The compleat angler, or, The contemplative man's recreation : being a discourse of fish and fishing not unworthy the perusal of most anglers / by Izaak Walton; a new edition edited with an introduction by Andrew Lang and illustrated by E. J. Sullivan.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/3898
Author
Edition
A new edition
Imprint
London: Published by J.M. Dent and Co., at Aldine House, 1896
Physical Description
[iii]-lviii, [2], 319, [1] pages, 40 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, music, portraits ; 20 cm.
General Note
Edinburgh: T. & A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty. [Title page verso].
"The text here reprinted is, in the main, that of Sir Harris Nicholas, which was printed from Walton's fifth edition, 1676, the last that was revised by the author." [Page xiv].
The llustrator would like to acknowledge his indebtedness to the beautifully engraved portraits in Major’s edition of 1824; and also to the courtesy of Messrs. Farlow & Co., to whose wonderful flies only scant justice can be done in black and white. Hampstead, August 7, 1896. (p.[xiii]).
Contents
Editor’s introduction -- The epistle dedicatory -- The epistle to the reader -- The First Day. Chapter I. A conference betwixt an angler, a falconer, and a hunter, each commending his recreation -- The Second Day. Chapter. II. On the otter and the chub -- The Third Day. Chapter III. How to fish, for and to dress, the chavenderor chub -- Chapter IV. On the nature and breeding of the trout, and how to fish for him -- Chapter V. On the trout -- The Fourth Day. Chapter VI. -- Chapter VI. The umber or grayling -- Chapter VII. The salmon -- Chapter VIII. On the luce or pike -- Chapter IX. On the carp -- Chapter X. On the bream -- Chapter XI. On the tench -- Chapter XII. On the perch -- Chapter XIII. Of the eel, and other fish that want scales -- Chapter XIV. Of the barbel -- Chapter XV. Of the gudgeon, the ruffe, and the bleak -- Chapter XVI. Is of nothing, or of nothing worth -- The Fifth Day. Chapter XVII. Of roach and dace -- Chapter XVIIII. Of the minnow, or penk; loach; bull-head, or Miller’s thumb: and the stickle-bag -- Chapter XIX. Of rivers, and some observations of fish --Chapter XX. Of fish-ponds -- Chapter XXI. -- Notes.
List of illustrations. Izaak Walton, frontispiece -- Madeley Manor -- Tail-piece to epistle dedicatory -- To all readers of this discourse -- Tail-piece to the epistle to the reader -- Entrance to the town of Ware from Amwell End – From an old Drawing -- `You are well overtaken, Gentlemen!’ -- Conrad Gesner -- Doctor Nowel -- Sir Henry Wotton -- To all the lovers of angling -- Amwell Hill -- The gloves of an otter -- Head-piece: on the otter and the chub -- `The sun is just rising’ -- The college of Carthusians -- `There is brave hunting this water-dog’ -- `An honest cleanly hostess’ -- The Anglers’ Inn, near Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire -- `Twenty ballads stuck about the wall’ -- Tail-piece -- Head-piece: The Chavender or chub -- `Yonder is the house’ -- Tail-piece to Chapter III -- Head-pieces: on the nature of the trout, etc -- `I have caught twenty or forty at a standing’ -- `I’ll give you a syllabub’ -- The milk-maid’s song -- Coridon’s oaten pipe -- Tail-piece: `Here is a trout will fix six reasonable bellies’ -- Head-piece: on the trout -- `I think it is best to draw cuts’ -- Coridon’s song -- `Come, Coridon, you are to be my bedfellow’ -- `Good-morrow, good hostess’ -- Ulysses Aldrovandus -- `Come, scholar, come, lay down your rod’ -- A gang of gypsies -- `Bright shines the sun; play, beggars, play’ -- Drumming up carps -- Sir Francis Bacon -- Tail-piece to Chapter V -- Head-piece: the umber or grayling -- Tail-piece to Chapter VI -- Head-piece: the salmon -- Tail-piece to Chapter VII -- Head-piece: on the luce or pike -- `Use him as though you loved him’ -- `Too good for any but anglers, or very honest men’ -- Tail-piece to Chapter VIII -- Sir Richard Baker -- Head-piece: on the carp -- Tail-piece to Chapter IX -- Head-piece: on the bream -- `Go yourself so far from the water-side’ -- `You may take a pipe of tobacco’ -- Tail-piece to Chapter X -- Head-piece: on the tench -- Tail-piece to Chapter XI -- Head-piece: on the perch -- Tail-piece to Chapter XII -- Head-piece: on the eel -- Du Bartas, Camden, Gerard, and Rondelet -- Snigling eels from the bridge -- Tail-piece to Chapter XIII -- Head-piece: `They flock together like sheep’ -- Tail-piece to Chapter XIV -- Dr. Gilbert Sheldon -- Head-piece: of the gudgeon, etc -- Tail-piece to Chapter XV -- Head-piece: `Man’s life is but vain’ -- `There a girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips’ -- The reckoning -- Edmund Waller -- Tail-piece to Chapter XVI -- Head-piece: of roach and dace -- `Follow the plough, and you shall find a white worm’ -- Mr. John Stubs’ shop -- Mr. Margrave’s shop -- Tail-piece to Chapter XVII -- Head-piece: of the minnow, etc -- Tail-piece (Dace) -- Head-piece: of rivers, etc -- Michael Drayton -- Tail-piece (Gudgeon) -- Head-piece: of fish-ponds -- Tail-piece (Pope or Ruffe) -- Head-piece (The Farewell) -- `Let’s now rest ourselves in this sweet shady arbour’
List of illustrations. Izaak Walton, frontispiece -- Madeley Manor -- Tail-piece to epistle dedicatory -- To all readers of this discourse -- Tail-piece to the epistle to the reader -- Entrance to the town of Ware from Amwell End – From an old Drawing -- `You are well overtaken, Gentlemen!’ -- Conrad Gesner -- Doctor Nowel -- Sir Henry Wotton -- To all the lovers of angling -- Amwell Hill -- The gloves of an otter -- Head-piece: on the otter and the chub -- `The sun is just rising’ -- The college of Carthusians -- `There is brave hunting this water-dog’ -- `An honest cleanly hostess’ -- The Anglers’ Inn, near Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire -- `Twenty ballads stuck about the wall’ -- Tail-piece -- Head-piece: The Chavender or chub -- `Yonder is the house’ -- Tail-piece to Chapter III -- Head-pieces: on the nature of the trout, etc -- `I have caught twenty or forty at a standing’ -- `I’ll give you a syllabub’ -- The milk-maid’s song -- Coridon’s oaten pipe -- Tail-piece: `Here is a trout will fix six reasonable bellies’ -- Head-piece: on the trout -- `I think it is best to draw cuts’ -- Coridon’s song -- `Come, Coridon, you are to be my bedfellow’ -- `Good-morrow, good hostess’ -- Ulysses Aldrovandus -- `Come, scholar, come, lay down your rod’ -- A gang of gypsies -- `Bright shines the sun; play, beggars, play’ -- Drumming up carps -- Sir Francis Bacon -- Tail-piece to Chapter V -- Head-piece: the umber or grayling -- Tail-piece to Chapter VI -- Head-piece: the salmon -- Tail-piece to Chapter VII -- Head-piece: on the luce or pike -- `Use him as though you loved him’ -- `Too good for any but anglers, or very honest men’ -- Tail-piece to Chapter VIII -- Sir Richard Baker -- Head-piece: on the carp -- Tail-piece to Chapter IX -- Head-piece: on the bream -- `Go yourself so far from the water-side’ -- `You may take a pipe of tobacco’ -- Tail-piece to Chapter X -- Head-piece: on the tench -- Tail-piece to Chapter XI -- Head-piece: on the perch -- Tail-piece to Chapter XII -- Head-piece: on the eel -- Du Bartas, Camden, Gerard, and Rondelet -- Snigling eels from the bridge -- Tail-piece to Chapter XIII -- Head-piece: `They flock together like sheep’ -- Tail-piece to Chapter XIV -- Dr. Gilbert Sheldon -- Head-piece: of the gudgeon, etc -- Tail-piece to Chapter XV -- Head-piece: `Man’s life is but vain’ -- `There a girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips’ -- The reckoning -- Edmund Waller -- Tail-piece to Chapter XVI -- Head-piece: of roach and dace -- `Follow the plough, and you shall find a white worm’ -- Mr. John Stubs’ shop -- Mr. Margrave’s shop -- Tail-piece to Chapter XVII -- Head-piece: of the minnow, etc -- Tail-piece (Dace) -- Head-piece: of rivers, etc -- Michael Drayton -- Tail-piece (Gudgeon) -- Head-piece: of fish-ponds -- Tail-piece (Pope or Ruffe) -- Head-piece (The Farewell) -- `Let’s now rest ourselves in this sweet shady arbour’
Contributors
Edmund Sullivan, illustrator
J.M. Dent and Company, publisher
T. and A. Constable (Edinburgh), printer
J.M. Dent and Company, publisher
T. and A. Constable (Edinburgh), printer
