INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. ii 



pointed so successfully to that halo, which must ever 

 surround " meek Walton's heavenly memory." * 



May the Rod of the Critic be exchanged for that 

 of the Fisher ; and endless be the willing captives of 

 Walton's imperishable Line ! 



JOHN MAJOR. 



Charterhouse, 

 August 1st, 1844. 



* Wordsworth. 



