no FRANCIS ORPEN MORRIS 



" I may here mention also, what I had thought of 

 doing long ago, that every part of the former works, 

 from first to last, the engraving, printing, tinting the 

 paper, colouring with the hand, and writing, were all 

 executed in a small and obscure Yorkshire town, 

 and a still more remote and sequestered Yorkshire 

 village. I may also add that no one, I believe, has 

 yet been able to say what the plates were engraved 

 on ; even in London l the Row ' were at a loss 

 to tell." 



From end to end the issue of the monthly parts 

 of the " Moths " was only accomplished in the face 

 of most serious difficulties and well-nigh insuper- 

 able hindrances. In the first instance it was arranged 

 that the engravings should be on wood, and an 

 engraver was engaged, together with a young artist 

 to draw the figures. Differences then arose between 

 these two, the result of which was to bring the work 

 to a standstill, and to cause considerable delay. In 

 the end, however, this proved a gain, for it would 

 have been found impossible to have engraved the 

 small moths on wood with proper effect, and in con- 

 sequence of the change being at once made from 

 wood to stone, a saving of upwards of ^700 was 

 effected in the cost of the plates. Before long there 

 came further delays through illnesses of both en- 

 graver and colourer, and the latter found that he 

 could not carry out what he had undertaken ; then 

 both engraver and lithographer were changed. As 

 before mentioned, it was a matter of the greatest 

 difficulty to obtain specimens of some of the rare 



