. Thomas Ken and Izaak Walton, a sketch of their lives and family connection. Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711; Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683. THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 213 also Grinsell's master, Cavell, and Dane, who was Cavell's master—four generations of Ironmongers. Not one of them has told us what his real occupation in life was. All that we really know is that Izaak Walton was An Angler. With reference to the fragments of letters recently- discovered by Mr. Dewar, he has kindly sent me the following memorandum— " The two fragments of Walton's letters are very small ones—one is dated January, 16
. Thomas Ken and Izaak Walton, a sketch of their lives and family connection. Ken, Thomas, 1637-1711; Walton, Izaak, 1593-1683. THOMAS KEN AND IZAAK WALTON 213 also Grinsell's master, Cavell, and Dane, who was Cavell's master—four generations of Ironmongers. Not one of them has told us what his real occupation in life was. All that we really know is that Izaak Walton was An Angler. With reference to the fragments of letters recently- discovered by Mr. Dewar, he has kindly sent me the following memorandum— " The two fragments of Walton's letters are very small ones—one is dated January, 1678, and is addressed to a Lady; the other is addressed to a Mr. John Benmoure. Neither of these tiny scraps could by any stretch of imagination be called ' important,' but anything of Walton's has, I suppose, some interest. I do not know Benmoure as a friend of Walton's, and I do not know a date January 19, 1678, aS one of any published letters of Walton's, but I think in all probability the fragments are genuine—so far as they ;. MAPPLETON. 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 Marston, E. (Edward), 1825-1914. London, New York [etc. ] Longmans, Green, and co.
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