most need them, in the said towne; the said coals to be delivered the first weeke in January, or in every first weeke in February: I say then, because I take that time to be the hardest and most pinching times with poor people; and God reward those that shall do this without partiality, and with honesty and a good conscience. And if the said maior and others of the said towne of Stafford shall prove so negligent, or dishonest, as not to imploy the rent by me given as intended and exprest in this my will, which God forbid, then I give the said rents and profits of the said farme or land to the towne and chief magistrates or governors of Ecleshall, to be disposed of by them in such a manner as I have ordered the disposal of it by the towne of Stafford, the said farme or land being near the towne of Ecleshall. And I give to my son-in-law, Dr. Hawkins, whom I love as my own son; and to my daughter, his wife; and my son Izaak; to each of them a ring, with these words or motto: "Love my memory. I. W., obiit -;" to the Lord Bishop of Winton a ring, with this motto: "A mite for a million. I. W., obiit ———. ;" and to his friends hereafter named, I give to each of them a ring, with this motto: "A friend's farewell. I. W., obiit." And my will is, the said rings be delivered within forty days after my death; and that the price and value of all the said rings shall be thirteen shillings and fourpence apiece. I give to Dr. Hawkins "Doctor Donne's Sermons," which I have heard preacht and read with much content. To my son Izaak I give Doctor Sibbs his "Soul's Conflict;" and to my daughter his "Bruised Reed;" desiring them to read them so as to be well acquainted with them. And I also give unto her all my books at Winchester and Droxford, and whatever in those two places are or I can call mine, except a trunk of linnen, which I give to my son Izaak; but if he do not live to marry or make use of it, then I give the same to my granddaughter, Anne Hawkins. And I give my daughter "Doctor Hall's Works," which be now at Farnham. To my son Izaak I give all my books, not yet given, at Farnham Castell; and a deske of prints and pictures; also a cabinett near my bed's head, in which are some little things that he will value,

though of no great worth. And my will and desire is, that he will be kind to his Aunt Beachame, and his Aunt Rose Ken, by allowing the first about fifty shillings a year, in or for bacon and cheese, not more, and paying four pounds a year towards the boarding of her son's dyet to Mr. John Whitehead: for his Aunt Ken, I desire him to be kind to her according to her necessity and his own abilitie; and I commend one of her children, to breed up as I have said I intend to do, if he shall be able to do it, as I know he will; for they be good folke. I give to Mr. John Darbyshire the "Sermons" of Mr. Anthony Farringdon or of Dr. Sanderson, which my executor thinks fit. To my servant, Thomas Edgill, I give five pound in money, and all my cloths, linnen and woollen, -except one suit of cloths, which I give to Mr. Hollinshed, and forty shillings,-if the said Thomas be my servant at my death; if not, my cloths only. And I give my old friend, Mr. Richard Marriot, ten pounds in money, to be paid him within three months after my death; and I desire my son to shew kindness to him if he shall neede, and my son can spare it. And I do hereby will and declare my son Izaak to be my sole executor of this my last will and testament; and Dr. Hawkins to see that he performs it, which I doubt not but he will. I desire my burial to be near the place of my death, and free from any ostentation or charge, but privately. This I make to be my last will (to which I shall only add the codicil for rings), this Sixteenth day of August, One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-three.

Witness to this Will.

IZAAK WALTON.

The rings I give are on the other side. To my brother, John Ken; to my sister, his wife; to my brother, Dr. Ken; to my sister Pye; to Mr. Francis Morley; to Mr. George Vernon; to his wife; to his three daughters; to Mrs. Nelson; to Mr. Richard Walton; to Mr. Palmer; to Mr. Taylor; to Mr. Tho. Garrard; to the Lord Bishop of Sarum; to Mr. Rede, his servant; to my cousin, Dorothy Kenrick; to my cousin Lewin; to Mr. Walter Higgs; to Mr. Charles Cotton; to Mr. Richard Marryot:-22. To my brother

Beachame; to my sister, his wife; to the Lady Ann How; to Mrs. King; Dr. Phillip's wife; to Mr. Valentine Harecourt; to Mrs. Eliza Johnson; to Mrs. Mary Rogers; to Mrs. Eliza Milward; to Mrs. Dorothy Wollop; to Mr. Will. Milward, of Christ Church, Oxford; to Mr. John Darbyshire; to Mr. Underill; to Mrs. Rock; to Mr. Peter White; to Mr. John Lloyde; to my cousin Creinsell's widow; Mrs. Dalbin must not be forgotten:-16.

IZAAK WALTON.

Note, that several lines are blotted out of this my will, for they were twice repeated, and that this will is now signed and sealed this Twenty and fourth day of October, One Thousand Six Hundred Eighty-three, in the presence of us:

THE SUBSEQUENT HISTORY OF "THE COMPLETE ANGLER."

SEVENTY-FOUR years after Walton's death, the Rev. Moses Brown, at the instigation of Dr. Samuel Johnson, revived "The Complete Angler" by issuing a new edition, spoiling it, however, by a process of polishing. This was in 1750. In 1759 a second edition of it was published. In 1760 Mr. John Hawkins (afterwards Sir John Hawkins) published an edition with well-written Lives of Walton and Cotton, and copious notes, which are of sufficient value to be retained in almost every subsequent edition. Then followed-In 1766, a second edition of Hawkins'. 1772, a third edition of Brown's. 1775, a third edition of Hawkins'.

1784, a fourth edition of the same.

1792 and 1797, fifth and sixth editions of Hawkins', by his
son, John Sidney Hawkins.

1808, Bagster's edition, printed in three sizes.
1810, a facsimile reprint by Bagster.

1815, Bagster's second edition, edited by Sir Henry Ellis, of
the British Museum, and printed at Broxbourne.
1822, Gosden's edition.

1823, Major's edition, a very beautiful and complete one, and a great favourite.

1824, a second edition of the above, the smaller illustrations of which are incorporated with the present edition.

1825 (about), Dove's reprint of Hawkins'.

1824 and 1826, reprints of Hawkins' by Whittingham. No date, Cole's edition.

1825, Pickering's first edition.

1833, Professor Rennie's-very poor, but which had seven reprints at different dates subsequently.

1836, Pickering's third edition: this is a very handsome book in two large volumes; it has many illustrations,— those of fish by Inskepp being good, but those of scenes by Stothard depicting the anglers in attitudes which no angler could ever assume.

1837, a reprint of Walton by Tilt.

1844, Major's fourth edition.

1847, 1848, 1852, American editions by Dr. G. W. Bethune, which have many merits.

1851, Causton's edition.

1853, Ephemera's edition, published by Messrs. Ingram and Cooke; reprinted in 1854, and again by Messrs. Routledge in 1859.

1856, Jesse's edition, published by Bohn. This is a perfect olla podrida of notes and illustrations.

1858, a miniature reprint by Groombridge.

1860, a re-issue by Nattali and Bond of Pickering's edition of 1836.

1863, a pocket edition by Bell and Daldy.

1864, the Elzevir edition by Bell and Daldy.

1869, the "Complete Angler" by B. Murray.

1877, a facsimile of the first edition of 1653 by Elliot Stock.