NEAR UCKFIELD 



CHAPTER VIII 



The Right Worshipful Mr. Offley, dedication to— Not men- 

 tioned in second edition — Nat. and R. Roe — Walton 

 invited by Dr. Morley to reside with him, 1662 — His 

 residence was really with Dr. Hawkins — Lease of 

 premises in Paternoster Row, 1662 — Premises burnt in 

 great fire, 1666 — Lease renewed, 1670. 



"OETWEEN the years 165 1 and 1661 we know 

 little of Walton's doings, beyond some scattered 

 references to be found in his works that had already 

 been published during this period, and the fact of 

 the publication of the first edition of " The Compleat 

 Angler" in the year 1653. It is curious, as Sir 

 Harris Nicolas points out, that the Mr. Offley to 

 whom Walton dedicated his first edition, who died 

 in 1658, is not referred to in the next edition, 

 published in 1661, although the deaths of Nat. and 

 R. Roe are pathetically alluded to. In the first 

 edition he spoke of "the days and times when 

 honest Nat. and R. R. go a-fishing together." In 



