_Shakespeare: His Birthplace_, edited by J. R. Wise, with twenty-three pictures drawn and engraved by W. J. Linton (Longmans); _The Poetry of Nature_, with thirty-six drawings by Harrison Weir (Low), and _Household Song_ (Kent, 1861), illustrated by Birket Foster, Samuel Palmer, G. H. Thomas, A. Solomon, J. Andrews, and others, including two rather powerful blocks, _To Mary in Heaven_ especially, by J. Archer, R.S.A.; _Chambers's Household Shakespeare_, illustrated by Keeley Halswelle, must not be forgotten; nor _A Boy's Book of Ballads_ (Bell and Daldy), illustrated by Sir John Gilbert; but _The Adventures of Baron Munchausen_, with designs by A. Crowquill (Trübner), is not very important. An illustrated edition of Mrs. Gatty's _Parables from Nature_ (Bell and Daldy) would be remarkable if only for the _Nativity_ by 'E. Burne-Jones.' It is instructive to compare the engraving with the half-tone reproduction of the original drawing which appears in Mr. Pennell's _Modern Illustrations_ (Bell). But there are also good things in the book by John Tenniel, Holman Hunt, M. E. Edwards, and drawings of average interest by W. (not J. E.) Millais, Otto Speckter, F. Keyl, L. Frolich, Harrison Weir, and others. In the respective editions of 1861 and 1867 the illustrations vary considerably. Another book that happened to be published in 1860 would at any time occupy a place by itself. Founded on Blake, David Scott developed a distinctly personal manner, that has provoked praise and censure, in each case beyond its merit. Yet without joining either detractors or eulogists, one must own that the Bunyan's _Pilgrim's Progress_ (Edinburgh, 1860), illustrated by David and W. B. Scott, if a most ugly piece of book-making, contains many very noteworthy designs. It is possible, despite the monograph of J. M. Gray (one of the earliest critics who devoted special study to the works of Frederick Sandys) and a certain esoteric cult of a limited number of disciples, that David Scott still remains practically unknown to the younger generation. Yet this book, and Coleridge's _Ancient Mariner_, which he also illustrated, contain a great many weird ideas, more or less adequately portrayed, which should endear themselves to the symbolist to-day. [Illustration: H. S. MARKS, R.A. WILLMOTT'S 'SACRED POETRY' 1862 A QUIET MIND] [Illustration: H. S. MARKS WILLMOTT'S 'SACRED POETRY,' 1862 IN A HERMITAGE] [Illustration: FREDERICK SANDYS WILLMOTT'S 'SACRED POETRY,' 1862 LIFE'S JOURNEY] [Illustration: FREDERICK SANDYS WILLMOTT'S 'SACRED POETRY,' 1862 A LITTLE MOURNER]