and were afterwards sold in volume form at nine
shillings. Onwhyn, who was the son of a bookseller, seemed determined to
make a _specialite_ of Dickens' illustrations, for in 1838 he issued
through Grattan no less than forty designs for _Nicholas Nickleby_,
signed "Peter Palette"; while in 1848 he executed a second set of
_Pickwick_ plates, which, in consequence of the republication of the
earlier set, were not brought out till 1894, eight years after the
artist's death. Though his technique was somewhat weak, Onwhyn's work
shows considerable humour, and his uninvited designs now add great
lustre, in the eyes of collectors, to an "extra-illustrated" copy of
_The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club_.

_Printed by_ MORRISON & GIBB LIMITED, _Edinburgh_

THE ILLUSTRATED
POCKET LIBRARY
OF PLAIN AND
COLOURED BOOKS

_Fcap. 8vo,_ 3s. 6d. _net each Volume_

MESSRS. METHUEN are publishing a series in small form of some of the
rare and famous illustrated books of fiction and general literature,
faithfully reprinted from the first or best editions without
introduction or notes.

The particular and attractive feature of these books is the reproduction
of all the illustrations which appeared in the original issues:
illustrations which are part and parcel of the books, and which, from
their beauty or skill or humour, had often as great a share in their
success as the text itself. Most of these books had coloured
illustrations, and they are here similarly given. Wherever it is
possible the books are contained within one volume.

Of the coloured books there is also a large paper edition on Japanese
vellum, limited to 50 copies, the price of each copy being 30_s._ net
per volume.

METHUEN & CO.
36 Essex Street, W.C.

The following volumes are nearly all ready:--

Coloured
Books
3/6 Each

Old Illustrated Books. By GEORGE PASTON.

With 16 Coloured Plates. _Fcap._ 8_vo._ 2_s._ net.

This little book serves as an Introduction to the
Illustrated Pocket Library, gives notes of the authors and
artists of the famous books illustrated in colour which were
produced in great numbers in the beginning of the nineteenth
century, and describes the best known of them. Interesting
biographical touches are given concerning Rowlandson,
Cruikshank, Alken, Leech, Pierce Egan, Combe, Surtees, and
the great publisher of such books, Rudolph Ackermann.

The Life and Death