Chapter 12

_PUNCH'S_ WRITERS: 1841.

Mark Lemon--As Others Saw Him--His Duties--His Industry--His Staff and their Apportioned Work--Lemon as an Editor--And Diplomatist--A Testimonial--And a Practical Joke--Henry Mayhew--His Great Powers and Little Weaknesses--Disappointment and Retirement--Stirling Coyne--Gilbert Abbott à Beckett--His Early Career--Tremendous Industry--À Beckett and Robert Seymour--Appointed Magistrate--Locked in--Agnus B. Reach 254