is wild and fairly
spirited. But no doubt it appeared somewhat confused to the artist. In
his second he made it quite another matter. Over the hustings he
introduced a glimpse of the old Ipswich gables. He changed the figure
and dress of Fizkin, the rival candidate. He had Perker sitting on the
rail, but substituted a standing-up figure, talking--presumably Perker,
but taller than that gentleman. In _b_, Mr. Pickwick's face expresses
astonishment at the disorder; in _a_ he is mildly placid. In _b_ the
figure behind Mr. Pickwick is turned into Sam by placing a cockade on his
hat. Next to Fizkin is a new portly figure introduced. The figures in
the crowd are changed in wholesale fashion, and yet the "root idea" in
both is the same. An artist, we fancy, would learn much from these
contrasts, seeing how strikingly "Phiz" could shift his characters. In
the first draft there was not sufficient movement. To the left there was
a stout sailor in a striped jacket who was thrusting a pole into the
chest of a thin man in check trousers. This, as drawn, seemed too
tranquil, and he substituted a stouter, more jovial figure with gymnastic
action--the second was made more contrasted. Next him was a confused
group--a man with a paper cap, in place of which he supplied a stout man
on whom the other was driven back, and who was being pushed from behind.
The animation of the background is immensely increased by hats, and arms,
and sticks being waved. Everything is bolder and clearer. The second
trombone player, however, is not so spirited as the first, and the drum-
beater becomes rather a "Punch and Judy" showman. An artistic effect of
light is produced by this drum. There are a great many more boards, too,
introduced in _b_.

"Mrs. Leo Hunter's Fancy dress Dejeune." In _b_ the finish and treatment
are infinitely improved. Mr. Pickwick's face and figure is more refined
and artistic. The way he holds his hat in his right hand and his left
also are improved; both are more extended. Mr. Snodgrass's left leg is
brought behind Mr. Pickwick's in _b_. Water--a pond perhaps--is in
front. Tupman's hat is altered in _b_, and feathers added; his face is
more serious and less grotesque. Mrs. Pott is more piquant, as the
author suggested to the artist. The birdcage, instead of being high in
the tree, is lowered and hangs from it. The most curious change is that
of Pott, who in _a_ is out of all scale, seeming to be about seve