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the publisher, is inserted an autograph letter from West- 

 wood to Stock, saying: "I send you the Chronicle. It 

 is a finished book in two senses, for a fire at the printer's 

 has destroyed almost the whole stock." 



Another scarce item is "The Tercentenary of Izaak 

 Walton, by Andrew Lang, Printed for Private Circula- 

 tion only, London, 1893." "A delightfully written ap- 

 preciation of 'The Father of Angling' written by a 

 master's hand." Only thirty copies were printed. "The 

 Bibliography of Izaak Walton's 'Compleat Angler,' by 

 Thomas Satchell (printed for presentation only), Lon- 

 don, 1882." A limited number were printed with special 

 title-pages. The library possesses No. 3, a presentation 

 copy to H. W. Bentley, and Thos. Satchell's own copy 

 with his book plate. In 1900 Arnold Wood published 

 a "Bibliography of 'The Compleat Angler' from the first 

 edition in 1653 until the year 1900," beautifully gotten 

 up, with eighty-six photoengraved reproductions of title- 

 pages. Eighteen copies were issued on Imperial Japan- 

 ese paper and one hundred and two on Van Gelder 

 paper. Copies of each are in the collection. 



Two very scarce pamphlets in the library are copies 

 of the Catalog of Editions of "The Compleat Angler" 

 exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York on the three 

 hundredth anniversary of Walton's birth in 1893; and 

 a "Finding list of an Exhibition of Waltoniana," at the 

 Rowfant Club in Cleveland, in 1896. 



Of equal scarcity is "A catalogue of an Exhibition of 

 Waltoniana," given at the Club of Odd Volumes in Bos- 

 ton in 1912. Of this, only one hundred and thirty copies 

 were printed from type at the Merrymount Press, Bos- 

 ton. This is entirely an exhibit of the treasures of this 

 library. 



Amongst the autographs in the collection the first 

 place is easily held by a holograph document of Izaak 

 Walton, eleven lines signed with his full signature, and 

 dated, "Octo'r 23, 1676"; a beautiful example of Izaak 

 Walton's handwriting and a very rare autograph, as he 

 rarely signed his name in full. Another beautiful speci- 



