THOMAS BEWICK. 



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At page 147 is the cut of a tombstone, " Firmum in vita nihil," which John 

 Bewick repeated, slightly altered, in the " Looking Glass for the Mind;" and 

 this is followed at page 162 by one of the best Bewick had then done — an 

 elephant throwing up its trunk, its mouth open, the whole animal being 

 foreshortened. In the text it is related that "in order to induce the 

 Elephant to exhibit itself in the unusual attitude to more advantage, a person 

 was employed to throw fruit into its mouth." This person "sometimes 

 deceived it by only making an offer of doing so, and retaining the fruit in his 

 hand. Enraged at this kind of treatment, and, as it would seem, guessing the 

 painter (who was making a drawing) to be the cause, it ejected a quantity of 

 water from its trunk which spoiled the 

 paper, and prevented him from proceed- 

 ing in his work." Beilby does not say 

 the artist was Bewick, but the inference 

 that it was so is very fair. This is one 

 of the instances when the tail-piece be- 

 comes truly a "tale-piece," and has a 

 direct bearing on the text. 



In the vignette at page 176 a man 

 steadies himself in crossing a rivulet, and at page 195 a cat and dog 

 exhibit their deadly hatred to each other. Farther on two boys amuse them- 

 selves with wading and fishing; again, a boat filled with men and women 

 is being ferried across a river ; and another ferry scene is at page 244, 

 where an old man, astride an already well-laden horse, gently guides his 

 steed for the other shore, while from the bank a dog sends up a howl of 

 indignation at being left to find his own way across, just as a petted child, 

 who is suddenly ignored, bawls to attract attention. A similar design, printed 

 above, is used by John Bewick in the " Looking Glass." 



After the White Bear, and as if following out the description in the text, 

 there is a drawing of a company of strolling players, reproduced at p. 128. 



The Ford— Left Behind. Vignette in the 

 "Looking Glass for the Mind." From 

 the original block by John Bewick. Lent 

 by Messrs. Griffith and Farran. 



