X THE ILLUSTRATIONS. 



should be natural and not stiff or conventional 

 — true, that is to say, to life. Here the scenes 

 selected by the Artist are sometimes wild, and 

 sometimes instinct with what may be called a 

 ' feehng ' of domesticity. Yet there is no formal 

 intention to give especial meaning to these little 

 ' bits ' of scenery. They are intended to be typi- 

 cal, in a general way, and that is all. 



In the case of the larger drawings, however, 

 there is a more set and immediate purpose to 

 subserve, for the accomplishment of which the 

 Author has sought the particular and painstaking 

 co-operation of the Artist. This purpose is essen- 

 tially preceptive, the design being not to intro- 

 duce pretty scenery, generally representative of 

 "Winter, but to introduce — each in its own familiar 

 and characteristic landscape — the wintry forms 

 of prominent and well-known trees. The forms 

 mostly selected are those of deciduous trees, 

 because, of course, it is these which exhibit such 

 marked differences of aspect in summer and in 

 Winter ; but some evergreen forms — such as the 

 Cedar, the Stone Pine, and the Scotch Fir — are 

 also represented, just as types of their class. The 



