Messrs. Chapman & Hall's recently-published Gadshill Edition of "Hunted Down" and "George Silverman's Explanation" contains three designs by Mr. Maurice Greiffenhagen, who, like Mr. Phil May, now figures as an illustrator of Dickens for the first time. Mr. Greiffenhagen is also preparing six original drawings for "American Notes" and "Pictures from Italy," which will be reproduced by photogravure for the same Edition, while another well-known artist, Mr. Harry Furniss, has been commissioned to provide four illustrations of a like character for "The Uncommercial Traveller."
As I write, another edition of "David Copperfield" is announced for early publication by Mr. George Allen, the special feature of which will be the thirty-six designs by a new Dickens illustrator, Mr. Phil May, whose admirable draughtsmanship is familiar to us; there will also be issued a limited number of sets of the illustrations,—full-size facsimiles of the drawings, signed by the artist and accompanied by descriptive text. Messrs. J. M. Dent & Co. are preparing an edition of Dickens's Works for their Temple Library, an interesting feature of which will be a series of coloured frontispieces, from original drawings by Miss L. M. Fisher, Mr. F. C. Tilney, and W. C. Cooke.
FOOTNOTES:
[51] The later volumes of the Library Edition were issued at intervals during 1862-1868.
[52] The Library Edition of "The Uncommercial Traveller" also contains four illustrations signed "W.M.," which are much inferior to Pinwell's designs.
[53] During the printing of this work, the death was announced of Mr. Charles Green, R.I., who succumbed to a painful illness of long standing.
[54] For many of these particulars I am indebted to Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co.'s Standard Library Edition of Dickens's Works.