. The compleat angler. Fishing. INTRODUCTION I. Outlines of Walton's Life IN his address to the reader of the first collected edition of his Lives, Walton says : " And now I wish, that as that learned Jew, Josephus, and others, so these men had also writ their own lives ; but since it is not the fashion of these times, I wish their relations or friends would do it for them, before delays make it too ; It was but natural that so good a biographer should desire to establish biography as a family duty, or at all events as one of those duteous " courtesies that are done to
. The compleat angler. Fishing. INTRODUCTION I. Outlines of Walton's Life IN his address to the reader of the first collected edition of his Lives, Walton says : " And now I wish, that as that learned Jew, Josephus, and others, so these men had also writ their own lives ; but since it is not the fashion of these times, I wish their relations or friends would do it for them, before delays make it too ; It was but natural that so good a biographer should desire to establish biography as a family duty, or at all events as one of those duteous " courtesies that are done to the dead," to borrow a phrase of the younger Donne's. Had Walton lived to our day, as there seemed some possibility of his doing, he would no doubt have been somewhat more than satisfied with the activity of biographers; and perhaps have noted for particular remark the biographic conscientiousness of the modern interviewer, eager to catch and record every minute of a great man's life as it flies. Perhaps it is a little strange that his friend Cotton, or his son the Canon, did not remember Walton's words, and note for us some of the ways and talk xxix. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683; Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687; Le Gallienne, Richard, 1866-1947 ed. London ; New York : John Lane
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