ALKEN'S ILLUSTRATIONS. 



page 14 of this first version, and given opposite to 

 page 25 of the second edition. Three strongly char- 

 acteristic plates, which vi^ere included amongst the 

 twelve first engraved versions of Aiken's "Mytton" 

 Series, are not repeated in the second edition or in 

 subsequent issues. These are restored in the present 

 comprehensive series, reproduced in facsimile direct 

 from the original water-colour drawings. These three 

 subjects are entitled : — 



Mytton shooting in winter. 

 Blood and the bull-dog. 

 Mytton masters the savage dog. 



Nine of the plates originally given in the first 

 edition were included in the second edition, as is seen 

 from the notes which follow, summarising the illustra- 

 tions which appeared in the 1835 and 1837 editions 

 respectively. 1S37 edition: — 



" The Meet," with Lord Derby's staghounds. 



Mytton wild duck shooting. 



"What ! never upset in a gig?" 



A new hunter — "Tally-ho ! Tally-ho !" 



Stand and deliver. 



The Oaks filly. 



Light come, light go. 



Mytton on " Baronet " clears nine yards of water. 



" Damn this hiccup ! " 



It must be pointed out that two of these earlier 

 plates in the first instance represented the redoubt- 



