son Izaak, I give all my books, not yet given, at Farnham Castell, and a deske of prints and pictures; also a cabinett near my bed's head; in which are some little things that he will value, though of no great worth. And my will and desire is, that he will be kind to his aunt Beachame, and his aunt Rose Ken, by allowing the first about fifty shillings a-year, in or for bacon and cheese, not more, and paying four pounds a-year towards the boarding of her sour's dyet to Mr. John Whitehead; for his aunt Ken, I desire him to be kind to her, according to her necessity and his own abilitie, and I commend one of her children, to breed up as I have said I intend to do, if he shall be able to do it, as I know he will; for they be good folke. I give to Mr. John Darbyshire the Sermons of Mr. Anthony Farringdon, or of Dr. Sanderson, which my executor thinks fit. To my servant, Thomas Edgill, I give five pound in money, and all my clothes, linen and woollen, except one suit of clothes: which I give to Mr. Holinshed, and forty shillings, if the said Thomas be my servant at my death; if not, my clothes only. And I give my old friend, Mr. Richard Marriot, ten pounds in money, to be paid him within three months after my death; and I desire my son to shew kindness to him if he shall neede, and my son can spare it: and I do hereby will and declare my son Izaak to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament, and Dr. Hawkins to see that he performs it; which I doubt not but he will. I desire my burial may be near the place of my death, and free from any ostentation or charge, but privately. This I make to be my last will, to which I shall only add the codicil for rings, this sixteenth day of August, one thousand six hundred eighty-three, Izaak Walton. Witness to this will.

The rings I give are as on the other side: to my brother John Ken, to my sister his wife, to my brother, Doctor Ken, to my sister Pye, to Mr. Francis Morley, to Mr. George Vernon, to his wife, to his three daughters, to Mistris Nelson, to Mr. Richard Walton, to

Mr. Palmer, to Mr. Taylor, to Mr. Thos. Garrard, to the Lord Bishop of Sarum, to Mr. Rede his servant, to my cozen Dorothy Kenrick, to my cousin Lewin, to Mr. Walter Higgs, to Mr. Churles Cotton, to Mr. Richard Marryot: 22, to my brother Beacham, to my sister his wife, to the Lady Anne How, to Mrs. King, Doctor Phillip's wife, to Mr. Valentine Harecourt, to Mrs. Eliza Johnson, to Mrs. Mary Rogers, to Mrs. Eliza Milward, to Mrs. Dorothy Wollop, to Mr. Will. Milward, of Christ-Church Oxford, to Mr. John Darbyshire, to Mr. Undevill, to Mrs. Rock, to Mr. Peter' White, to Mr. John Lloyde, to my cousin Creinsell's widow, Mrs. Dalbin must not be forgotten: 16, Izaak Walton. Note, that several lines are blotted out of this will, for they were twice repeated: and that this will is now signed and sealed this twenty and fourth day of October, one thousand six hundred eighty-three, in the presence of us: Witness, Abraham Markland, Jos. Taylor, Thomas Crawley.

This Will was composed by him but a few months before his death, which took place on the 15th of December, 1683, at the house of his son-in-law, Dr. Hawkins, a Prebendary of Winchester, he having attained the great age of ninety-three. In the Cathedral of the same place, is a stone to his memory, but of such "uncouth rhymes" and "shapeless sculpture" as but coldly to invite either delineation or transcription; but in this respect we still hope to see justice done him: certain we are that this wonderful man is far from having "gathered all his fame;"—the bare hint will be sufficient to those that love "virtue and angling."

In the foregoing Will, as in every thing which he wrote, will be found something characteristic of the man ;-the subjoined genuine little scrap,

exhibiting a fac-simile of his hand-writing, willeb new even to the Waltonian reader.

far do3 B. Zhew mount

Arropt this powe

profants by bee as meane hand that brings it from of affor formant.

For Do". C. Bewmount.

hand that brings it from

pray Sr, Accept this pore presant, by the as meane

Yr. affec. servant,

Izaak Walton.

Were we required to give a particular designation to Walton's style of writing, we should say that naiveté is his perpetual characteristic; and that whether he be humorous, instructive, or affecting, we have to acknowledge a degree of elegance which it were hopeless to attain and impossible not to admire.*

Mention has already been made of those com

* The omission of a passage inserted in the former edition at this place, respecting John Chalkhill the Poet, will be accounted for by reference to the Gentleman's Magazines for November and December, 1823.

mendatory verses which were prefixed to the earlier editions of the Complete Angler, by eminent persons, friends of the author; they were omitted for the first time by the Rev. M. Browne, as not even then (1759), agreeing with "the poetical taste of "the times."

The following lines, however, signed Rob. Floud, seem, equally for their brevity and terseness, to deserve their share of lasting popularity.

To my dear Brother, MR. IZAAK WALTON, on his Com-
PLETE ANGler.

"This book is so like you, and you like it,
For harmless mirth, expression, art, and wit,
That I protest, ingenuously, 'tis true,

I love this mirth, art, wit, the book, and you."

Thus have we furnished a brief history of the effects produced by this matchless work upon the intelligent part of mankind, from it's first appearance to the present time; and when it is recollected that Walton himself was the first to set the example of graphic embellishment, boasting from the first, of the "excellent picture of the Trout ;' also that " Young Master Izaak" was so pleased with a certain portion of Peak Scenery" as to draw it" (as Cotton tells us, Part II. Chap. vI.) " in landscape in black and white, in a blank book I have at home, as he has done several prospects of my house also, which I keep for a memorial of his favour, and will shew you when we come up to din

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ner,"-thus early indicating the propriety of topo- . graphical illustration:-recollecting all this, (and Oh! what would we not give even for a sight of "Young Master Izaak's" genuine "Sketch Book ?") surely no apology need be offered, for attempting, (as expressed in our original prospectus), " by the "novelty and extent of the Embellishments introduced "in this Edition, to heighten to the utmost the pleasure of perusal,-to the Sportsman, the Naturalist, the "lover of the Fine Arts, and the general Reader"to Artists and lovers of Art, Poets and lovers of "Poetry."

In conclusion.-We are proud to acknowledge the assistance and approbation received throughout the progress of the work, from numerous persons of high taste who" delight to honour" the memory of it's venerable author, by every possible demonstration of regard; saying constantly, that "it is impossible to do too much for honest Izaak Walton."

With honest exultation we refer to the subjoined List of Embellishments, which will prove that an extraordinary combination of talent has been secured throughout the undertaking: such patronage and such assistance, we would fain hope may constitute, at once a shelter and a boast.

It would be unjust not to observe that the Printer, as well as every other party concerned, has executed his task perfectly con amore.