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little volume in the year 1653. The Lea and Dove 

 Edition^ being the hundredth, was edited by Mr. 

 R. B. Marston, and as an introduction to it he 

 wrote a brief " Life of Walton " ; it was published 

 in 1888, That is twenty years ago, and during 

 these twenty years probably twenty other editions, 

 all more or less of genuine value and importance, 

 have been demanded by the public and supplied 

 by the publishers. In that " Life " Mr Marston 

 diligently sought out and embodied all the known 

 facts, and corrected some errors into which previous 

 biographers had fallen. 



That work occupies two large quarto volumes, 

 beautifully illustrated, and was published at prices 

 varying from five guineas to ten guineas, and is 

 therefore not readily accessible. I have Mr. R. B. 

 Marston's full permission to make what use I can 

 of the information he has so laboriously brought 

 together, and of this I have liberally availed myself 

 both as regards text and illustrations. 



Several of the illustrations in this volume (includ- 

 ing all the vignettes) have appeared only in the Lea 

 and Dove Edition. 



The " Life of Walton," prefixed to Sir John 

 Hawkins's edition of " The Compleat Angler," 



