364 APPENDIX. 



Amongst the many books illustrated by John 

 Bewick, now very scarce, a few may be enu- 

 merated: "The Looking Glass for the Mind," 

 " Proverbs Exemplified,"* " The Progress of Man 

 in Society," [" Tales for Youth,"] " Blossoms of 

 Morality." The last-named was published by 

 Mr. [E.] Newbery, to whom, for his charming 

 little books, the rising generation of that day 

 was under great obligation. In his preface, 

 dated October 6th, 1796, Mr. N. says: 



" Much time has elapsed since the commence- 

 ment' of this edition, owing to a severe indisposi- 

 tion with which the artist was long afflicted, and 

 which unfortunately terminated in his death. f 



* The publisher, Dr. Trusler, quaintly observes, "It is a very 

 proper book to amuse and instruct youth, and the price, viz. 35., 

 half-bound, will hurt no one." 



[f John Bewick was born in 1760. In 1777, he was apprenticed to 

 his brother, as stated at p. 1 10 ; and he is said to have assisted in " Gay's 

 Fables," 1779, and the "Select Fables," 1784. He removed to London 

 in August, 1786, and found employment with Hodgson and others, 

 chiefly on cuts for ch'ldren's books. "The Children's Miscellany," 

 1787, "The History of a Schoolboy," 1788, "The Honours of the 

 Table," 1788 are some of these. Many of the illustrations in an- 

 other book, the "New Robinson Crusoe," 1788, bear his name. In 

 1789, under the title of "Emblems of Mortality," Hodgson published a 

 series of copies by John Bewick of Lutzelburger's famous renderings of 

 Holbein's "Imagines Mortis." They preserve much of the spirit of 

 the originals; but in these days can scarcely contend with the careful 

 copies of Schlotthauer, or the absolutely faithful reproductions in the 

 "Liebhaber-Bibliothek." His more individual efforts are to be found 

 in the books enumerated by his niece, the "Proverbs Exemplified," 

 1790; the "Progress of Man and Society," 1791 ; the "Looking Glass 

 for the Mind," 1792 (recently republished (1885), with a Preface by Mr. 

 Charles Welsh); the "Tales for Youth," 1794; and the "Blossoms of 

 Morality," 1796. In the "Poems of Goldsmith and Parnell," 1795, 

 he can scarcely claim much part, as he only contributed to that 

 book one plate "The Sad Historian," and though he designed the 

 illustrations to Somerville's "Chase" 1796, they were finished on the 

 block and engraved by his brother. Other of his works were the 

 "Robin Hood" mentioned above, the "Fabliaux" of Le Grand, 1796, 



