Quiet, retired, and industrious, his wants are few and what fame has come to him has come without his seeking. Among his works we see the royal dignity of the great lion as he reclines on a ledge of rock among the desolate mountains, monarch of all he surveys. Again we see two great tigers outside a mysterious tropical forest. One mounts guard, alert and fierce, while the other drinks. The composition and drawing of this picture may be called masterly; the gloomy background is full of character, while the drawing of the drinking tiger is simply wonderful; the lithe and powerful beast is actually alive. We do not know if that strange, weird poet and painter, William Blake, ever painted a tiger -but he could have done it grandly or he never could have written that poem commencing: Tiger! tiger! burning bright, In the forests of the night: Could frame thy fearful symmetry? In the drawing representing a mounted Arab attacked by a lioness both the horse and his rider are mad with terror; and so is the buffalo upon which a lion has sprung. But we turn from these dreadful scenes to the touching maternal solicitude of the lioness who watches over her sleeping cubs and to the kittenish gravity of the two larger cubs who have as WHITE MARE AND BLACK COLT (LITHOGRAPH) Size of the original print, 13 by 173 inches. From the original lithograph by Evert van Muyden. Working in various processes van Muyden never forgets their limitations or their possibilities. In etching he thinks in line; when he makes a finished lithograph like this one he avails himself, to the full, of the resources of that art. The gradation of tones could hardly be bettered, while the drawing is superb. OLD SERVANTS PENSIONED OFF Size of the original print, 10 by 14 inches. We feel grateful to van Muyden that he has given us this picture of the peace and comfort of these two meritorious, though now ugly and useless, animals. yet done no harm to any living thing. All young animals are pretty and interesting- although most unfledged young birds are eminently ugly and repulsive. Let us conclude by noticing the etching of a subject that is full of kindliness and good feeling. The artist calls his picture "Old Servants, Pensioned Off." In a comfortable paddock near the farm-house, an old white horse and an old gray donkey, worn and broken, with time and faithful labor, are restfully passing away the evening of their days, at peace with each other and with all the world. Many and many a poor faithful worn-out "hack" has been mercilessly driven to the bone-yard just as soon as it was found that he could work no longer, and we feel grateful to Van Muyden that he has given us this picture of the peace and comfort of these two meritorious though now ugly and useless animals. JOSEPH PENNELL ETCHER, ILLUSTRATOR, AUTHOR Reprinted, by permission, from "The Outlook" AMONG producers of fine pictures of vari ous kinds it is the able and original illustrator who most quickly wins recognition and fame, and of all artists it is he who is the most necessary and beneficial to civilization. Literature (including the daily press) is certainly the most enormous power for good that we know, but many books and periodicals would be maimed and incomplete if unaided by an illustrator of the right sort. For example, what a loss it would have been if that familiar little masterpiece, Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland had been originally printed and published without the admirable illustrations of Sir John Tenniel. Unfortunately, this happy unity between author and artist is none too general, and many contemporary illustrations, although not necessarily bad as pictures, are nevertheless "from the purpose," |