Part I

, Chap. II,--_Izaak Walton_.

IZAAK WALTON, a celebrated English author, was born in Stafford, England, August 9, 1593, and died at Winchester, December 15, 1683. His most famous work was: "The Complete Angler: or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation." He also wrote the biographies of a number of famous men, known as "Walton's Lives."

Happy the man, and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own; He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have liv'd to-day.

"Imitation of Horace,"