CONTENTS XV 



CHAPTER IX 



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Death of Izaak Walton — Inscription on tombstone 



— His will 141 



CHAPTER X 



The Walton and Cotton Fishing House — My visits 

 to it — Doubtful if Walton ever saw it — Walton's 

 letter to Cotton, 1676 — Unpublished letter of 

 Walton's 151 



CHAPTER XI 



Industry of old biographers — They did not exhaust the 

 field of discovery — Rev. Canon Vaughan pro- 

 pounds an interesting theory — Did Walton ever 

 reside at Droxford ? — Mr. G. B. Dewar states 

 Dr. Hawkins was Rector of Droxford — Canon 

 Vaughandiscovers proof of it — " Norington Farme " 

 of Walton's will same as Northington Farm of 

 to-day — Three leases discovered by Mr. Dewar — 

 Walton's hanging cabinet — Walton's marriage 

 chest 158 



CHAPTER XII 



Walton's literary work — Liv^es of great divines — List 

 of his works — Thealma and Clearchus — Walton's 

 preface — Letter to Colonel Venables — On "Angling 

 Improved" 174 



