INDEX 



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Venables, Colonel Robert, author of 

 The Experienced Angler; or, 

 Angling Improved, 43; reference 

 to, in The Innocent Epicure, 44 ; 

 an account of, 64 ; sent by Crom- 

 well at the head of the army 

 against the Spanish, 64 ; failure of 

 the expedition and displeasure of 

 Cromwell, 65, 66 ; made Governor 

 of Chester, 66 ; publication of his 

 Experienced Angler, 66, 67 ; his 

 marriage and close of life, 68 



Venice, Wotton's manner of living 

 at, 92 



"Vernon, George, Walton bequeaths 

 ring to, 186 



Verses to Walton, Cotton's, quoted, 

 202, 213 



W 



Wadham College, Oxford, Wood- 

 ward at, 179 



Waller, Edmund, Cotton's verses to, 

 quoted, 223 



"Walton and Cotton Clubs," 131- 

 134 



Walton and the Earlier Pishing 

 Writers, by R. B. Marston, 30 



Walton, Anne, second wife to Walton, 

 her parentage and death, 2 ; her 

 dower coffer, with inscription, 125; 

 Walton's epitaph on, 127 



Walton, Anne, daughter of Isaak 

 Walton, her father's legacies to, 

 182-186 ; married William Haw- 

 kins, 189 ; buried in Winchester 

 Cathedral, 189 



Walton, Jervis, father of Izaak 

 Walton, 1 



Walton, Izaak, birth and parentage 

 of, 1 ; his two marriages, 2 ; his 

 early life, 3 ; his love of knowledge 

 and imperfect education, 4 ; con- 

 jectures as to his business employ- 

 ment, 5, 6; his attitude towards 

 the political events of the reign of 

 Charles I., 8 ; entrusted with the 

 deliverance of the George to 

 Colonel Blague, 10 ; his eclogue on 

 the Restoration, 10 ; his friendship 

 for Churchmen and Royalists, 11 ; 

 his views of the Prayer Book, 13 ; 

 quotes Christopher Hervie's verses 

 in The Complete Angler, 14 ; his 

 worldly prosperity and departure 



from London, 15 ; his religious 

 character and love of literature, 

 16 ; mfluenced by Donne's preach- 

 ing, 18 ; his Elegy on Donne's 

 death, 19 ; his views of Noncon- 

 formity, 21 ; as an angler, 22-25 5 

 his knowledge of fishing, 25 ; he 

 insists that angling is an art, 28 ; 

 his various authorities on fishing, 

 29 ; his Complete Angler caused 

 many other books to be written on 

 fishing, 30, 31 ; John Williamson's 

 appreciation of The Complete 

 Angler, 32 ; his godly life, 34 ; a 

 keen sportsman, 35 ; his dislike of 

 swearing, 37 ; his frequent use of 

 the word primitive, 37 ; publica- 

 tion of his Complete Angler, 40 ; 

 the sources from which he bor- 

 rowed, 40, 41 ; its various editions 

 and additions, 41-44 ; its xmiversal 

 appreciation, 44-46 ; Franck's ad- 

 verse criticism of, 46, 47 ; his 

 pleasure in writing, 49 ; scratched 

 his monogram on Casaubon's tomb 

 in Westminster Abbey, 49 ; his 

 autographs, 50 ; an account of his 

 friend Cotton, 54-63 ; account of 

 his friend Venables, 64-68 ; an 

 account of Cotton's fishing-house 

 often visited by, 69-73 ; compila- 

 tion and various editions of his 

 Lives, 73-78 ; life of John Donne, 

 78-91 ; life of Wotton, 91-96 ; life 

 of George Herbert, 97-103 ; life of 

 Hooker, 103-107 ; life of Sander- 

 son, 108-112 ; probable author of 

 Love and Truth, controversy there- 

 on, 114-118 ; discussion on Theahna 

 and Clearchus, 118-121 ; death of, 

 at Winchester, 123 ; buried in Win- 

 chester Cathedral, 124 ; two 

 cabinets with dates of his mar- 

 riages inscribed, 125 ; memorials 

 to, 126 ; supposed fishing-creel, 

 clock and Prayer-book, 127 ; the 

 spelling of his name, 128 ; his 

 seals, 131 ; various clubs named 

 after, 131-134; his habits, etc., 

 134-136 ; his portrait, 138 ; his 

 opinion on Fuller's Church History, 

 151 ; his bequest of Dr Hall's 

 works to his daughter, 154 ; his 

 verses in The Synagogue, 156 ; Dr 

 Henchman gave information on 

 George Herbert to, 158 ; King's 



