,,phiz 7,h4 ,k4 ,,browne7 ,a ,memoir4 ,from ,,punch1 ,july #bbnd1 #ahhb4 ,phiz4 ,,hablot ,k4 ,,browne1 ,,artist4 ,,born1 #ahae4 ,,died1 ,,july1 #ahhb4 ,the ,lamp is out that lighted up the text ,of ,,dickens1 ,,lever--heroes of the pen4 ,pickwick and ,lorrequer we love1 but next ,we place the man who made us see such men4 ,what should we know of ,martin ,chuzzlewit1 ,stern ,mr4 ,dombey1 or ,uriah ,heep8 ,tom ,burke of ,ours8--,around our hearths they sit1 ,outliving their creators--all asleep6 ,no sweeter gift ere fell to man than his ,who gave us troops of friends--delightful ,,phiz6 ,he is not dead6 ,there in the picture-book ,he lives with men and women that he drew2 ,we take him with us to the cozy nook ,where old companions we can love anew4 ,dear boyhood's friend6 ,we rode with him to hounds2 ,lived with dear ,peggotty in after years2 ,missed in old ,ireland where fun knew no bounds2 ,at ,dora's death we felt poor ,david's tears6 ,there is no death for such a man--he is ,the spirit of an unclosed book6 immortal ,,phiz6 ,illustration ,,phiz 7,,hablot ,,knight ,,browne7 ,a ,memoir4 ,,including ,a ,selection from his ,correspondence and ,notes on his ,principal ,works4 ,,by ,,fred4 ,g4 ,,kitton4 ,,with ,a ,,portrait1 ,,and ,,numerous ,,illustrations4 ,,london3 ,w4 ,,satchell ,,co41 #ai1 ,,tavistock ,,street ,,covent ,,garden4 ,,mdccclxxxii4 ,,london3 ,g4 ,,norman ,,and ,,son1 ,,printers1 ,,hart ,,street1 ,,covent ,,garden4 ,,preface4 ,taking into consideration the ability of the ,artist whose name has become identified with the works of ,,dickens1 of ,,lever1 and of ,,ainsworth2 and who has contributed in the course of the present century more largely 7perhaps with the single exception of ,,cruikshank7 to the embellishment of popular books than any other known illustrator2 it would seem an inexcusable omission1 almost amounting to neglect1 if the life and labours of the late ,,hablot ,,knight ,,browne met with no more worthy recognition than the fleeting comments of the daily press4 ,such1 at least1 is my opinion2 and as a humble tribute to the memory of an able and industrious draughtsman1 and fertile designer1 ,i place on record the more generally interesting particulars of an honourable and exemplary career4 ,to ,mr4 ,w4 ,g4 ,,browne and ,dr4 ,,edgar ,,browne1 sons of the deceased artist1 my best thanks are due for a kindly interest in my work1 manifested more especially by the loan of many interesting letters dashed off on various occasions by ,phiz in the wildest spirit of fun2 and a willing consent to their appearance in print4 ,i have also to acknowledge the courtesy of ,messrs4 ,h4 ,,sotheran ,,co41 for permission to copy for publication a few letters written by ,phiz to ,,charles ,,dickens1 which are now published for the first time4 ,for the ,portrait 7copied from a photograph1 perhaps the best of the very few now in existence7 ,i am indebted to the ,proprietors of ,the ,graphic4 ,and lastly1 the ,author desires to associate with this brochure the name of his friend1 ,mr4 ,,george ,,redway1 who has rendered much valuable assistance in bringing it before the public4 ,,fred4 ,g4 ,,kitton4 #be1 ,,paultons ,,square1 ,,chelsea1 ,s4,w4 ,august1 #ahhb4 ,,list ,,of ,,plates4 ,portrait of ,phiz 7,h4 ,k4 ,browne7 ,,frontispiece ,the ,departure ,to face page #h ,artist's ,fancies for ,mr4 ,dombey #aa ,sam ,weller and his ,father #ad ,tail-piece to ,barnaby ,rudge #af ,dick ,swiveller and the ,lodger #bj ,death of ,quilp #bf ,the ,rioters #cj ,,note4--,with the exception of the ,portrait1 and the ,dombey fancies1 the above engravings are printed from electro-types of the original blocks1 which were first published in ,master ,humphrey's ,clock 7#ahdj-a74 ,,phiz 7,h4 ,k4 ,,browne7 ,a ,,memoir4 ,fizz1 ,whizz1 or something of that sort1 humorous ,,tom ,,hood would say1 when trying to recall the pseudonym that has since become so familiar by means of the innumerable works of art to which it was appended4 ,at the time ,,hablot,a ,,knight ,,browne first used this quaint soubriquet1 it was customary to look upon book-illustrators as second1 or even third-rate artists--mere hacks in fact2 and for this reason they usually suppressed their real names1 in order to give themselves the opportunity of earning the title of artist1 when producing more ambitious results as painters4 ,occasionally1 whether by accident or design1 the subject of this memoir would affix his real name to his illustrations2 and the public were consequently under the impression that the two signatures were those of different artists1 and were even wont to remark that ,browne's work was better than that of ',phiz6' ,it is not1 perhaps1 generally known that the artist's first nom de crayon was ,,nemo1 which to some extent bears out the above statement that a book-illustrator was considered a nobody4 ,mr4 ,,browne himself1 in referring to the ,pickwick ,papers1 gave the following explanation3--,i think ,i signed myself as ',,nemo' to my first etchings 7those of ,no4 #d7 before adopting ',phiz' as my soubriquet1 to harmonize--,i suppose--better with ,dickens' ',boz4' ,it is only on the earliest printed plates in some copies of the ,pickwick ,papers that the signature of ,,nemo can be faintly traced4 ,,hablot ,,knight ,,browne1 son of ,william ,loder ,browne1 a descendant from a ,norfolk family1 was born on the #abth of ,july1 #ahae1 at ,kennington1 ,london4 ,he was educated at a private school in ,norfolk1 and from an early age evinced a taste for drawing1 which1 being recognized by his relatives1 induced them to apprentice him to ,,finden1 the well-known line-engraver4 ,an anecdote is told of him during his apprenticeship which will bear repetition4 ,finding ,,browne very painstaking and conscientious1 his master usually sent him with engraved plates to the printer1 in order that he might superintend the operation of proof-taking4 ,as printers usually take their own time over such matters1 the youth found that this waiting the pressman's pleasure tried his patience too much4 ,it therefore occurred to him that to spend the interval in the ,british ,museum1 hard by1 would be much more suited to his tastes4 ,on his returning with the proofs1 ,,finden would praise the boy's diligence1 little thinking what trick had been practised on him4 ,line-engraving1 however1 did not find much favour with the future ,phiz1 the process being too tedious2 for ,,finden would probably occupy some weeks to produce a small plate1 which by the quicker process of etching1 could have been executed in as many hours4 ,he accordingly suspended operations in that quarter1 and1 in conjunction with a young kindred spirit1 hired a small attic1 and employed his time in the more fascinating pursuit of water-colour drawing1 which he continued to follow with remarkable assiduity until a few days before his death4 ,these juvenile disciples of the brush then worked hard at drawing in colour4 ,,browne paid his share of the rent in drawings1 which he produced rapidly2 indeed1 there was a solemn compact between the co-workers to do three a day--they subsisting1 meanwhile1 on the simplest fare4 ,at this time he attended the evening class at the ,life ,school in ,st4 ,martin's ,lane1 and was a fellow-pupil with ,,etty1 the famous painter of the nude4 ,it was ,,browne',s great delight to watch this talented student at work1 and he considerably neglected his own studies in consequence4 ,at the age of seventeen1 or thereabouts1 he succeeded in gaining a medal offered for competition by the ,society of ,arts for the best representation of an historical subject2 and was again fortunate in obtaining a prize1 from the same ,society1 for a large etching of ,john ,gilpin4 ,mr4 ,,george ,,augustus ,,sala1 himself an artist of no small ability1 remembers to have seen1 in a shop-window in ,wardour ,street1 a certain print by a young man named ,,hablot ,,browne1 representing the involuntary flight of ,john ,gilpin1 scattering the pigs and poultry in his never-to-be-forgotten ride4 ,illustration ,by the time he had attained his twentieth year he had acquired considerable facility with the pencil4 ,,charles ,,dickens1 but three years his senior1 and with whom the name of ,phiz is inseparably connected1 had just then made a wonderful reputation by his ,sketches1 which first appeared1 at intervals1 during #ahcd-e1 and were afterwards published in book form1 illustrated by the renowned ,,george ,,cruikshank4 ,in #ahcf1 there appeared in print a pamphlet of some forty or fifty pages1 entitled ,sunday under ,three ,heads--,as it is2 as ,sabbath ,bills would make it2 as it might be made2 ,by ,timothy ,sparks2 illustrated by ,h4 ,k4 ,b42 and dedicated to the ,bishop of ,london4 ,the author was ,,charles ,,dickens1 whose satire was levelled at ,sir ,andrew ,agnew and the extreme ,sabbatarian party1 and had immediate reference to a bill for the better observance of the ,sabbath1 which the ,house of ,commons had recently thrown out by a small majority4 ,the illustrations in this little work were drawn by ,,hablot ,,browne1 and are very choice examples of wood-engraving of the school that existed half a century ago4 ,its original price was one shilling1 but having become very scarce1 it is now worth more than its weight in gold4 ,these early productions of ,,browne',s pencil at once introduced him to public notice1 and ,,dickens showed his appreciation of their excellence by selecting him as the illustrator of the ,pickwick ,papers1 which appeared during the early part of that year4 ,it is well known to the readers of ,forster's ,life of ,dickens1 that the idea of ,pickwick was suggested to the author by ,,robert ,,seymour1 whose tastes induced him to etch a few plates of sporting subjects to which ,,dickens was to supply the text4 ,thus commenced that immortal work known as ,the ,posthumous ,papers of the ,pickwick ,club4 ,,seymour produced seven illustrations1 when he committed suicide1 which obliged the publishers to make arrangements with another artist4 ,r4 ,w4 ,,buss,b succeeded ,,seymour1 and etched two plates1 which ,,dickens1 who had by this time assumed the control of the work1 thought so unsatisfactory 7as indeed they were71 that he declined his further services4 ,here a fresh opening was created1 and ,,william ,,makepeace ,,thackeray competed with ,,hablot ,,knight ,,browne for the post2 both submitting to ,,dickens' inspection some specimens of their work4 ,the choice fell upon ,phiz1 the artist whose ability has so admirably proved the wisdom of the selection2 and ,,thackeray thereupon determined to adopt another profession1 with what happy results let ,esmond testify4 ,who could say whether ,vanity ,fair would ever have been written had this mighty penman been chosen to succeed ,,buss8 ,it is curious to note ,,thackeray',s great anxiety to become an artist2 he even went abroad to study1 but ,,sala tells us that ,mr4 ,,thackeray drew1 perhaps1 rather worse than he had done before beginning his continental studies1 although at that time he actually supplied a series of etchings to illustrate ,,douglas ,,jerrold',s ,men of ,character1 which were prodigies of badness4 ,when ,phiz had been selected as the illustrator of the ,pickwick ,papers1 his generous rival was the first to tell him the good news1 and offer his congratulations4 ,phiz may now be said to have fairly commenced his career as a book-illustrator4 ,his sense of humour corresponded so exactly with that of ,,dickens1 that a mere suggestion enabled him to vividly represent the scenes described by the author4 ,it has been remarked 7and truly7 that in many cases the plates do not correspond with the text2 but this can be accounted for4 ,,dickens1 then an enthusiastic young author1 and somewhat impetuous in his demands for drawings1 would arrive unexpectedly at ,,browne',s studio1 hurriedly read a few pages of manuscript1 and exclaiming1 ,now1 ,i want you to illustrate that1 would take an abrupt departure1 carrying the manuscript off with him4 ,as soon as the artist could collect his faculties1 he would try to recall the scene so hastily described1 and endeavour to put it on paper4 ,,dickens himself1 in his preface to the ,pickwick ,papers1 gives a similar explanation1 viz4--,it is due to the gentleman1 whose designs accompany the letterpress1 to state that the interval has been so short between the production of each number in manuscript and its appearance in print1 that the greater portion of the illustrations have been executed by the artist from the author's verbal description of what he intended to write4 ,it is therefore not surprising that a few errors1 in such details as the number of boys in a procession1,c or the dress of an individual1 should occur4 ,illustration ,of ,,dickens' ,novels1 ,martin ,chuzzlewit contains1 perhaps1 our etcher's most vigorous productions1 but the small woodcut illustrations in ,master ,humphrey's ,clock are very praiseworthy1 and without doubt conduced greatly to the popularity of the book4 ,the illustrations in the ,pickwick ,papers are on the whole inferior to many which ,phiz subsequently executed4 ,but an exception must be made in favour of the artist's realization of the character of ,sam ,weller1 than which1 even ,,seymour',s happy invention of ,mr4 ,pickwick did not more effectually ensure the popularity of ,,dickens' comic epic and give it a deathless date4 ,the extraordinary demand for copies of the ,pickwick ,papers necessitated a re-etching of the copper-plates1 which1 owing to friction caused by the printer's hand1 had become very much worn4 ,this reproduction will account for any slight difference in the details of the illustrations2 for the repetition of subjects once etched1 was a task by no means congenial to the artist2 and this no doubt induced him to say1 some years afterwards1 in a letter to one of his sons1 ,o6 ,i'm a' weary1 ,i'm a' weary of this illustrating business4 ,artists frequently experience great difficulty in realizing1 to the author's satisfaction1 the description of scenes and characters4 ,an illustration is here given showing ,,browne',s various fancies for ,mr4 ,dombey1 all of which failed to please ,,dickens1 who also expressed his disapprobation of this artist's treatment of another subject in ,dombey and ,son4 ,i am really distressed1 writes he1 by the illustration of ,mrs4 ,pipchin and ,paul4 ,it is so frightfully and wildly wide of the mark4 ,good ,heaven6 in the commonest and most literal construction of the text1 it is all wrong4 ,she is described as an old lady1 and ,paul's 'miniature arm-chair' is mentioned more than once4 ,he ought to be sitting in a little arm-chair down in the corner of the fire-place1 staring up at her4 ,i can't say what pain and vexation it is to be so utterly misrepresented4 ,i would cheerfully have given a hundred pounds to have kept this illustration out of the book4 ,he never could have got that idea of ,mrs4 ,pipchin if he had attended to the text4 ,indeed1 ,i think he does better without the text2 for then the notion is made easy to him in short description1 and he can't help taking it in4 ,as the tale proceeded1 the artist more than compensated for his unsuccessful rendering of this incident2 and with ,micawber1 in ,david ,copperfield1 he obtained the author's entire approbation1 who says1 ,browne has sketched an uncommonly characteristic and capital ,mr4 ,micawber for the next number4 ,again1 with reference to an illustration in ,bleak ,house1 ,browne has done ,skimpole1 and helped to make him singularly unlike the great original4,d ,of the private life of ,phiz little is known4 ,his extreme nervousness and dislike to publicity was often misconstrued as pride2 and ,,dickens even had considerable difficulty in occasionally persuading him to meet a few friends and spend a pleasant evening4 ,when he did accept such invitations1 he invariably tried to seclude himself in a corner of the room1 or behind a curtain4 ,his desire for a quiet1 unobtrusive life1 induced him to pass most of his time in country retirement1 all business matters in town being transacted by an intimate friend4,e ,authors or publishers wishing to have a personal interview with ,phiz were compelled to visit him at his residence1 a few miles from town1 and many were the contretemps on dark nights as they crossed a bleak moor to reach their destination4 ,his sons looked forward to the time when visitors were expected1 in order to hear the stories of wild adventure which generally befell them1 and to laugh at their discomfiture4 ,phiz had been from his boyhood accustomed to horses1 and frequently hunted with the ,surrey hounds4 ,to this circumstance is due the extreme facility with which he delineated the horse in action in the hunting field and elsewhere4 ,at one time he contributed sketches to ,the ,sporting ,gazette4 ,this industrious artist was never known to take a lengthened holiday1 but occasionally spent a few days at the seaside1 where1 no doubt1 his pencil was fully employed4 ,a letter1 written while staying at ,margate1 to his son ,mr4 ,walter ,g4 ,browne 7whom1 for some unknown reason he styled ,doctor71 shows his innate sense of humour4 ,tuesday1 ,june #ai1 #f;,a1 ,,crescent ,,place1 ,,margate4 ,,my ,,dear ,,dr41 ,i haave ,transcriber's note3 haave has two macrons over the a's to denote a very long a is the correct pronunciation my ,w4 ,c4 ,white3,f--but ,i have no white collars--and as ,i am swelling it about without a necktie--mine having mysteriously disappeared1 left behind in a bath probably--perhaps it would be coming it too strong to appear without collars also1 and it is hardly warm enough for it either4 ,your ,p4,o4 is from the ,miscellany--to ,h4 ,k4 ,browne--from ,mr4 ,barrett--,xtian name unknown--and no matter4 ,any blocks that come1 forward on4 ,send me a 99 99 99 99 99 99 before ,i return4 ,i did some very good shades myself--of myself--unconsciously--yesterday evening4 ,the baths run along one side of the ,high ,street1 flush with the pavement--and ,i found when ,i had nearly finished my toilet that the gas-burner was so ingeniously placed1 that it was impossible for any bather to avoid casting gigantic studies of the nude upon the window blind4--,this sort of thing4-- ,illustration 99 99 99 99 99 ,here follow several other sketches of the bather in various attitudes4 ,his appreciation of fun is thus referred to by ,,dickens in a letter to ,mrs4 ,dickens1 dating from the ,lion ,hotel1 ,shrewsbury4 ,thursday1 ,nov4 #ast1 #ahch4--,we were at the play last night4 ,it was a bespeak--',the ,love ,chase1' a ballet 7with a phenomenon671 divers songs1 and ',a ,roland for an ,oliver4' ,it is a good theatre1 but the actors are very funny4 ,browne laughed with such indecent heartiness at one point of the entertainment1 that an old gentleman in the next box suffered the most violent indignation4 ,in #ahcg1 ,phiz accompanied ,,dickens to ,flanders1 for a ten days' summer holiday2 and in #ahch they went to ,yorkshire1 a journey which resulted in the production of ,nicholas ,nickleby4 ,the following year he made one of a party of four1 and visited1 with ,,dickens1 ,,macready and ,,forster1 nearly all the ,london prisons4 ,these joint tours of ,author and ,artist could not fail to assist the realization of the scenes they intended to depict4 ,it is an interesting fact in connection with the career of ,phiz1 that he would never agree to draw from the living model1--all his representations of moving crowds1 and the various types of humanity1 which his etchings exhibit1 being drawn from recollection4 ,he would sometimes make a few jottings in pencil--mere memoranda--when anything struck him as being worthy of reproduction1 but beyond that he depended on his excellent memory4 ,for example1 he would go to ,epsom on the ,derby ,day without taking a pencil even1 and1 on returning home1 would draw to the life exact portraits of any conspicuous or eccentric character he had seen on the course4 ,as previously stated1 ,,browne was extremely fond of water-colour drawing1 and executed some thousands during his life2 not unfrequently a day's work would be represented by three or four of these productions4 ,they were not caricatures1 as one might suppose1 but rural scenes a la ,watteau1 and allegorical subjects4 ,this fact controverts the statement made in a daily paper1 that unfortunately1 without a text to illustrate1 ',phiz' never had half-a-dozen ideas in his head 7674 ,for many years he was a constant contributor of pictures--figure subjects of a humorous and dramatic character--to the ,exhibitions of the ,british ,institution1 and of the ,society of ,british ,artists4 ,among his more ambitious efforts was a cartoon of considerable dimensions1 representing ,a ,foraging ,party of ,caesar's ,forces surprised by the ,britons1 which appeared as ,no4 #fe at the ,westminster ,hall ,exhibition of #ahdc4 ,this1 notwithstanding the scratchy manner of its execution1 displayed remarkable skill and abundant energy of design4 ,at the same gathering another cartoon was attributed to him1 of which the energy bordered on caricature2 it was named1 ,henry ,,ii defied by a ,welsh ,mountaineer4 ,illustration ,at one time ,phiz received an extraordinary commission to reproduce in water-colour all his illustrations to the ,novels of ,,dickens4 ,the ,artist reminded his patron of the magnitude of the undertaking1 but the request was persisted in1 and the work duly executed4 ,his love of bracing air induced him to pay frequent visits to the seaside2 but on one occasion he lodged in a house not remarkable for its odoriferous nature2 and1 in order to produce a current of fresh air in his bed-room1 he opened door and window1 and slept in the draught caused thereby4 ,for many years before his death1 he suffered from incipient paralysis1 the result1 no doubt1 of this incautious act1 and to which may be attributed his disappearance from the art world some fifteen years ago4 ,phiz1 notwithstanding his crippled condition1 still worked hard with admirable perseverance1 though his difficulties were increased by an injury to his thumb1 which compelled him to hold his pencil between the middle and fore fingers4 ,his friends endeavoured to persuade him to draw his pictures on a larger scale1 in order that they might be photographed to the required dimensions1 but1 with one or two exceptions1 he refused to act on this suggestion4 ,he gradually lost that facility which characterized his work1 and latterly yielded to proposals to illustrate boys' literature of a rather low class4 ,the time is past1 no doubt1 which encouraged the method of book-illustration adopted by ,phiz4 ,it has given place to wood-engraving1 and multifarious phototypic processes1 that1 perhaps1 are commercially preferable1 but from an artistic standpoint much inferior4 ,we must1 however1 except the wonderful results some wood-engravers have produced from time to time1 which etchers1 even1 cannot hope to excel4 ,dr4 ,edgar ,browne describes his father's indifference to the value of his work1 or the time and labour bestowed upon it3--,he never understood the art of husbanding or developing his powers1--he never set to work to learn any technical process2 when he had a little leisure from 'illustration' work1 he used to start a picture 'to get his hand in'--generally taking some unimportant or trivial subject for this purpose4 ,his facility of hand both in large and minute work was something marvellous4 ,at one time1 he produced a very remarkable series of sketches in chalk made during a tour in ,ireland4 ,they are scattered now1 but are as fine as anything he did1 and are certainly the best records of a people who have practically vanished4 ,he was astonishingly careless about his work4 ,hundreds of original designs were thrown into the waste-paper basket2 apart from their local interest similar sketches have found willing purchasers of late years4 ,like many other artists whose pecuniary reward had not been commensurate with their ability1,g he became the recipient of a pension4 ,the kind instrumentality of a few ,royal ,academicians obtained for him an annual grant which had been previously enjoyed by the late ,,george ,,cruikshank4 ,on the #hth of ,july1 #ahhb1 the death occurred of the famous ,phiz4 ,at the quiet village of ,hove1 near ,brighton1 where the last few years of his life were spent1 he succumbed in his sixty-seventh year to infirmity rather than old age4 ,almost forgotten as a man1 his productions have remained in our memories1 and will continue to do so as long as the works of ,,dickens and ,,lever are read and appreciated4 ,his remains were interred at the extra-mural ,cemetery1 ,brighton4 ,the funeral was private1 the only mourners present being the four sons of the deceased1 ,dr4 ,ambler1 ,mr4 ,george ,halse1,h and ,mr4 ,robert ,harrison4 ,as admirers of his artistic ability we place this ,memoir as a wreath upon his grave4 ,illustration ,illustration ,,correspondence4 ,the following letters were addressed by the artist-humorist to his son1 ,mr4 ,walter ,gr4 ,browne3-- ,,blenheim ,,crescent1 ,sept41 ,saturday1 #c o'clk4 ,p4,m41 ,a4,d4 #ahfg4 ,my ,dear ,dr41 ,i have nearly bursted my heart out1 and proved1 that my soul or soles 7,i have two7 is'nt--or an't--immortal1--by wearing on 'em out running to and fro after yr4 ,balmorals--,bootless errands6 ,the wretched slave 7of awl7 has but just brought them6 ,i bristle with wrath6 and could welt him6--but--no--,i won't--he may want his calf's skin whole1 to mend his own ,bad-morals66 99 99 99 99 99 ,i rush6 ,i fly6 to the ,gt4 ,w4 ,r4 ,station6----6666 ,illustration ,i sink--breathless into the arms of the astounded clerk--point to the boots---- ,my-mouth faintly whispers ,wey-mouth in his pen-adorned ,ear66 and--and--,bless me6 where am ,i8--and1 and--,i wish--you may get 'em6 99 99 99 99 99 ,if you visit ,portland again1 make a note of any peculiarities of spot--convict dress1 c4--as ,i have a touching bit of horse-y sentiment 767 connected therewith1 which will do for ,spg4 ,gazette4--,i should think you ought to find painty bits--within walking distance--say--right or left ten miles8 99 99 99 99 99 ,yrs4 affecty41 ,,dad4 ,sunday4 ,really1 my dear ,walter1 ,i thought you did know better than to disturb my devotional frame of mind on this blessed ,sabbath morn by forwarding me such a thoroughly worldly and evil-thought-producing thing as a wretched milliner's bill666--,the wretch must wait--he gorged ,l#e not long before ,i left home4--,the greediness of some men66 ,the ,pic4 ,gall4 circular ,i return--as you may like to enquire about it--the doz4 others1 cheap bacon--patent teeth and everlasting gums1 c41 c41 c41 c41 c4 ,i shall manure the grounds of ,colyton with ----4 ,i think you might get some background material for coast scenes down here4 ,yr4 affec4 ,dad1 ,h4 ,k4 ,b4 99 99 99 99 99 #fi1 ,,blenheim ,,crescent1 ,,notting-,,hill1 ,saturday4 ,,my ,,dear ,,doctor1 ,i send the ,tenpounder1 may it reach you in safety6 ,the ,commander has returned4 ,i sent you a paper containing the important news1 which1 however1 may not have reached you1 although ,i don't think it contained any remarks upon the ,hemperors personal appearance1 c41 c41 c4 ,tom is in the bosom of the family for a few days4--,his ,pipe is tuned differently now to what it used to was1 for he now declareth that ,st4 ,john's is a jolly school6 ,he seems to get on very well indeed1 and has brought home what ,dr4 ,lowe calls a well-earned prize4 ,he laments daily over the supposed loss of #d;d invested in a letter to you--from school--as it was directed1 he says1--#ba1 ,rue ,mussel wine--,i express doubts of its having reached you--and he groans aloud over the ,bull's eyes it would have bought6---- ,i am 7at present7 on a ,sporting ,paper--supported by some high and mighty ,turf ,nobs1 but1 ,i fear1 like everything ,i have to do with1 now-a-days1 it will collapse--for--some of the ,proprietors of the ,paper are also ,shareholders1 c41 c41 in the ,graphotype ,co41 so they want to work the two together4--,i hate the process--it takes quite four times as long as wood--and ,i cannot draw and express myself with a nasty little finiking brush1 and the result when printed seems to alternate between something all as black as my hat--or as hazy and faint as a worn-out plate4--,if on wood1 ,i should like it well enough--as it is--it spoils #d days a week--leaving little time for anything else4 ,o6 ,i'm a'weary1 ,i'm a'weary6 of this illustration business4---- ,tom is just off to the ,r4,a41 as it is not likely ,i shall go much before it's close4 ,i will get him to write you a critical description of all the wonderful works in ,turps1 ,varnish1 and ,hile4 ,yr4 affectionate ,dad1 ,h4 ,k4 ,b4 ,monday ,morning1 #be m4 #dj s4 p4 #aa ,a4,m4 ,,my ,,dear ,,walter1 ,there is a man playing ,home1 sweet home upon the key bugle--it is too much for me--my heart yearneth--,i feel ,i must write just a line or two--especially as it is raining hard--and ,i don't exactly know what to be at4 99 99 99 99 99 ,splendid effects yesterday evening--sun-set1 twilight1 crescent moon--stormy clouds1--tide out--reflections--dark fishing-craft--very good--quite the thing for you4 ,there are no people here at present--decidedly nothing ,belgravian--chiefly masculines--from the ,saturday to the ,monday sort--it striketh me--a few ,i think have strayed here from ,southend--,i saw this sort of thing see page #bi on the ,grand ,promenade--which looks like it4---- ,there was a great wind yesterday--,boreas had been taking concentrated essence of ginger--,it fairly took me off my legs once as ,i was walking along the cliffs to ,broadstairs1 luckily for me it blew off the sea--and ,i was brought up short by some railings in this wise--see page #bb otherwise ,i should 7no doubt7 have been carried across a #e acre field of ,cloveria ,trifolia ,browniensis4--,i am glad to say ,i was also of service to humanity yesterday--,i heard the shrill shrieks of a child and a woman's cry for help behind me--,i turned--and saw there was not a moment to lose1 the wind had caught a poor child--'s hat 7and woman's too7 and bore it rapidly to the edge of the cliff--with my usual agility ,i bounded over the rails fencing the cliff--and saved--yes1 saved the child--'s--'at6--another puff and it would have been in the deep1 deep sea--the blue1 the fresh1 c4--,stout mama thanked me politely1 and turning to her husband 7who1 of course1 had come up too late to be of any use--those husbands always do7--she remarked ,that the vind had blown both her and her child's 'at hoff and if she'd know'd it--she wouldn't have brought the young-un hout4 ,i dare say humanity is amusing here when the place is full--there seems a good deal of os exercise--and basket-carriage driving on ,sundays--which is good to behold--this gentleman see page #be was driving with supreme self-content--having one rein all snug and tight under his pony's tail--luckily the beast did not seem to have any kick in him--so perhaps he got safe back to ,margate4 99 99 99 99 99 ,yr4 affec4 ,dad1 ,h4 ,k4 ,b4 99 99 99 99 99 ,illustration #bith ,sept4 #ahfh4 ,,my ,,dear ,,doctor1 ,i have sent you a couple of canvasses--if you put little ,clara's head on one of them1 you will immortalize her and yourself too4 ,also therewith you will find a ,surplice1 and if you will only hold forth1 next ,sunday1 in the ,grande ,place of ,colyton--,i will guarantee to say that the simplicity of yr4 vestment and the flowing eloquence of yr4 tongue will draw out--7as irresistibly as the ,piper did the children7 the congregations of the ,high ,church and the ,conventicles which will--one and all--rush forth for to see and to hear1 and admiringly surround you6--,if windy1 you might take this for yr4 text--,what went ye forth for to see8-- ,a reed shaken by the wind8 c41 c4 ,there must have been a splendid ,sea on at ,sea-ton1 these last few days1--tons of sea1 eh8 ,as ,i took my walk abroad this morning--,i saw the ,serpentine in all its grandeur--and observed several vessels in distress--some clipper yachts on their beam ends--the waves were prodigious--great rollers--two especially--one a six horse fellow--t'other a steamer--crunching and grinding--levelling and sweeping all before them6 ,have you seen the ,doge of ,colyton yet8 or any of the ,dog-es8 ,by all means cultivate the acquaintance of the ,doge's kinswoman4 ,miss ,p---- 7pray give my love to her7--fac-similed on the stage or in a novel1 she would be a tremendous hit4 ,i hope you are not belying the good character ,i have given of you to the boys--and are doing ,elephant1 ,tiger1 and ,rhinoceros,i to their perfect satisfaction--though1 considering yr4 predecessor--it will test your utmost powers1 not to be a wretched failure1 possibly--much the same sort of thing--as your attempting to sing a comic song immediately after the ,great ,vance666 ,good ,night1 ,yr4 affectionate ,dad1 ,h4 ,k4 ,b4 ,the following notes have been selected from the unpublished correspondence of ,phiz with ,,charles ,,dickens3-- ,,my ,,dear ,,dickens1 ,i have just got one boot on1 intending to come round to you1 but you have done me out of a capital excuse to myself for idling away this fine morning4--,i quite forgot to answer your note1 and ,mr4 ,macrone's book has not been very vividly present to my memory for some time past4 ,i think by the beginning of next 7week7 or the middle 7certain7 ,i shall have done the plates1 but in the scraps of copy that ,i have ,i can see but one good subject1 so if you know of another pray send it me4 ,i should like ,malcolm again1 if you can spare him4 ,believe me1 ,yours very truly1 ,,hablot ,k4 ,,browne4 ,charles ,dickens1 ,esq4 ,sunday1 ,sept4 ,,my ,,dear ,,dickens1 ,can you conveniently send me the subject or subjects for next week by ,thursday or ,friday8 as ,i wish1 if practicable1 to start for ,brussels by the ,sunday's boat--a word in reply will oblige1 ,yours truly1 ,,hablot ,k4 ,,browne4 ,charles ,dickens1 ,esq4 ,p4,s4--,upon second thoughts ,i send you the enclosed epistle--7if you read it1 you will find out why7--the writer thereof is ,harry ,lorrequer1 alias ,charles ,o',malley--to whose house ,i am going4 ,h4 ,k4 ,b4 ,p4,s4 ,second--,a fortnight's furlough would suit me better than a week1 if it could be managed1 as ,i should like to return by ,holland4 ,,my ,,dear ,,dickens1 ,i am sorry ,i cannot have a touch at battledore with you to-day1 being already booked for this evening--but ,i will give you a call to-morrow after church1 and take my chance of finding you at home4 ,yours very sincerely1 ,,hablot ,k4 ,,browne4 ,charles ,dickens1 ,esq4 #cc1 ,,howland ,,street4 ,,my ,,dear ,,dickens1 ,i shall be most happy to remember not to forget the #ajth ,april1 and1 let me express a disinterested wish1 that having completed and established one ,shop,j in an extensive line of business1 you will go on increasing and multiplying such like establishments in number and prosperity till you become a ,dick ,whittington of a merchant1 with pockets distended to most ,brobdignag dimensions4 ,believe me1 ,yours very truly1 ,,hablot ,k4 ,,browne4 ,charles ,dickens1 ,esq4 ,i return you the ,riots with many thanks4 ,illustration ,sunday ,morning4 ,,my ,,dear ,,dickens1 ,will you give me some notion of the sort of design you wish for the frontispiece to second vol4 of ,clock8,k ,cattermole being put hors de combat--,chapman with a careworn face 7if you can picture that7 brings me the block at the eleventh hour1 and requires it finished by ,wednesday4 ,now as ,i have two others to complete in the meantime--something nice and light would be best adapted to my palette1 and prevent an excess of perspiration in the relays of wood-cutters4 ,you shall have the others to criticise on ,tuesday4 ,yours very truly1 ,,hablot ,k4 ,,browne4 ,charles ,dickens1 ,esq4 ,how are ,mrs4 ,dickens and the ,infant8 ,,footnotes3 ,a ,pronounced ,hab-lo1 after a ,monsieur ,hablot1 a captain in the ,french army1 and a friend of the family4 ,b ,it was ,buss who illustrated ,mrs4 ,trollope's ,serial ,story1 ,the ,widow ,married1 which was published in ,the ,new ,monthly ,magazine1 #ahdj4 ,c ,see ,dombey and ,son1 ,vol4 ,i1 p4 #aac--;,doctor ,blimber's ,young ,gentlemen4 ,d ,leigh ,hunt4 ,e ,mr4 ,r4 ,young1 who also undertook the precarious task of biting in his plates4 ,f ,water-colour white4 ,g ,publishers frequently availed themselves of his facile pencil1 and would instruct him to furnish illustrations for books already in the press1 for which he was often inadequately paid4 ,h ,the ,sculptor1 and an old coadjutor on ,once a ,week4 ,he is also the author of ,a ,salad of ,stray ,leaves now in the press1 which contains a frontispiece by ,phiz1 the last design from his pencil4 ,this he executed under some difficulties1 for owing to an attack of rheumatism in his hands1 the design--teeming with fancy--had to be made on a large scale1 and afterwards reduced by the process of photography4 ,i ,a favourite game with the children4 ,j ,the ,old ,curiosity ,shop4 ,k ,master ,humphrey's ,clock4 ,a ,,list ,,of ,,the ,,principal ,,works ,,illustrated ,,by ,,phiz4 ,to enumerate all the works illustrated by ,phiz would be a next to impossible task1 for their name is legion4 ,no artist was so popular or so prolific as a book-illustrator1 with the exception1 perhaps1 of ,george ,cruikshank4 ,it may fairly be questioned whether the works of ,charles ,dickens1 with which the name of ,phiz is most intimately associated in our minds1 would have achieved such notoriety without the aid of the etching needle so ably wielded4 ,mr4 ,john ,hollingshead1 in his essay on ,dickens1 says3-- ,the greater the value of a book as a literary production1 the more will the circle of its influence usually be narrowed4 ,the very shape1 aspect1 and garments of the ideal creatures who move through its pages1 even when drawn by the pen of the first master of fiction in the land1 will be faint and confused to the blunter perception of the general reader1 unless aided by the attendant pencil of the illustrative artist4 ,for the sharp1 clear images of ,mr4 ,pickwick1 with the spectacles1 gaiters1 and low crowned hat--of ,sam ,weller1 with the striped waistcoat and the artful leer--of ,mr4 ,winkle1 with the sporting costume and the foolish expression--more persons are indebted to the caricaturist1 than to the faultless descriptive passages of the great creative mind that called the amusing puppets into existence4 ,it was not the fame of ,dickens only that was enhanced by ,phiz1 for the numerous illustrations in the works of ,charles ,lever1 ,harrison ,ainsworth1 the brothers ,mayhew1 and a host of minor novelists were executed by his unwearied hand4 ,it was ,dickens1 however1 who introduced him to public notice1 in a pamphlet1 now very scarce1 entitled ,sunday under ,three ,heads1 embellished with four delicately executed engravings drawn by ,h4 ,k4 ,b4 ,it was his succession to ,seymour as the illustrator of the ,pickwick ,papers1 that really excited public interest in the youthful artist1 who created1 pictorially1 the second hero in the work1 the inimitable ,samuel ,weller4 ,those who are familiar with the original edition of the ,pickwick ,papers will remember with some amusement1 the artist's introduction of the indefatigable ,boots1 as represented in the yard of the ,white ,hart ,inn1 ,borough4 ,the identical ,inn exists at the present day4 ,mr4 ,pickwick in the ,pound is another amusing plate1 where the laughing1 jeering crowd of spectators crowned by a jubilant and juvenile chimney sweeper1 the braying of a jackass in the ears of the astonished hero1 who sits somewhat uncomfortably in a wheelbarrow1 are incidents so cleverly depicted as to excite unqualified admiration4 ,mr4 ,pickwick ,slides is another truly artistic production4 ,the delicate execution of the extreme distance where is seen a manor house of the olden time nestling amongst the trees1 and a farmyard hard by1 leaves nothing to be desired4 ,mr4 ,sala somewhat harshly criticises the illustrations in this work1 which1 he says1 were exceedingly humorous1 but vilely drawn4 ,the amazing success of his author seems1 however1 to have spurred the artist to sedulous study1 and to have conduced in a remarkable degree towards the development of his faculties4 ,a surprising improvement was visible in the frontispieces to the completed volumes,l of ,pickwick4 ,undoubtedly faults exist1 but to characterize the illustrations as vile1 seems too severe a term1 for after all1 the exaggerated types of face1 form1 and feature1 do but harmonize with the somewhat exaggerated descriptions of them by the author4 ,this defect1 if such it can be called1 was remedied considerably in his later productions4 ,illustration ,in #ahcg1 ,phiz accompanied ,dickens into ,yorkshire1 there to gather material for ,nicholas ,nickleby1 a work which exposes the tyranny practised by some schoolmasters on their helpless pupils4 ,in this book1 published in #ahci1 is presented to us the despicable ,squeers1 which type of brute in human form was so successfully realized by both ,author and ,artist1 that the indignation of innumerable ,yorkshire pedagogues was raised to threats of legal proceedings1 for traducing their characters1 one of them actually stating that he remembered being waited on last ,january twelvemonth by two gentlemen1 one of whom held him in conversation while the other took his likeness4 ,the most familiar representation of ,squeers is seen in the second plate1 where he stands sharpening his pen1 and is timorously approached by the stout father of two wizen-faced boys who are about to become his pupils4 ,the face of the schoolmaster1 in which are combined hypocrisy and cruelty1 and the expression of sympathy for the new comers exhibited by the boy on the trunk1 are worthy of the closest inspection4 ,the effect of the school treatment at ,dotheboy's ,hall is visible in the illustration where ,the ,internal ,economy is depicted4 ,here we see the starveling lads during and after the internal application of superabundant doses of brimstone and treacle1 administered by ,squeers' worthy partner4 ,the eighth plate happily depicts the wild excitement of the pupils when ,nicholas astonishes ,mr4 ,squeers and family by making a furious attack on the former with the cane2 as well as ,the breaking-up at ,dotheboy's ,hall1 where the boys revenge themselves on their former tormentors4 ,there are two more etchings in this volume especially remarkable as artistic productions1 viz41 ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,mantalini in ,ralph ,nickleby's ,office1 where the expression of an intent listener on the face of ,ralph1 and of horror on that of ,mantalini1 is capitally rendered2 and the plate entitled ,the ,recognition1 which shows poor ,smike in the act of rising from a couch of sickness as he recognizes ,broker1 who had conveyed him as a child to school4 ,master ,humphrey's ,clock1 written in #ahdj-a1 includes the stories of the ,old ,curiosity ,shop and ,barnaby ,rudge which have been happily termed two unequalled twin fictions upon one stem4 ,the illustrations were drawn on wood by ,h4 ,k4 ,browne and ,george ,cattermole1 and the former created1 pictorially1 ,little ,nell1 ,mrs4 ,jarley1 ,quilp1 ,dick ,swiveller1 the ,marchioness1 ,sally ,brass1 and her brother ,sampson4 ,phiz revelled in wild fun in the vignettes relating to the devilries of ,mr4 ,daniel ,quilp and the humours of ,codlin and ,short1 and of ,mrs4 ,jarley's waxwork show4 ,his ,marchioness was a distinct comic creation2 but in the weird waterscape1 showing the corpse of ,quilp washed ashore1 he sketched a vista of riparian scenery which1 in its desolate breadth and loneliness1 has not since1 perhaps1 been equalled1 save in the amazing suggestive ,thames etchings of ,mr4 ,james ,whistler4 ,to be sure1 ,hablot ,browne was stimulated to excellence during the continuance of the ,old ,curiosity ,shop by the friendly rivalry of the famous water-colour painter1 ,george ,cattermole1 who drew the charming vignettes of the quaint old cottages and school-house and church of the village where ,little ,nell died4 ,in ,barnaby ,rudge1 however1 ,hablot ,browne had things graphic his own way1 and again towards the close he manifested genuine tragic power4 ,his ,barnaby with the ,raven is lovely in its picturesque grace4,m ,when the first cheap series of this work was published1 plates by ,h4 ,k4 ,browne were issued1 which are now so scarce1 that they are often catalogued at eight or ten times their original price4 ,two years after the visit of ,dickens to ,america in #ahdb1 ,martin ,chuzzlewit was published1 the illustrations to which excel in vigour all the previous efforts of ,phiz4 ,here we are brought face to face1 in a pictorial sense1 with the hypocrite1 ,mr4 ,pecksniff1 the abstemious ,mrs4 ,gamp and her bosom friend1 ,betsy ,prig1 simple ,tom ,pinch and his charming sister1 ,ruth4 ,the frontispiece is a most ambitious work1 but none the less successful1 for ,phiz has represented1 in the space of a few square inches1 all the leading events1 humorous and pathetic1 described in the novel4 ,in the illustration where ,mark ,tapley is seen starting from his native village for ,london1 ,phiz exhibits his sense of the picturesque in the old gables and dormers of the cottages which form the background4 ,the plate1 ,mr4 ,pecksniff on his ,mission1 is full of interest1 and gives us an insight into the character of ,kingsgate ,street1 ,holborn1 at that time4 ,the female neighbours of ,mrs4 ,gamp1 the midwife1 flock round ,pecksniff1 commiserating with him on his supposed domestic cares1 and advising him to knock at the winder1 ,sir2 knock at the winder4 ,lord bless you1 don't lose no more time than you can help--knock at the winder6 ,illustration ,but the etching in ,chuzzlewit which most strikes the reader as a ludicrous conception1 is that where ,mrs4 ,gamp propoges a toast4 ,here he has admirably illustrated the text1 wherein is described1 with other details of a droll character1 how some rusty gowns and other articles of that lady's wardrobe depended from the bed-posts2 and these had so adapted themselves by long usage to her figure1 that more than one impatient husband1 coming in precipitately1 at about the time of twilight1 had been for an instant stricken dumb by the supposed discovery that ,mrs4 ,gamp had hanged herself4 ,in the background of the picture are represented these indispensable articles of dress1 while at the table sit1 in friendly chat1 ,mrs4 ,gamp and ,betsy4 ,betsy1 said ,mrs4 ,gamp1 filling her own glass and passing the tea-pot1 ,i will now propoge a toast4 ,my frequent pardner1 ,betsy ,prig6 ,which1 altering the name to ,sairah ,gamp2 ,i drink1 said ,mrs4 ,prig1 with love and tenderness4 ,in #ahdf1 ,dombey and ,son commenced1 with forty illustrations by ,phiz4 ,the frontispiece is similar in design to that of ,chuzzlewit1 introducing the principal characters and events in the novel4 ,the austere and pompous 7not to say selfish7 ,mr4 ,dombey1 whom ,phiz had great difficulty in realizing to the author's satisfaction1,n is introduced in many of the plates1 although the artist has somewhat failed in preserving the same type of face throughout4 ,he has succeeded better with the genial ,captain ,cuttle4 ,little ,paul1 as he sits in his diminutive arm-chair1 contrasts most favourably in his childish innocence1 with the grim ,mrs4 ,pipchin1 whose ,ogress-like character is strongly marked4 ,the scene in which ,mr4 ,dombey introduces his daughter ,florence to ,mrs4 ,skewton1 is one of the most successful in the book1 and contains the best type of ,dombey4 ,here also1 the face of ,florence is truly pretty1 and the artist has well portrayed the handsome but vindictive ,edith denouncing ,carker for his treachery4 ,a very effective etching entitled1 ,on the ,dark ,road1 represents the flight of the enraged and disappointed libertine4 ,the horses are being urged on their mad career by the whip and spurs of a postilion1 under the dark sky with a glimmer of light in the horizon caused by the rising sun4 ,the artist at this time essayed a process of working on plates over which a half-tint had been previously laid by means of a ruling-machine1 and in which the high-lights were afterwards stopped out1 and the whites burnished out4 ,he frequently availed himself of these ready means of producing effect4 ,full-length portraits of the principal characters in ,dombey1 which were issued as additional plates by ,phiz1 are now very scarce4 ,david ,copperfield 7#ahej71 with forty illustrations1 was the next venture1 but was not so much an artistic as a literary success4 ,a favourite character in it of course1 is ,micawber1 a kindly caricature of the ,author's father1 the realization of whom1 by ,browne1 obtained the hearty approval of ,dickens4 ,the most characteristic and1 perhaps1 most successful work of ,phiz is to be seen in the illustrations to ,bleak ,house4 ,a view of the ,house itself forms the subject of the frontispiece4 ,the ,ghost's ,walk1 the ,drawing-room at ,chesney ,wold1 ,tom ,all-alone's1 and the gateway leading to the burial ground where ,lady ,dedlock has fallen lifeless1 are instances where the artist has obtained some fine effects by the ruled-plate process4 ,a writer in ,the ,daily ,telegraph1 of ,july #aath1 #ahhb1 speaks somewhat disparagingly of these illustrations1 but ,the ,academy of a few days later1 in the following remarks1 thus demurs to his criticism3-- ,in the ,bleak ,house illustrations hardly anything is wrong2 there is no shortcoming4 ,not only is the comic side1 the even fussily comic1 such as 'the young man of the name of ,guppy1' understood and rendered well1 but the dignified beauty of old country-house architecture1 or the architecture of the chambers of our inns-of-court is conveyed in brief touches2 and there is apparent everywhere that element of terrible suggestiveness which made not only the art of ,hablot ,browne1 but the art of ,charles ,dickens himself1 in this story of ,bleak ,house1 recall the imaginative purpose of the art of ,meryon4 ,what can be more impressive in connection with the story--nay1 even independently of the story--than the illustration of ,mr4 ,tulkinghorn's chambers in gloom2 than the illustration of the staircase at ,dedlock's own house1 with the placard of the reward for the discovery of the murderer2 than that of ,tom ,all ,alone's2 the dark1 foul darkness of the burial ground shown under scanty lamplight1 and the special spot where lay the man who 'wos very good to me--he wos6'8 ,and then again1 'the ,ghost's ,walk1' and once more the burial ground1 with the woman's body--,lady ,dedlock's--now close against its gate4 ,of course it would be possible to find fault with these things1 but they have nothing of the vice of tameness--they deliver their message effectually4 ,it is not their business to be faultless2 it is their business to impress4 ,illustration ,a very successful rendering of character in ,bleak ,house is that of ,harold ,skimpole1 whose prototype was ,leigh ,hunt1 an intimate friend of the ,novelist1 who1 by his unintentional disregard for the feelings of ,hunt in caricaturing his peculiarities1 nearly severed that friendship4 ,again1 there is intense humour in the illustration facetiously styled1 ,in re ,guppy1 extraordinary proceeding4 ,the love-sick ,guppy is seen in a kneeling posture1 while declaring to ,miss ,summerson the burning passion that consumes him4 ,the expression on the face of the young lady shows that she is more amused than flattered by his preference4 ,in ,little ,dorrit 7#ahee-g7 the experience gained by both ,author and ,artist during their tour of the ,london prisons1 stood them in good stead1 for here the ,marshalsea is fully described1 the type of a debtor's jail4 ,the first illustration represents the interior of a ,french prison1 in which are incarcerated ,monsieur ,rigaud and ,signor ,john ,baptist4 ,the effect of deep gloom in the cell is produced by the ruled-plate method1 and is quite ,rembrandt-like4 ,in contrast with this1 the illustration of ,the ,ferry1 is a delightful country aspect1 with trees and winding river2 and another plate entitled ,floating away1 an evening scene1 the moon rising behind the trees1 is quite romantic4 ,the old house in the last picture but one--,damocles1--again shows ,browne's appreciation of the picturesque architecture of bygone times1 in the effect of light from the setting sun as it falls upon the house front1 throwing into relief the quaint old carvings of door and window4 ,the last work illustrated by ,phiz for ,dickens was ,the ,tale of ,two ,cities 7#ahei71 containing sixteen etchings full of vigour1 as the character of the story justifies4 ,for some reason1 at this time1 a rupture was caused between author and artist1,o which resulted in the engagement of ,mr4 ,marcus ,stone and ,mr4 ,luke ,fildes as illustrators of ,our ,mutual ,friend and ,edwin ,drood4 ,these accomplished painters avoided the old system of caricature1 the old1 forced humour2 but it is certain that their designs are less intimately associated with the persons in the stories they illustrated than those of ,phiz with the earlier and more popular works of ,dickens4 ,having devoted the larger portion of the space at our disposal to a description of the most famous productions of ,browne's pencil1 which are prominent in the original editions of the ,novels of ,charles ,dickens1 we can but briefly enumerate the plates he etched for ,lever1 ,ainsworth1 and others4 ,illustration ,in ,charles ,lever's ,harry ,lorrequer 7#ahci7 and ,charles ,o',malley 7#ahda71 the uproarious mirth and jollity of ,irish military life is well portrayed by the needle of the artist4 ,the last night in ,trinity in the latter work1 is an example of this1 wherein is seen the worthy ,doctor perched on a table1 surrounded by a batch of ,irish dragoons1 and being elevated by an explosion of combustibles4 ,the horses in the illustrations are admirably drawn4 ,in ,jack ,hinton 7#ahdb7 the artist shows remarkable force in depicting the death of ,shaun1 and has well realized the humour of ,corney's ,combat with the ,cossack4 ,tom ,burke of ,ours 7#ahdd7 contains forty-four illustrations by ,phiz1 many of which represent the scenes connected with the battles of ,austerlitz1 c41 during the reign of the great ,napoleon4 ,most especially noticeable is the scene in a court of justice1 with ,darby in the ,chair2 the face of that hero with an expression apparently abashed1 but really full of roguishness1 as he gazes at the counsel1 is one of the most successful of ,browne's efforts4 ,the ,o',donoghue 7#ahde71 has twenty-six illustrations1 most of which are well conceived4 ,the falling body of a man in the frontispiece is a remarkable drawing4 ,the girlish figure of ,kate ,o',donoghue1 as she bends over the form of her heart-broken brother ,herbert1 is well depicted4 ,st4 ,patrick's ,eve 7#ahde71 with four etchings and several woodcuts4 ,the most remarkable of the former is ,the ,cholera ,hut4 ,the ,knight of ,gwynne 7#ahdg71 with forty illustrations4 ,roland ,cashel 7#ahej71 with forty illustrations4 ,the ,daltons 7#aheb71 with forty-eight illustrations4 ,the ,dodd ,family ,abroad 7#ahed71 with forty illustrations4 ,the shrewd simplicity of ,kenny ,dodd is well delineated4 ,the ,martins of ,cro' ,martin 7#ahef71 with forty illustrations4 ,davenport ,dunn 7#ahei71 with forty-four illustrations4 ,one of ,them 7#ahfa71 with thirty illustrations4 ,barrington 7#ahfc71 with twenty-six illustrations4 ,luttrell of ,arran 7#ahfe71 with thirty-two illustrations4 ,the following works of ,w4 ,harrison ,ainsworth contain etchings and woodcuts by ,phiz3-- ,revelations of ,london1 published about #ahde1 but never completed1 has an illustration which represents a tumble-down house in ,vauxhall ,road1 which is almost ,rembrandt-like in its power4 ,the artist was about thirty years of age when he executed this4 ,old ,st4 ,paul's 7#ahdg71 contains only two plates by ,phiz1 but ,the ,spendthrift 7#aheg71 ,mervyn ,clitheroe1 and ,crichton were wholly illustrated by him4 ,,footnotes3 ,l ,the ,pickwick ,papers were issued in one volume1 and with one frontispiece4 ,m ,the ,daily ,telegraph1 ,july #aath1 #ahhb4 ,n ,see illustration facing page #aa4 ,o ,if the following statement1 made in the ,frankfurt ,zeitung1 can be credited1 any feeling of enmity that existed between them had long since died out3--,just after the death of ,charles ,dickens1 ',phiz' was considerably affected by the mere mention of the name of that illustrious novelist1 which seemed to stir up in his breast feelings of regret at losing such a friend4 ,,some ,,miscellaneous ,,works ,,illustrated ,,by ,,phiz4 ,a ,paper3 of ,tobacco1 c41 by ,joseph ,fume 7#ahci74 ,with six plates by ,phiz4 ,fiddle ,faddle's ,sentimental ,tour1 in search of the ,amusing1 ,picturesque1 and ,agreeable 7#ahde74 ,the ,union ,magazine4 ,vol4 ,i 7#ahdf74 ,containing three plates by ,phiz4 ,the ,illuminated ,magazine4 ,conducted by ,douglas ,jerrold 7#ahdc-e71 with woodcut illustrations by ,leech1 ,phiz 7,h4 ,k4 ,browne71 and others4 ,fanny1 the little ,milliner1 or the ,rich and the ,poor 7#ahdf71 illustrated by ,phiz and ,onwhyn4 ,wits and ,beaux of ,society4 ,sketches of ,cantabs1 by ,john ,smith 7of ,smith ,hall71 ,gent4 7#ahej74 ,the ,cambridge ,freshman4 ,with woodcut illustrations4 ,paved with ,gold1 or ,romance and ,reality of the ,london ,streets1 by ,augustus ,mayhew 7#aheh74 ,a ,medical1 ,moral1 and ,christian ,dissection of ,teetotalism by ,democritus 7#ahdf74 ,new ,sporting ,magazine 7#ahci74 ,the ,pottleton ,legacy1 by ,albert ,smith4 ,christmas ,day1 and how it was spent by four persons in the house of ,fograss1 ,fograss1 ,mowton1 and ,snorton1 bankers1 by ,c4 ,le ,ros 7#ahed74 ,home ,pictures 7,durtin ,co41 #ahef74 ,a series of seven charming and characteristic plates4 ,dame ,perkins and her ,grey ,mare1 or the ,mount for ,market1 by ,l4 ,meadows 7#ahff74 ,with coloured illustrations4 ,h4 ,b4's ,schoolboy ,days4 ,illustrations of the ,five ,senses4 ,adventures of ,sir ,guy de ,guy1 by ,george ,halse4 ,the ,baddington ,peerage1 by ,g4 ,a4 ,sala 7published in ,the ,illustrated ,times74 ,in addition to these may be added an illustrated edition of ,byron's works1 the ,abbotsford edition of ,sir ,walter ,scott's ,novels1 besides numerous cuts in ,the ,sporting ,gazette1 ,the ,illustrated ,times1 the early volumes of ,once a ,week1 and the ,comic ,papers4 ,illustration3 7,,some ,,signatures ,,adopted ,,by ,h4 ,k4 ,,browne47 ,,belcaro3 being ,essays on ,sundry ,a,esthetical ,questions4 ,by ,,vernon ,,lee1 author of the ,studies of the ,eighteenth ,century in ,italy4 #hvo4 price #hs4 ,there is much in this thoroughly original and delightful book which reminds us of the essays of the eighteenth century4444 ,it is rare indeed to find so much thought conveyed in so easy a style--to find a writer who not only has so much that is fresh to say1 but has so fresh a way of saying it4444 ,this way of conveying ideas is very fascinating4444 ,from first to last there is a continuous and delightful stimulation of thought4 ,the book will lead to conversation1 dreaming1 speculation1 and all kinds of pleasant and healthy mental exercise2 and it is interspersed with such perfect little sketches of scenery1 and passages of so much eloquence1 that it is a literary treat to read it4--,academy4 ,clever and expressive1 subtle and brilliant4444 ,we could say a good deal more about this book as the product of a remarkably acute critical mind2 it would bear to be read a second time1 and would be found to repay the trouble4--,athenaeum4 ,splendid essays on art4444 ,we do not know why the writing reminds us of ,george ,sand1 but it does4444 ,vernon ,lee writes prose harmonies which are finely composed4--,vanity ,fair4 ,,the ,,seals ,,and ,,armorial ,,insignia ,,of ,,the ,,university ,,and ,,colleges ,,of ,,cambridge4 ,part ,i4 ,post #dto41 #cs4 ,relating to the ,university4 ,contains ,chromo-lithograph and eight engravings of ,seals4 ,imp4 #afmo41 elegant cover1 gilt4 ,price #cs 7,postage #d;d74 ,,tuscan ,,fairy ,,tales4 ,taken down from the ,mouths of the ,people4 ,with sixteen illustrations1 engraved by ,,edmund ,,evans4 ,,contents3--,the ,little ,convent of ,cats2 ,the ,fairies' ,sieve2 ,the ,three ,golden ,apples2 ,the ,woman of ,paste2 ,the ,beautiful ,glutton2 ,the ,king of ,portugal's ,cowherd2 ,the ,three ,cauliflowers2 ,the ,siren2 ,the ,glass ,coffin2 ,leonbruno4 ,sumptuously printed and prettily bound4--,athenaeum4 ,a thoroughly delightful book4 ,the comparative mythologist and the child will alike find something to gratify their very different tastes4--,westminster ,review4 ,the work will delight the little ones as well as interest the student4 ,the book is charmingly got up and illustrated4--,london ,review4 ,new ,poems4 ,crown #hvo4 ,ten fine ,plates1 cloth1 price #fs4 ,,gods1 ,,saints1 ,,and ,,men4 ,by ,,eugene ,,lee-,,hamilton4 ,readers will find him1 as before1 a ,browning without his obscurity4--,graphic4 ,quaint1 mediaeval legends and traditions1 most of which have a strong savour of the supernatural1 in strong1 tuneful and artistic verse4--,scotsman4 ,crown #hvo41 price #as1 cloth #bs4 ,,on ,,the ,,art ,,of ,,gardening3 ,a plea for ,english ,gardens of the future1 with practical hints for planting them ,by ,,mrs4 ,j4 ,,francis ,,foster4 ,in this pleasant and original little book the authoress not only enters a vigorous protest against the bedding-out system and the so-called 'natural' style of gardening1 but gives very good practical advice for gardens of a different sort4--,gardener's ,chronicle4 ,this little book proceeds from a true lover of flowers and will be welcome to all who take an interest in their care and culture4--,civilian4 ,a pleasant and unpretending little volume4--,saturday ,review4 ,,london3 ,w4 ,,satchell ,co41 #ai1 ,,tavistock ,,st41 ,,covent ,,garden ,price #bs4 #f;d41 ,,the ,,book ,,of ,,oddities1 ,,and ,,punishments ,,in ,,the ,,olden ,,time4 ,,by ,,william ,,andrews1 ,f4,r4,h4,s4 ,with numerous ,illustrations ,,by ,,george ,,cruikshank1 ,,crowquill1 ,,cuthbert ,,bede1 ,,and ,,others4 ,,contents3--,revivals after ,execution--,a ,human ,pincushion--,female ,jockeys--,a ,blind ,road-maker--,odd ,showers--,singular ,funerals--,whimsical ,wills--,curious ,epitaphs--,people and ,steeple ,rhymes--,dog-,whippers--,sluggard-,wake rs--,playing at ,cards for a ,town1 c4 c4 ,a capitally-written book1 containing a vast amount of curious and out-of-the-way information4 ,mr4 ,andrews is never for a moment dull1 but gives forth his antiquarian gossip with all the enthusiasm and point of a practised raconteur4 ,he tells us all about the ducking-stool1 the brank1 the pillory1 the stocks1 the drunkard's cloak1 the whipping-post1 riding the stang1 and other forms of punishment4 ,the book is copiously illustrated and well indexed1 and cannot fail to be popular4--,sunday ,times4 ,,london3 ,w4 ,,satchell ,,and ,,co41 #ai1 ,,tavistock ,,street1 ,,covent ,,garden4