Chapter 4

ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 123 Beginnings of Modern Book-Illustration in England—Stothard, Blake, Flaxman—Boydell’s “Shakespeare,” Macklin’s “Bible,” Martin’s “Milton”—The “Annuals”—Rogers’s “Italy” and “Poems”—Revival of Wood-Engraving—Bewick—Bewick’s Pupils—The “London School”—Progress of Wood-Engraving—Illustrated “Christmas” and other Books—The Humorous Artists—Cruikshank—Doyle—Thackeray—Leech— Tenniel—Du Maurier—Sambourne—Keene—Minor Humorous Artists—Children’s Books—Crane—Miss Greenaway—Caldecott—The “New American School”—Conclusion.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATES. PAGE M. ANNEI LUCANI DE BELLO CIVILI LIBRI X. APUD SEB. 62 GRYPHIUM LUGDUNI. 1551 _To face_ PUB. VIRGILII MARONIS OPERA PARISIIS. APUD HIERONYMUM DE 64 MARNEF, SUB PELICANO, MONTE D’HILURII. 1558 _To face_ TITLE-PAGE of “Le Rommant de la Rose,” Paris, 1539 _To 94 face_ WOODCUTS. FRONTISPIECE. _Drawn by Walter Crane_; _engraved by Swain_. INITIAL. _Drawn by Walter Crane_; _engraved by Swain_ 1 GROUP OF CHILDREN. _Drawn by Kate Greenaway_; _engraved by 122 O. Lacour_ INITIAL. From Hughes’s “Scouring of the White Horse, 123 1858.” _Drawn by Richard Doyle_; _engraved by W. J. Linton_ “INFANT JOY.” From Blake’s “Songs of Innocence,” 1789. 129 _Engraved by J. F. Jungling_ “COUNSELLOR, KING, WARRIOR, MOTHER AND CHILD, IN THE TOMB.” 131 From Blair’s “Grave,” 1808. _Designed by William Blake_; _facsimiled on wood from the engraving by Louis Schiavonetti_ “THE WOODCOCK.” From Jackson & Chatto’s “History of 141 Wood-Engraving,” 1839. _Engraved_, _after T. Bewick_, _by John Jackson_ TAILPIECE. From the same. _Engraved_, _after T. Bewick_, 143 _by John Jackson_ HEADPIECE. From Rogers’s “Pleasures of Memory, with other 145 Poems,” 1810. _Drawn by T. Stothard_; _engraved_, _after Luke Clennell_, _by O. Lacour_ “GOLDEN HEAD BY GOLDEN HEAD.” From Christina Rossetti’s 149 “Goblin Market and other Poems,” 1862. _Drawn by D. G. Rossetti_; _engraved by W. J. Linton_ “THE DEAF POST-BOY.” From Clarke’s “Three Courses and a 153 Dessert,” 1830. _Drawn by G. Cruikshank_; _engraved by S. Williams_ [?] “THE MAD TEA-PARTY.” From “Alice’s Adventures in 162 Wonderland,” 1865. _Drawn by John Tenniel_; _engraved by Dalziel Brothers_ BLACK KITTEN. From “Through the Looking-Glass,” 1871. 163 _Drawn by John Tenniel_; _engraved by Dalziel Brothers_ “THE MUSIC OF THE PAST.” From “Punch’s Almanack,” 1877. 165 _Drawn by George du Maurier_; _engraved by Swain_ LION AND TUB. From “Punch’s Pocket-Book,” 1879. _Drawn by 167 Linley Sambourne_; _engraved by Swain_ BOY AND HIPPOCAMPUS. From Miss E. Keary’s “Magic Valley,” 171 1877. _Drawn by_ “_E. V. B._” (Hon. Mrs. Boyle); _engraved by T. Quartley_ “LOVE CHARMS.” From Irving’s “Bracebridge Hall,” 1876. 173 _Drawn by Randolph Caldecott_; _engraved by J. D. Cooper_

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Books, books again, and books once more! These are our theme, which some miscall Mere madness, setting little store By copies either short or tall. But you, O slaves of shelf and stall! We rather write for you that hold Patched folios dear, and prize “the small, Rare volume, black with tarnished gold.”

A. D.