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Title: 'Phiz' (Hablot Knight Browne), a Memoir.

Author: Fred. G. Kitton

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Language: English

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"PHIZ"

(H. K. BROWNE)

A Memoir.

_From PUNCH, July 22nd, 1882._

"Phiz."

HABLOT K. BROWNE, ARTIST. BORN, 1815. DIED, JULY, 1882.

The Lamp is out that lighted up the text
Of DICKENS, LEVER--heroes of the pen.
_Pickwick_ and _Lorrequer_ we love, but next
We place the man who made us see such men.
What should we know of _Martin Chuzzlewit_,
Stern _Mr. Dombey_, or _Uriah Heep_?
_Tom Burke of Ours?_--Around our hearths they sit,
Outliving their creators--all asleep!

No sweeter gift ere fell to man than his
Who gave us troops of friends--delightful PHIZ!

He is not dead! There in the picture-book
He lives with men and women that he drew;
We take him with us to the cozy nook
Where old companions we can love anew.
Dear boyhood's friend! We rode with him to hounds;
Lived with dear _Peggotty_ in after years;
Missed in old Ireland where fun knew no bounds;
At _Dora's_ death we felt poor _David's_ tears!

There is no death for such a man--he is
The spirit of an unclosed book! immortal PHIZ!

[Illustration]

"PHIZ"

(HABLOT KNIGHT BROWNE)

A Memoir.

INCLUDING

_A Selection from his Correspondence and Notes on his Principal Works._

BY

FRED. G. KITTON.

WITH A PORTRAIT, AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON:
W. SATCHELL & CO.,
19, TAVISTOCK STREET COVENT GARDEN.

MDCCCLXXXII.

LONDON:
G. NORMAN AND SON, PRINTERS, HART STREET,
COVENT GARDEN.

PREFACE.

Taking into consideration the ability of the Artist whose name has
become identified wi