THE SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF "THE COMPLETE 

 ANGLER." 



SEVENTY-FOUR years after Walton's death, the Rev. Moses Brown, 

 at the instigation of Dr. Samuel Johnson, revived " The Complete 

 Angler " by issuing a new edition, spoiling it, however, by a process 

 tf. polishing. This was in 1750. In 1759 a second edition of it 

 was published. In 1760 Mr. John Hawkins (afterwards Sir John 

 Hawkins) published an edition with well-written Lives of Walton 

 and Cotton, and copious notes, which are of sufficient value to be 

 retained in almost every subsequent edition. Then followed 

 In 1766, a second edition of Hawkins'. 

 1772, a third edition of Brown's. 

 1775, a third edition of Hawkins'. 

 1784, a fourth edition of the same. 

 1792 and 1797, fifth and sixth editions of Hawkins', by his 



son, John Sidney Hawkins. 

 1808, Bagster's edition, printed in three sizes. 

 1 8 10, a facsimile reprint by Bagster. 



1815, Bagster's second edition, edited by Sir Henry Ellis, of 

 the British Museum, and printed at Broxbourne. 



1822, Gosden's edition. 



1823, Major's edition, a very beautiful and complete one, 



and a great favourite. 



1824, a second edition of the above, the smaller illustrations 



of which are incorporated with the present edition, 



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