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THOMAS BEWICK. 



of the publication, as where in the " Addenda " to Bewick's volume it is said, 

 " We are favoured by the Literary and Philosophical Institution with the 

 figures," and in Anderson's is changed to " the figures and description were 

 sent to the Literary and Philosophical Institution, Newcastle." 



The English edition of 1800 was followed by the American publishers ; 

 the pages are a little smaller, but the blocks are almost identical in size, 

 the American work having 531 pages, and the English 525. The figures are 

 all reversed, that, of course, being easier than drawing them the contrary 

 way on the block ; the designs are faithfully copied, but the workmanship 

 is very decidedly inferior. Several are fair copies, and one or two are nearly 

 equal to Bewick's; but the majority are stamped with the lack of genius, 

 and form a sufficient answer to those who maintain that Bewick as an 

 engraver did nothing which could not be easily and successfully imitated. 



The few cuts of American animals are the Hamster of Georgia, an 

 amphibious animal (no name given), the Viviparous Shark of Long Island, 

 the Wild Sheep of California, and the Mammoth of New York. All these 

 illustrations are of the most ordinary class, and form a sorry comment on 

 the education received from copying the engravings of Bewick. 



The Cole Titmouse. 



; ' The History of British Birds," Vol. I. 



