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in March 1676: "My house stands upon 

 the margin of one of the finest rivers 

 for Trouts and grayling in England. . . . 

 I have lately built a little Fishing House 

 upon it, dedicated to Anglers, over the 

 door of which you will see the two first 

 Letters of my Father Walton's name and 

 mine twisted in Cypher as in the title 

 page." 



It is certainly pleasing to think that 

 in this greatest of all great world's fairs 

 there is place for and thought for the old 

 angler and biographer. " Red Spinner," 

 who has given us such vivid pictures of 

 the Fair in the columns of The Daily 

 News, describes the general effect as 

 " overwhelming." Pleasant will it be 

 then for the angler to come across this 

 little oasis dedicated to Walton, or, in 

 other words, to peace, contentment, and 

 the love of quiet country life. 



But Walton is not out of place at 

 Chicago. Extremes meet ; and we have, 

 as it were, a precedent for it in the con- 

 trast between Walton's calm life and the 

 turbulent, terriJble^mie_s_Jn]wEicE^e lived. 

 As I said Tffmy edition of his work : " It 

 has often appeared strange to me, when 

 reading a chapter or two of The Compleat 

 Angler, that these delightfuj_pictures f 

 the 'contemplative man's recreation,' 



