"Fred Sandys.
"The more I look at the cutting of 'Life's Journey' the more I am delighted and full of hope for 'Joseph.'"
Christian Climbing the Hill of Difficulty. By E. G. Dalziel.
FROM "BUNYAN'S PILGRIM'S PROGRESS."
Published by Mr. Alexander Strahan.
Of the many books placed in our hands for illustration, "The Pilgrim's Progress," by John Bunyan, exceeded in number all others. That immortal work came to us in every form—published at various prices, from one shilling, with a large number of original outline designs by a distinguished artist, to the edition produced by Alexander Strahan, in 1880, at five guineas. In this instance we printed all the larger pictures for him on India paper. There were one hundred drawings, no less than sixty-six of them being by that highly-gifted artist, Fred Barnard, whose dramatic power quite equalled his high sense of humour. Of his large pictures in the book, while all are good, those of "The Giant Despair," "The Man with the Muck Rake," and "The Atheist," are amongst the best. As to his smaller designs, it is difficult to say whether one admires them most for their strength of character or for the delicate and refined touch of his pencil.