xxii Contents. 



CHAPTER V. 



John Dennys' Delightful Secrets of Angling, 1613 

 Some Account of the Book and its Author 

 A Parenthetical Reference to Multiplying 

 Reels and Sir Humphry Y)a.vy'sSal)iionia 

 The Secrets compared with Dame Berners' 

 Treatyse Quotations from the Secrets 

 Angling in the Age of Wood, of Gold, of 

 Silver and Brass Angling in the Iron Age 59 



CHAPTER VI. 



Gervase Markham's Art of Angling (1614) and 

 other Books His Work not merely a Prose 

 Version of The Secrets of Angling William 

 Lawson, a North-Country Angler and 

 Writer Barker's Delight Thomas Bar- 

 ker, a First-rate Trout-FisherWalton's 

 Indebtedness to Him The First Writer to 

 Describe the Use of the Reel or Winch and 

 the Gaff in Salmon-Fishing His Directions 

 for Fly-Making and Fly-Fishing . . 82 



CHAPTER VII. 



Walton and the World's Fair, 1893 A Glance 

 at the Times in which He Lived Some 

 Account of the Chief Particulars of Walton's 

 Life which have Come Down to Us No 

 Proof Exists that He was ever a ' ' Sempster, 

 Haberdasher, or Hamburgh Merchant "- 

 His Connection with the Ironmongers' 

 Company His First Marriage Offices 

 Held by Him in the Parish of St. Dunstan's- 

 in-the- West Loss of His First Wife and 

 Seven Children during His Residence in 

 Chancery Lane His Second Marriage 

 His Connections by Marriage with the 

 Cranmer and Ken Families Birth of His 

 Son Isaac Was Probably Residing in 



