And yet other thanks are due. Before publishing the letters to be found in the following pages, it was necessary to seek the permission of the writer of each, or the executors of those no longer with us. In every case the response has been so kind and so reminiscent, that the interest and pleasure derived from their receipt will remain till the end with
George and Edward Dalziel
Hampstead
1901
[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.]
| SUBJECT. | PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Our Father. | From a Bust by his Son, Robert Dalziel | [3] | |
| Our Mother. | From an Oil Painting by her Son, Robert Dalziel | [5] | |
| Portrait of George Dalziel. | From an Oil Painting by his Brother Robert | [7] | |
| " Edward Dalziel. | From an Oil Painting by his Brother Robert | [9] | |
| " John Dalziel. | From a Photograph | [11] | |
| " Thomas Dalziel. | From a Photograph | [13] | |
| " William Harvey. | From a Wood Engraving | [15] | |
| " Margaret Dalziel. | From a Photograph | [20] | |
| ILLUSTRATED BY | |||
| The Earl of Leicester's Levee. | From the Abbotsford Edition of "Kenilworth" | William Harvey | [21] |
| Mackay, as the Bailie Nicol Jarvie. | From the Abbotsford Edition of "Rob Roy" | Sir William Allan, R.A., P.R.S.A. | [25] |
| Children in the Wood. | John Franklin | [27] | |
| Sleeping Child and Lamb. | William Mulready, R.A. | [29] | |
| "Evangeline." | From the Poetical Works of Longfellow | Sir John Gilbert, R.A., P.R.W.S. | [33] |
| "L'Allegro." | Kenny Meadows | [39] | |
| A Ball-Room. | Frederick Walker, A.R.A., R.W.S. | [43] | |
| "A Lay of St. Dunstan." | From the "Ingoldsby Legends" | George Cruikshank | [45] |
| "The Lord of Toulouse." | " | Sir John Tenniel | [47] |
| "The Wedding Day." | " | George Cruikshank | [49] |
| The Adoration of the Maji. | F. R. Pickersgill, R.A. | [53] | |
| Fairy Dance. | W. E. Frost, R.A. | [55] | |
| "Oriana." | Tennyson | F. R. Pickersgill, R.A. | [57] |
| Scotland. | From "An Overland Journey to the Great Exhibition of 1851" | Richard Doyle | [60] |
| Jack and the Giants. | " | [63] | |
| The Giants. | " | [64] | |
| The Arrival at Cologne. | " | [65] | |
| Evening on the Lago-Maggiore. | " | [67] | |
| "The Salamandrine." | Dr. Charles Mackay | Sir John Gilbert, R.A., P.R.W.S. | [69] |
| Lucy Gray. W. Wordsworth | " | [71] | |
| King Lear. | " | [73] | |
| King Lear and Fool in a Storm. | " | [75] | |
| Lear Fantastically Dressed with Flowers. | " | [79] | |
| "The Lord of Burleigh." | Tennyson | Sir J. E. Millais, P.R.A. | [83] |
| "The Talking Oak." | " | " | [87] |
| "Oriana." | " | Holman Hunt | [90] |
| "St. Cecillia." | " | Dante G. Rossetti | [91] |
| Hallelujah. | Arthur Hughes | [93] | |
| The Pearl of Great Price. | Sir J. E. Millais, P.R.A. | [95] | |
| The Unjust Judge. | " | [99] | |
| The Leaven. | Sir J. E. Millais, P.R.A. | [103] | |
| "Edinburgh, after Flodden." | Aytoun | Sir J. Noel Paton, P.R.S.A. | [107] |
| "The Execution of Montrose." | " | " | [109] |
| "The Song of Bethlehem." | Campbell | J. R. Clayton | [113] |
| The Finding of Moses by Pharaoh's Daughter. | Sir J. E. Millais, P.R.A. | [115] | |
| "There's nae Luck about the House." | " | [117] | |
| "Threnody." | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Edward Dalziel | [121] |
| The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. | From "Lalla Rookh" | Sir John Tenniel | [123] |
| Maiden Playing the Mandoline. | From "Lalla Rookh" | " | [125] |
| Alice in Wonderland. | " | [127] | |
| The Sleeping Genie and the Lady. | From "Dalziel's Arabian Nights" | " | [129] |
| The Crawley Family. | Sir J. E. Millais, P.R.A. | [131] | |
| Lady Lufton and the Duke of Omneum. | " | [133] | |
| Temptation. | —Horace Saltoun | " | [135] |
| Lady with Hounds. | " | [137] | |
| "Come Awa, Come Awa." | Thomas Pringle | Birket Foster, R.W.S. | [141] |
| "The Graves of the Household." | Mrs. Hemans | " | [145] |
| "Lines Written on Early Spring." | Wordsworth | " | [147] |
| Sweet May Morning. | From "Intimations of Immortality"—Wordsworth | " | [151] |
| Grandfather Nursing a Sick Boy. | John Pettie, R.A. | [155] | |
| Coach and Horses. | A. Boyd Houghton, R.W.S. | [157] | |
| Kiss Me. | " | [159] | |
| Sigurd. | Sir E. Burne-Jones, Bart. | [161] | |
| Summer Snow. | " | [163] | |
| Worldly Wiseman. | J. D. Watson, R.W.S. | [165] | |
| Crusoe Visits the old Captain. | " | [167] | |
| Abject Prayer. | " | [169] | |
| "Life's Journey." | George Wither | Frederick Sandys | [171] |
| "The Little Mourner." | Dean Alford | " | [173] |
| Cleopatra. | " | [175] | |
| "The Lent Jewels." | Richard Chevening Trench | Holman Hunt | [177] |
| "A Northern Legend." | W. Cullen Bryant | Edward Dalziel | [179] |
| "The Battle-Field." | " | " | [181] |
| "The Maiden's Sorrow." | " | Harrison Weir | [183] |
| "The Lady of Castle Windeck." | " | Edward Dalziel | [185] |
| "The Exiles of Oona." | Robert Buchanan | Thomas Dalziel | [187] |
| "The Deserted Cottage." | Wordsworth | Joseph Wolf | [189] |
| "An Evening Walk." | " | " | [191] |
| "The Long Voyage." | Charles Dickens | Frederick Walker, A.R.A., R.W.S. | [195] |
| "The Schoolboy's Story." | " | " | [197] |
| A Woman in the Snow. | " | [199] | |
| Two Fancy Sketches. | " | [200] | |
| "Tramps." | Charles Dickens | G. J. Pinwell, R.W.S | [208] |
| "City Churchyards." | Charles Dickens | " | [209] |
| The Sisters. | " | [211] | |
| "An English Eclogue." | Robert Buchanan | G. J. Pinwell, R.W.S. | [213] |
| "The Ballad Maker." | " | " | [215] |
| Thornhill Presenting Ladies of Great Distinction to the Vicar. | From "The Vicar of Wakefield" | " | [217] |
| George Playing the Flute to the Peasants. | From "The Vicar of Wakefield" | " | [219] |
| "Meg Blane." | Robert Buchanan | A. Boyd Houghton, R.W.S. | [220] |
| "The Saint's Story." | " | " | [221] |
| Three Blind Men. | From "Dalziel's Arabian Nights" | " | [223] |
| King Zeyn conducts the Queen-Mother to the Vaults. | From "Dalziel's Arabian Nights" | Edward Dalziel | [225] |
| The Genie brings the Hatchet and Cord. | From "Dalziel's Arabian Nights" | Thomas Dalziel | [227] |
| "Meg Blane." | Robert Buchanan | " | [228] |
| "Celtic Myths." | " | " | [229] |
| "The Exiles of Glen Oona." | Robert Buchanan | William Small | [231] |
| "Hahon." | " | Edward Dalziel | [233] |
| Music.—A Man at the Spinet. | J. M. Lawless | [235] | |
| Cain and Abel. | From "Dalziel's Bible Gallery" | Lord Leighton, P.R.A. | [239] |
| Moses Views the Promised Land. | From "Dalziel's Bible Gallery" | " | [243] |
| Esau Meeting Jacob. | From "Dalziel's Bible Gallery" | G. F. Watts, R.A. | [245] |
| Joseph Presents His Father to Pharaoh. | From "Dalziel's Bible Gallery" | Sir E. J. Poynter, P.R.A. | [247] |
| Miriam. | From "Dalziel's Bible Gallery" | " | [249] |
| Eliezer and Rebekah at the Well. | From "Dalziel's Bible Gallery" | Holman Hunt | [251] |
| Elijah and the Widow's Son. | From "Dalziel's Bible Gallery" | Ford Madox Brown | [253] |
| Abraham Parting with Lot. | From "Dalziel's Bible Gallery" | Thomas Dalziel | [255] |
| Jacob and the Flocks of Laban. | From "Dalziel's Bible Gallery" | " | [257] |
| Hosannah. | From "Dalziel's Bible Gallery" | Simeon Solomon | [259] |
| Daniel's Prayer. | " | Sir E. J. Poynter, P.R.A. | [261] |
| Christian Climbing the Hill of Difficulty. | From "Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress" | E. G. Dalziel | [263] |
| Old Honest. | From "Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress" | Sir James D. Linton, P.R.I. | [265] |
| The Atheist. | " | Frederick Barnard | [267] |
| Monkeys. | From "Wood's Natural History" | Joseph Wolf | [269] |
| The Old Year and the New. | Cartoon from "Fun" | Paul Gray | [273] |
| "Fun." | J. F. Sullivan | [274] | |
| The Chosen Champion. | Cartoon from "Fun" | Frederick Barnard | [275] |
| Old Father Time. | " | Gordon Thomson | [279] |
| An Urban Delusion. | From "Fun" | J. F. Sullivan | [280], [281] |
| That or Nothing. | " | G. J. Pinwell, R.W.S. | [283] |
| To Even Money! | " | E. G. Dalziel | [285] |
| Chelsea Hospitality, under a Cloud. | From "Fun" | " | [287] |
| Park Lane. | " | E. F. Brewtnall | [289] |
| A Drap o' the Best. | From "Fun" | William Small | [291] |
| Mistress and Maid. | " | A. Boyd Houghton, R.W.S. | [295] |
| The Theatre of Nature. | " | Ernest Griset | [300], [301] |
| An Illogical De-duck-tion. | " | E. G. Dalziel | [305] |
| Going Home to Love in a Cottage. | " | F. A. Fraser | [309] |
| Argumentum ad Hominem. | " | J. Mahoney | [311] |
| Oysters. | " | Ernest Griset | [313] |
| Àpropos to a Proposal. | " | Hal Ludlow | [315] |
| Madame. | From "Behind a Brass Knocker" ("Judy") | Frederick Barnard | [319] |
| Mister Mite. | " | " | [321] |
| On the Uselessness of Nursery Lore. | From "Judy" | E. G. Dalziel | [323] |
| On Love as a Passion. | " | " | [325] |
| Codlin and Short in the Churchyard. | From "The Old Curiosity Shop"—Charles Dickens | Charles Green, R.I. | [327] |
| Nell Stopping Miss Monflather. | From "The Old Curiosity Shop"—Charles Dickens | " | [329] |
| At the Dolphins Head. | From "The Uncommercial Traveller"—Charles Dickens | E. G. Dalziel | [331] |
| "Am I Red To-night?" | From "The Uncommercial Traveller"—Charles Dickens | " | [333] |
| The Marquis's Carriage Stopped by the Crowd. | From "A Tale of Two Cities"—Charles Dickens | Frederick Barnard | [335] |
| Nicholas Nickleby's Interview with Mr. Bray. | From "Nicholas Nickleby"—Charles Dickens | " | [337] |
| Portrait of George Dalziel. | From a Photograph | [340] | |
| " Edward Dalziel. | From a Photograph | [341] | |
| " Thomas Dalziel. | From a Photograph | [342] | |
