IZAAK WALTON AND HIS FRIENDS 



this desire of glory, but that like our radical heat 

 it will both live and die with us, and many think 

 it should do so, and we want not sacred examples 

 to justify the desire of having our memory to out- 

 live our lives." Man praises man. We must 

 construe his life like his will, with the *' love my 

 memory" motto in view throughout it, and con- 

 clude that Walton's little weakness was love of 

 fame. 



Of the many editions of The Complete Angler 

 brought out since Walton's death, I only mention 

 those that seem to me to be the best, with the 

 dates of the original issues : — 



With regard to the edition brought out by 

 Moses Brown in 1750, he tells us in his preface 

 that the book having by an unaccountable 

 neglect become of late years difiicult to obtain, 

 though frequently inquired after by several who 

 desired it, it was thought the recovering it in such 

 a way would be reckoned a very acceptable ser- 

 vice ; accordingly, at the invitation of Dr Johnson, 

 he undertook this employment of introducing a 



