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The Chronicle of 



Hawkins' 

 Third Edition, 

 1775. 1 



Hawkins' 



Fourth Edition, 

 1784. 2 



praife we may. That Hawkins was the reviver, de fatto, of 

 the c Compleat Angler,' is undeniable ; but how far he was 

 stimulated thereto by Browne's fham revival, is a queftion we 

 will leave open to the latter's advantage, if advantage there be. 

 That Browne was really fond of the work he maltreated, is 

 evident from his affectionate praife of it ; and it is poiTible that 

 out of that very fondnefs fprang the errors of judgment that 

 have drawn down on him the Strictures of Walton's more 

 refpectful admirers. Requiefcat in pace ! then, let us fay, in 

 farewell. 



Hawkins' third edition was again a paginary reprint, and in 

 the fame form. Copies of this ifTue, as of the firft, are fcarce. 



The fourth edition was publifhed in 1784, " with large 

 additions." In the editor's (now Sir John Hawkins) adver- 

 tifement, he States that he had revifed the work, and inferted 



1 " The Third Edition. London: Printed for John and Francis Rivington, 

 (No. 62) at the Bible and Crown, in St. PauPs Churchyards and T. Caflon, 

 in Stationers Court, mdcclxxv." 



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2 " The Complete Angler, or Contemplative Man's Recreation; Being a 

 Difcourfe on Rivers, Fifh-Ponds, Fifh, and Fifhing : in Two Parts; The 

 Firft written by Mr. Ifaac Walton, the Second by Charles Cotton, Efq ; 

 with the Lives of the Authors, and Notes Hiftorical, Critical, and Explanatory. 

 By Sir John Hawkins, Knt. The Fourth Edition, with large Additions. 

 London, Printed for John, Francis, and Charles Rivington, (No. 62), at the 

 Bible and Crown, St. Paul's Churchyard, mdcclxxxiv." 



Part 1. 82 pages preliminary; 268 pages. Part 11. 34 pages preliminary; 

 122 pages, including Index. 



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