Note 43 — THE ROUND TABLE (continued 2)

One of the most interesting traits of the amiable simplicity of Walton, is the circumstance of his friendship for Cotton, one of the ‘swash-bucklers’ of the age. Dr. Johnson said there were only three works which the reader was sorry to come to the end of, Don Quixote, Robinson Crusoe, and the Pilgrim’s Progress. Perhaps Walton’s Angler might be added to the number.