interred with her husband in the burial-ground of St. James's Chapel, Hampstead Road. Morland chiefly painted country scenes, the memories of happier days, and introduced animals, such as pigs and asses, to his works. Produced for existence, and in a fitful, uncertain manner, his pictures were hastily conceived, and painted with little thought or study. He did much to bring the simple beauty of English scenes before the eyes of the public, and to teach Englishmen that they need not go to Italy in search of subjects for their art. Morland loved low company, even in his pictures, and was at home in a ruined stable, with a ragged jackass, and "dirty Brookes," the cobbler. In the National Gallery are: _The Inside of a Stable_, said to be the White Lion at Paddington, and _A Quarry with Peasants_, by him. In the South Kensington Museum is an excellent example of his art, called _The Reckoning_; and in the National Portrait Gallery is his own portrait, painted by himself at an early age. [Illustration] CHAPTER VI. BOOK ILLUSTRATORS. The earliest book illustrations in England were illuminations and repetitions of them on wood. Frontispieces followed, in which a portrait was surrounded by an allegory. Of this branch of art WILLIAM FAITHORNE (1616--1691) and DAVID LOGGAN (about 1630--1693) were practitioners. Topographical views, subjects from natural history, and botany followed. Hogarth's designs for "Hudibras" were among the earlier illustrations of a story. FRANCIS HAYMAN (1708--1776), his friend, illustrated Congreve's plays, Milton, Hanmer's Shakespeare, and other works. He was followed by SAMUEL WALE (died 1786), and JOSEPH HIGHMORE (1692--1780), who illustrated "Pamela." Towards the close of the eighteenth century, book illustrations had become a recognised class of art-works. Bell's "British Poets," commenced in 1778, the British Theatre, and Shakespeare, opened a wide field for artists of this order. Cipriani, Angelica Kauffman, William Hamilton, and Francis Wheatley, all members of the Royal Academy, were employed to illustrate Bell's publications. Famous among book illustrators was-- [Illustration: FROM DANTE'S INFERNO. _By_ BLAKE.]