J. M'NEILL WHISTLER
'ONCE A WEEK'
VOL. VII. p. 378
COUNT BURCKHARDT
M. E. Edwards, a most popular illustrator, appears in the last volume of the first series, with Found Drowned (xiii. pp. 14, 42, 70, 98, 253, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 442, 471), in which volume J. Lawson has three: Ondine (p. 351), Narcissus (p. 463), and Adonis (686). Of a number of more or less frequent contributors, including F. Eltze, R. T. Pritchett, P. Skelton, F. J. Slinger, J. Wolf (the admirable delineator of animals), space forbids even a complete list of their names.
Among other occasional contributors to the first thirteen volumes are: J. D. Watson with The Cornish Wrecker's Hut (viii. p. 602), No Change (ix. p. 210), and My Home (ix. 266); A. Boyd Houghton:—The Old King Dying (xii. p. 463), The Portrait (xiii. p. 209), King Solomon (xiii. p. 603), The Legend of the Lockharts (xiii. p. 715), and Leila and Hassan (xiii. p. 769); Walter Crane:—Castle of Mont Orgueil (ix. p. 713) and The Conservatory (xiii. p. 763); J. W. North:—Bosgrove Church (ix. p. 447), The River (xii. p. 15), and St. Martin's Church, Canterbury (xii. p. 713)—the two latter being worthy to rank among his best work; Paul Gray with Hans Euler (xii. p. 322), Moses (xiii. p. 55), The Twins (xiii. pp. 378–406), Two Chapters of Life (xiii. p. 519), and Quid Femina Possit (xii. pp. 491, 517, 547, 575); A. R. Fairfield (x. pp. 546, 589, 617, 686, 712); W. S. Burton, Romance of the Rose (x. p. 602), The Executioner (xi. p. 14), Dame Eleanor's Return (xi. p. 210), and The Whaler Fleet (xi. p. 638); T. White (viii. p. 98); F. W. Lawson, Dr. Campany's Courtship (xii. pp. 351, 390, 407, 446), and others on pp. 586, 631, 722; (xiii. pp. 127, 141, 169, Lucy's Garland, p. 516); C. Dobell (vi. p. 420); Our Secret Drawer, by Miss Wells (v. p. 98); and four by Miss L. Mearns, which are of genuine interest (xiii. pp. 85, 153, 657, 742).
The New Series of Once a Week, started on January 6, 1866, was preceded by a Christmas number, wherein one of the most graceful drawings by Paul Gray is to be found, The Chest with the Silver Mountings (p. 30). It contains also a full-page plate by G. B. Goddard, Up, up my hounds (p. 34), and designs by W. Small, A Golden Wedding (p. 37); G. Du Maurier, The Ace of Hearts (p. 56); J. Lawson, A Fairy Tale (p. 44), and others of little moment.
The New Series announced, as a special attraction, 'extra illustrations by eminent artists, printed separately on toned paper.' Those to the first volume include Little Bo Peep, a delightful and typical composition by G. Du Maurier (Frontispiece); The Vagrants (p. 112), by Fred Walker; Helen and Cassandra (p. 454), by F. Sandys; The Servants' Hall (p. 560), by H. S. Marks; Alonzo the Brave (p. 359), by Sir John Gilbert, and Caught by the tide, by E. Duncan (p. 280).
G. DU MAURIER
