THE 



COMPLETE ANGLER; 



OR, THE 



CONTEMPLATIVE MAN'S RECREATION 



BY ISAAC WALTON. 



AND 



INSTRUCTIOIVS HOW TO ANGLE FOR A TROUT OR GRAYLING IN 



A CLEAR STREAM, 



BY CHARLES COTTON. 



WITH COPIOUS NOTES, FOR THE MOST PART ORIGINAL, 



A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL PREFACE, 



GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF 



FISHING AND FISHINCx-BOOKS, 



FROM THE EARLIEST ANTIQUITY TO THE TIME OF WALTON, 



AND 



A NOTICE OF COTTON AND HIS WRITINGS, 



BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. 



TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX, INCLUDING ILLUSTRATIVE BALLADS, 



MUSIC, PAPERS ON AMERICAN FISHING, AND THE MOST 



COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS ON ANGLING, 



ETC., EVER PRINTED. 



ALSO, A GENERAL INDEX TO THE WHOLE WORK. 



PART I. 



NEW YORK AND LONDON : 

 WILEY Sl PUTNAM, IGl BROADWAY 



1847. 



