conductors of the _Pictorial Times_ seeing this, and being anxious to present their readers with a perfect record of the royal doings, forthwith set an artist to work to produce a pleasant pastoral scene, with a group of shepherds _shearing their sheep_--not knowing that 'shearing' in Scotland means _cutting the corn_, and forgetting for the moment that sheep-shearing is not usually done in the autumn. Much energy and capital have been expended on several other attempts to found pictorial journals in London, but most of them failed to secure a profitable footing. _Pen and Pencil_ contained some capital cuts by Linton; and the _Illustrated Times_, a threepenny paper, was well done. The _Illustrated News of the World_, in addition to numerous woodcuts, issued portraits engraved on steel. _The Ladies' Newspaper_ was started to fill a supposed void in journalism, but was ultimately absorbed by the _Queen_, in which connexion it still flourishes. The _Illustrated Midland News_ was brought out in Manchester, but it could not find in that city and its neighbourhood sufficient sustenance to subsist beyond a brief period. The _Illustrated London and Provincial News_ in its title endeavoured to attract both town and country, but it only had a short career. While these different ventures were in progress, the _Penny Illustrated Paper_ appealed to a lower stratum of the public with great success, and it has now a very large sale, having combined the _Illustrated Times_ with its original title. In some of these enterprises the promoters appear to have been unable to shake off, in choosing their titles, the fascinating influence of the word 'illustrated.' A joint-stock company broke the spell, and started a paper with the very original title of the _Graphic_ on the eve of the great war between France and Germany. It was a most favourable time for establishing a new paper, and the conductors handled the opportunity with great ability and success. The printing and general _get-up_ of the _Graphic_ are excellent, and it has earned for itself a wide popularity. The _Pictorial World_ was started as a threepenny paper, and after existing several years at that price it became the property of a company and was raised to sixpence. During the Egyptian War it made strenuous efforts to obtain a footing on the same platform with the _Illustrated London News_ and the _Graphic_. The large lithographic portraits published by the _Pictorial World_ were very good. As the public taste improved under the influence of the pictorial press new fields were opened up for cultivation by the enterprising journalist. The _Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News_ addressed itself not only to the sportsman and actor, but also to that section of the public which finds amusement in the incidents and humours of the sporting world and the stage. It has deservedly obtained a good position. The last new comer on the journalistic stage is the _Ladies' Pictorial_, which has