1 HUF 5,22 11442.7.20 L HARVARD COL FOO MARY E Our of the olde fieldes, as men saithe, CAMBRIDGE: E. W. METCALF AND COMPANY, LIVES OF DONNE, WOTTON, HOOKER, HERBERT, AND SANDERSON. BY IZAAK WALTON. WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS WRITINGS. "THERE are no colors in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather whence the pen In statesman, priest, and humble citizen. Around meek Walton's heavenly memory." WORDSWORTH. EDITOR'S PREFACE. No one, it is believed, will be disposed to dispute the claims of "Izaak Walton's Lives," to a place in the Library of Old English Prose Writers. They are admitted at an early stage of the series, from the circumstance that these delightful pieces of biography are very little known in this country. Whilst that charming pastoral, "The Complete Angler," is familiar to every one who pretends to any acquaintance with old English literature, the "Lives" are in comparatively few hands. The Editor will consider himself amply compensated for any care he may have expended upon the publication of these volumes, if thereby he shall contribute in any degree to their being more widely known and more justly appreciated. The present edition, so far as the text is concerned, is an exact copy of Zouch's, which is
generally regarded as the standard. The few It is proposed, should there appear to be a demand for it, to insert "The Complete An- gler," as a companion, in a subsequent part of the series. The next volume will contain se lections from the Discourses of "that apostolic prelate and constant martyr of Jesus Christ, ALEXANDER YOUNG. BOSTON, SEPTEMBER 20, 1832. |