Steinlen is a prolific worker. First in importance among the many publications whose pages he has enriched comes the _Gil Blas Illustré_. It was Steinlen who initiated the idea of this Paris daily paper issuing a halfpenny supplement on Sundays containing feuilletons and poetry, illustrated with drawings to be reproduced in two or more colours. Since the year 1891, and until recently, the front and frequently other pages of this paper have consisted of splendid drawings by him, as a rule depicting some terrible or pathetic episode in the lives of the _faubouriens_ or _faubouriennes_ to whom we have already alluded. In every case a background, equally masterly and full of local character, has been introduced. This series of essentially modern subjects was occasionally varied by the appearance of a drawing such as the _Chevalier à la Fée_ or _Les Digitales_, inspired by some mediæval incident or legend. These Steinlen would treat in an entirely different but equally successful manner--the style employed somewhat resembling that of another masterly designer, namely, Eugène Grasset. Of his more usual style to pick out such splendid drawings as his suicide in _À l’eau_, the terrible street fight in the _Voix du Sang_ or _Le Vagabond_, _L’Immolation_, _Pour les Amoureux et pour les Oiseaux_, _Marchand de Marrons_ or _14 Juillet_, is but to recall hundreds of others equally worthy of special attention. In 1895 the _Gil Blas_ employed more colours in its reproductions, and Steinlen rose to the occasion with some daring colour schemes exemplified in _La Terre Chante au Crépuscule_, _Le Poil de Carotte_ and many another drawing. Towards 1896 the range of his subjects noticeably widened. Among other publications to which he has contributed one recalls _Le Chambard_, in which appeared splendid lithographs from his own hand, _La Feuille_, _L’Assiette au Beurre_, _La Vie en Rose_, _Le Canard Sauvage_, etc. In the following music albums will be found some further superb lithographs by Steinlen, namely, _Chanson de Montmartre_, _Chansons du Quartier Latin_, and _Chanson de Femmes_. Among the books he has illustrated are: _Les Gaitès Bourgeois_, _Prison fin de Siècle_, _Dans la Rue_, and _Dans la Vie_--the latter in colour. Description of a few of his notable drawings, culled here and there, may help us to a better understanding of their quality. First, then, he shows us the gallery of some dark, putrid Assembly Hall; the air is thick with garlic, and oaths, and gas, whose garish light illuminates a disreputable mob of frenzied anarchists, who are applauding with delirious gusto the sentiments of “Down with everything,” “Death to every one.” [Illustration: STEINLEN REVOLUTION (_Lithographed Poster_)]