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thought," and he has well "padded" Tlie Life of 

 Donne in particular. Baxter was very different 

 in this respect ; of one of his books he says : 

 "I scarce ever wrote one sheet twice over, 

 nor stayed to make any blots or interlinings, 

 but was fain to let it go as it was first con- 

 ceived." 



The lives of Hooker and Herbert were 

 written when Walton was residing with Bishop 

 Morley at Winchester. The text of the lives 

 of Donne, Wotton, Hooker and Herbert is usually 

 taken from the fourth edition of 1675, and the 

 text of the life of Dr Sanderson from the edition 

 of 1678. There was a second impression of it 

 produced in 1681, which, however, does not 

 contain many alterations from the text of the 

 first edition. 



Mr T. Westwood's communication to Notes 

 and Queries in 1865 should be read as to his 

 opinion on the editions of the Lives {see 3rd S. 

 VIII., p. 482). He considers no such editions as 

 1670 and 1675 ever appeared, and that the edition 

 of 1675 is really the second collective issue, and 

 he accounts for its being styled the " fourth " 

 on the title page by the fact that two of the 

 Lives were therein reprinted for the fourth time — 

 those of Donne and Hooker. 



From the beautiful verses written by Cotton 

 to Walton in 1672, and set out at the end of this 



