I70 THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 



Floud, brought to light the existence of another 

 beautiful cabinet now in the possession of Sir 

 Henry Harben, of Warnham Lodge, Sussex. 

 Izaak Walton must have had a specidX penchant 

 for this kind of work ; it is another indication that 

 at no period of his life was he in needy circum- 

 stances. Young tradesmen just out of their 

 apprenticeship do not usually think of perpetuating 

 their names or their marriages on elaborately 

 carved oak chests. Such little indulgences seem 

 to point to a degree of worldly prosperity as well 

 as of refined taste. 



Mr. R. B. Marston obtained permission from Sir 

 Henry Harben to photograph this fine cabinet, 

 which bears the date 1656, three years after the 

 date of the publication of the first edition of " The 

 Compleat Angler," 1653. The story of it is 

 sufficiently interesting to quote fully. 



" Sir Henry Harben," says Mr. Marston, 

 "gave us some particulars about this cabinet 

 which we have permission to print. With a 

 pretty general knowledge of all that is known 

 about Walton, we are unaware of any reference 

 to this cabinet in any published writings by or 

 about Walton, and believe this is the first 

 public notice of it." 



