NEAR TOTTENHAM, RIVER LEA 



CHAPTER VII 



"The Compleat Angler" first edition published, 1653 — Did 

 Walton carry on any business in Clerkenwell ? — Fishing 

 in the Lea and New River, and elsewhere — Perils of 

 long journey to Stafford — Shallowford — Walton and 

 Cotton — Their first acquaintance — Cotton's " Complete 

 Angler " issued in conjunction with Walton's as Part 

 II., 1686. 



Publication of "The Compleat Angler" 



TT was during Walton's residence in Clerkenwell 

 that the first edition of " The Compleat Angler " 

 was published (1653), and we may easily imagine 

 him as often walking to the printing office of 

 his friend and publisher, Richard Harriot, in St. 

 Dunstan's Churchyard, Fleet Street, to look over 

 the proofs and arrange about the illustrations. 



There does not appear to be any record as to 

 whether Walton carried on any kind of business 



