CONTENTS xv 



CHAPTER IX 



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Death of IZAAK WALTON Inscription on tombstone 



His will 141 



CHAPTER X 



The Walton and Cotton Fishing House My visits 

 to it Doubtful if Walton ever saw it Walton's 

 letter to Cotton, 1676 Unpublished letter of 

 Walton's 151 



CHAPTER XI 



Industry of old biographers They did not exhaust the 

 field of discovery Rev. Canon Vaughan pro- 

 pounds an interesting theory Did Walton ever 

 reside at Droxford? Mr. G. B. Dewar states 

 Dr. Hawkins was Rector of Droxford Canon 

 Vaughan discovers proof of it "NoringtonFarme " 

 of Walton's will same as Northington Farm of 

 to-day Three leases discovered by Mr. Dewar 

 Walton's hanging cabinet Walton's marriage 

 chest 158 



CHAPTER XII 



Walton's literary work Lives of great divines List 

 of his works Thealma and Clearchus Walton's 

 preface Letter to Colonel Venables On "Angling 

 Improved" 174 



