Of the numerous illustrated works published by Mr. Knight, the _Pictorial Bible_ was the most successful in a pecuniary sense, and he considered the _Arabian Nights_ the most beautiful as regards illustrations. He was so ardent a promoter of illustrative art, that he invented a press for printing in colours, from which issued many coloured engravings for his various works, such as _Old England_, the _Farmer's Library_, &c. Mr. Knight died at Addlestone, Surrey, March 9, 1873, and was buried in his native town of Windsor. A marble bust of him was placed by public subscription in the Council Chamber of that town, and two scholarships, bearing his name, were founded in the school of the Stationers' Company. It was well said of Charles Knight on the occasion of unveiling his bust at Windsor, that he set out in life with the desire to make knowledge a common possession instead of an exclusive privilege. He laboured for the good of his fellow-men rather than for the rewards of fame or fortune, and no man was more worthy of honour for his public services and his private virtues. The last time I saw him was at the grave of an old friend of his and mine; and as I recall the remembrance of his grey hair tossed in the wintry wind, I adopt in all seriousness what Douglas Jerrold said in jest, that two words would suffice for his epitaph--'good Knight.' It is curious that the printing-press, which has worked such mighty changes, should have reproduced in another form the ancient jester who stood in cap and bells behind his master's chair, and the merry-andrew who made the rustics laugh upon the village green. The numerous satirical and humorous publications of the Victorian era represent a distinct kind of illustrated journalism, through which runs an amusing commentary on passing events, combined with a vein of satire always good-humoured and often instructive. At the head of this array of wit and wisdom stands _Punch_, who, however, was preceded by _Figaro in London_, conducted by Mr. Gilbert A'Beckett, afterwards one of _Punch's_ strongest supporters. Mr. A'Beckett faithfully acted up to his motto:-- 'Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's hardly felt or seen;' but the constitution of _Figaro_ was not strong, and he died young.