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genial occupation of putting together these scattered 

 materials, which I have endeavoured to weave into a 

 consecutive, though imperfect, sketch of the varied 

 occupations of my " old master" and his brother 

 Ken, during the lengthened, though, after all, very 

 brief strip of time allotted to them for their pil- 

 grimage between the two Eternities ? 



E. M. 



IzAAK Walton 



The " Life of Thomas Ken, D.D.," was written 

 by the Rev. W. L. Bowles, M.A., avowedly as 

 viewed " in connection with public events, and the 

 spirit of the times, political and religious, in which 

 he lived." My object has been as far as possible 

 to disentangle that life from such surroundings, 

 and to present it, briefly and consecutively, and 

 more particularly in its connection with Izaak 

 Walton. I have found the task not so easy as I 

 had expected, for, if I may say so, I do not think 

 Mr. Bowles was particularly careful or systematic 

 in his method of treating the subject ; for example, 

 he devotes perhaps a page or two to Ken's personal 

 progress ; then he suddenly flies off at a tangent 

 and occupies many pages about the continued 



