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treating of some phase of insect life. The St. James's 

 Magazine brought out " A Summer Walk through an 

 English Lane," and "The Repose of Nature." Once 

 a Week produced " My Toads," " Medusa and her 

 Locks," and several other short essays ; and a variety 

 of articles also appeared in All the Year Round, 

 The Churchman s Magazine, The Home Visitor (a some- 

 what lengthy series), and the Daily Telegraph. 



But during all the earlier part of my father's career 

 he seems to have looked upon writing for magazines 

 or newspapers rather as an occasional relaxation than 

 as an item of serious business. By far the greater 

 part of his time was occupied in the production of 

 books, and his contributions to periodical literature were 

 few and far between. It was not, indeed, until the 

 great depression which existed in the book trade 

 between the years 1876 and 1880 that he set himself 

 systematically to magazine work, with the exception of 

 that period during which he was connected with the 

 Boy's Own Magazine, and was writing " The Zoo- 

 logical Gardens " and other papers for its columns. But 

 when no publisher would venture to undertake the risk 

 of producing a book ; when those copyrights which he 

 had retained were bringing in little or nothing : then 

 he took to magazine writing upon a somewhat extensive 

 scale. And thenceforward, up to the very end of his 

 life, he was a constant contributor to many magazines, 

 and was generally busy with his type-writer in the 

 production of " copy " for some publication or other. 



He was one of the first writers engaged for the 



