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The Chronicle of 



Groombridge's 

 Edition, 1858. ' 



German Tranf- 

 lation, 1859. 3 



drives into it vi et armis, f neck and crop,' and in other forcible 

 fafhions, an indifcriminate fwarm of woodcuts, line-engravings, 

 &c, recruited from various fources, and making up a patch- 

 work of illuftration to keep in countenance the patch-work of 

 notes. Reading the f Compleat Angler ' under fuch circum- 

 ftances can only be compared to the ftudy of c Bradfhaw,' in 

 its effect on the brain. Caveat leffor et emptor ! 



In 1858 we have Groombridge's miniature reprint, (241110.), 

 in two volumes, apparently a re-ifTue of Tilt's edition (1837), 

 and acceptable on the fame grounds, namely, the abfence of all 

 tags and tafTels, and the merit of a plain and unperplexed 

 text ; while, in the following year, we are ftartled by a German 

 translation (oclavo, published at Hamburgh) of ( Ephemera's ' 

 edition, in which we find the translator apologising to his 

 readers for old Izaak's lengthinefs, wordinefs, and heavinefs. 

 He profeSTes to efteem the work, indeed, but in a profeSTional 

 fenfe alone, and this narrownefs of appreciation gives us the 

 meafure of his capability. 



In France, Walton has met with even lefs recognition ; the 

 only tranflation that we have encountered (and that a very 

 garbled and unfaithful one) of fome brief portions of his 

 dialogue, appears in <c Le Pecheur a la Mouche Artificielle," 

 by Charles de Mafias, and is contributed to that publication 



1 "London: Groombridge and Sons, Paternofter Row, 1858." 301 pages. 



2 " Der Vollkommene Angler von Ifaac Walton und Charles Cotton, 

 heraufgegeben von Ephemera, iiberfetzt von J. Schumacher. Hamburg: 

 P. Salomon & Co. 1859." 



308 pages; 12 preliminary. 



