John Proctor, the celebrated cartoonist, had retired from his position, and had gone over to Moonshine, the then new "comic," and William Boucher had taken his place, before we became connected in any way with Judy, or The London Serio Comic Journal. Charles H. Ross was the editor when the paper came into our hands in 1872.
Madame. By Frederick Barnard.
"She is one of the most amiable ladies I ever met, and has a pleasant smile and a pretty something to say to one and all, and she doesn't mean a word she says. Watch her now softly crossing the floor, no doubt fearful of waking old Mr. Topperton, whose heavy breathing might by the ill-disposed almost be likened to a snore. See, she is carrying a pillow; doubtless it is to prop up Topperton's head, now resting against the hard wooden edge of the chair at a painful angle. Not a bit of it."
"Behind a Brass Knocker" (Judy).—Charles H. Ross.
Published by Mr. Gilbert Dalziel.
He was a gifted writer of varied powers, a dramatist and novelist of the most sensational order. But above all, Ross was a great humorist, with a manner peculiarly his own. He was also a skilful draughtsman, and we engraved hundreds of his drawings. His pages of humorous pictures, which appeared in Judy, were generally signed "Marie Duval" (his wife's maiden name), and the subjects often savoured somewhat of French origin.
One of the principal contributors to the paper at this period was Ernest Warren, an admirable verse writer. He, too, wrote for the stage. Of his books, many of which were of "The Round Table" series, the most popular were "Four Flirts," and "The White Cat." Another, which had run through the Journal, and was written in collaboration with his friend Ross, was "Rattletrap Rhymes and Tootletum Tales." All three books went through many editions.