After this the _Observer_ became remarkable for its illustrations of news. Mr. William Clement, the proprietor, was a man who early saw the attractiveness of illustrated journalism. I am not aware when he first became associated with the _Observer_; but under his management frequent illustrations of news were given in that paper. In 1820 _Bell's Life in London_ was started, and very soon Mr. Clement became the proprietor of that paper also. In 1821 he purchased the _Morning Chronicle_, which, however, turned out a bad speculation. Having invested a very large sum of money in the latter paper, Mr. Clement spared no effort to make it profitable, and the _Observer_ was neglected. It suffered in consequence, and fell in circulation. Frequently the illustrations of news that were printed in the _Observer_ were published the day previously in the _Chronicle_. They were also occasionally printed in _Bell's Life_ and the _Englishman_, a fourth paper belonging to Mr. Clement. All four papers were carried on together; but it is the _Observer_ that stands out as the prominent representative of illustrated journalism at this period. Other journals came into existence which took up the idea of illustrating the news of the day; among them the _Sunday Times_, started by Daniel Whittle Harvey in 1822, when he was member for Colchester. Another paper which for a time rivalled, if it did not excel, the _Observer_ in the frequency of its news illustrations was the _Weekly Chronicle_. It flourished a few years before the birth of the _Illustrated London News_, but has long been extinct. Mr. Clement sold the _Morning Chronicle_ in 1834, and soon restored the _Observer_ to its old position. The _Morning Chronicle_ started in 1769 and expired in 1864. The _Englishman_ has long been defunct, but I am not acquainted with the date of its disappearance. There was a paper called the _Englishman_ in 1714, and the name was again revived by the late Dr. Kenealy. The _Observer_ and _Bell's Life_ were both published at the same office for many years, but their companionship was terminated in 1877, when they left the office in the Strand where they had so long lived amicably together, the great sporting journal migrating to Catherine Street, and the _Observer_ seeking a new home in the Strand further west.