The lurking Loach, too, and the Bull-head gruff, And Turbots shall be thrown upon their backs! But turn, O, Muse! and less excursive be, Shall next, in turn, our velvet margins grace— *It is an established fact in Natural History, that both the origin and destination of the White-Bait are equally unknown— although the erroneous notion of it's being the fry of some other fish is completely overthrown. See p. 366. Is there another dainty fish of doubt? Yes!-one there is--and we can scent him out. Come, violet-Smelt, then, join the tuneful throng, The Perch, that scarce less terror seems to strike— From this day forward, be it known, remain, Prolific subjects for the Poet's strain. Hail to the Angler's joys, beyond compare And greet with roundelays the welcome Spring! And, O! ye sylvan Deities that love, The fond enthusiast of the mead and grove, Lives there the man that seeks your sacred shores, For gain alone, unheeding Nature's stores? That woos not Wisdom in the silent hour, Nor reads a moral lesson in each flower? May gifted bards this joyous theme pursue, Let mirth with science gracefully combine, DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE EMBELLISHMENTS CONTAINED IN J. MAJOR'S EDITION OF THE COMPLETE ANGLER BY IZAAK WALTON AND CHARLES COTTON MDCCCXXIV WOOD-CUTS PART I 1. PAGE iii. Introductory Essay, Head-piece: Portraits and Arms of Dr. John Donne, George Herbert, Dr. Robert Sanderson Bishop of Lincoln, Richard Hooker, and Sir Henry Wotton; whose Lives were written by Walton. Drawn by W. H. Brooke : Engraved by G. W. Bonner. 2. Page vii. Fac-Simile of the Signature of Charles Cotton, Esq., from an Original Manuscript Poem on "Old Age. Against old men's taking physic;" in the Collection of Mr. William Upcott, of the London Institution. Traced by R. Thomson : Engraved by W. Hughes. 3. Page xxx. Fac-Simile of the Hand-writing of Izaak Walton, from an Original Presentation Note contained in a copy of his Lives, in the possession of the Right Honourable the Earl of Gosford. By the side of the above, is a copy from the Impression of a Seal given by Dr. Donne to I. Walton: Communicated by Thomas Hardman, Esq. of Manchester. Traced and Drawn by R. Thomson: Engraved by W. Hughes. 4. Page xxxvii. Introductory Essay, Tail-piece: Portraits and Arms of Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath and Wells; both of whom were connected with the family of Walton, Drawn by W. H. Brooke: Engraved by G. W. Bonner. 5. Page 1. List of Embellishments, Tail-piece: Walton surrounded by the Graces. Drawn by W. H. Brooke : Engraved by G. W. Bonner. 6. Page liv. Walton's Original Dedication, Tail-piece: View of Madeley Manor-house, Staffordshire; the Seat of John Offley, Esq., to whom the Epistle is addressed. Drawn and Engraved by T. Mosses, from the plate by M. Burghers, contained in Dr. Plot's Natural History of Staffordshire. Oxf. 1686. Folio. 7. Page lviii. Walton's Original Preface, Tail-piece: Cupids emblematical of Theory and Practice. Drawn by J. Meadows: Engraved by W. Hughes. "That Art was not to be taught by words, but "practice: and so must Angling." p. liii. 8. Chap. I. p. 1. Head-piece: View of the entrance of the Town of Ware, in Hertfordshire, taken from Amwell end. Drawn and Engraved by H. White, from a sketch made on the spot by W. H. Brooke. 9. 10. 11. 12. -Initial Letter Y. Armorial Ensigns of Stafford, London and Winchester; the Cities in which Walton was born, lived, and died. Drawn by R. Thomson: Engraved by W. Hughes. -p. 21. Exterior view of Theobald's Palace. Drawn and engraved by T. Mosses, after a copy by Mr. Tyson, from an ancient piece of Tapestry, formerly at Houghton, in Norfolk, published in Gough's Edition of Camden's Britannia. Lond. 1789. fol. Vol. I. Pl. xvII. : p. 39. Portrait and Arms of Dr. Alexander Nowel, Dean of St. Paul's. Drawn and Engraved by T. Mosses. -p. 46. Tail-piece View of Amwell-hill, Herts, taken from the London road. Drawn on the Spot by W. H. Brooke Copied and Engraved by H, White, |