ON ANGLING. 3 



any noble or gentle angler, of whatever degree soever he be, 

 have a mind to discourse of any of these wayes and experiments, 

 I live in Henry the 7th 's Gifts, the next doore to the Gate- 

 house, in Westm. My name is Barker, where I shall be ready, 

 as long as please God, to satisfye them, and maintain my art 

 during life, which is not like to be long." See British Biblio- 

 graphy, by Sir Eg. Bridges and Joseph Haselwood, vol. ii. p. 

 356. 



THE COMPLEAT ANGLER, OR THE CONTEMPLA- 

 TIVE MAN'S RECREATION ; being a discourse of Fish 

 and Fishing, not unworthy the perusal of most anglers. 12mo, 

 Lond. 1653. This is the first edition of Izaak Walton's cele- 

 brated work. It went through five editions during the author's 

 lifetime ; and in the course of its republication was enlarged 

 and improved. The fifth edition forms the first part of the 

 Universal Angler, by Walton, Cotton, and Venablee, 12mo, 

 Lond. 1676 ; and is accompanied by a second part (written by 

 Cotton), which treats more fully of fly-fishing. The sixth and 

 seventh editions were published in 1750 and 1759, by Moses 

 Browne, author of the Piscatory Eclogues and other works. 

 The eighth edition was published by Sir John Hawkins in 1760, 

 and has been succeeded by many others since that period, of 

 which one of the most recent and most beautifully adorned is 

 that by John Major, with an introductory essay and illustrative 

 notes. 8vo, Lond. 1823. 



THE THIRD EDITION OF THE COMPLEAT GENTLE- 

 MAN, by HENRY PEACHAM, 4to, Lond. 1661, contains a chap- 

 ter concerning Fishing. 



THE EXPERIENCED ANGLER, OR ANGLING IM- 

 PROVED ; being a general discourse of Angling. 8vo, Lond. 

 1662. This work, of which there are several editions, is by 

 Colonel ROBERT VENABLES. Its fourth edition forms the third 

 part of the Universal Angler. 



ANGLING IMPROVED TO SPIRITUAL USES, forms 

 part of an octavo volume entitled Occasional Reflections upon 

 several Subjects, by the Hon. ROBERT BOYLE. 8vo, Lond. 

 1665. 



In a volume called THE EPITOME OF THE ART OF 

 HUSBANDRY, by J. B. Gent. 12mo, Lond. 1669, are brief 



