_The Lake Country_, with illustrations drawn and engraved by W. J. Linton (Smith and Elder, 1864), is of technical rather than general interest. Champions of the 'white line' will find practical evidence of its masterly use in the engravings. _The Victorian History of England_ (Routledge, 1864) has at least one drawing by A. B. Houghton, but, so far as a rapid turn over of its pages revealed, only one--the frontispiece. _The Golden Harp_ (Routledge) appears to be a re-issue of blocks by J. D. Watson used elsewhere. _What Men have said about Women_ (Routledge) is illustrated by the same artist, who is responsible--indirectly, one hopes--for coloured designs to _Melbourne House_, issued about this time. _The Months illustrated with Pen and Pencil_ (Religious Tract Society, undated) contains sixty engravings by Butterworth and Heath, after J. Gilbert, Robert Barnes, J. W. North, and others; uniform in style with _English Sacred Poetry_, it does not reach the same level of excellence. A book, _Words for the Wise_ (Nelson), illustrated by W. Small, I have failed to see; a critic calls attention to it as 'the work of a promising young artist hitherto unknown to us.' _Pictures of English Life_, with sixteen engravings by J. D. Cooper, after drawings by R. Barnes (Sampson Low), contains blocks of a size unusual in books. The superb drawings by Charles Keene to _Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures_ (Bradbury and Evans) enrich this prolific period with more masterpieces. [Illustration: FREDERICK WALKER 'ENGLISH SACRED POETRY' R. T. S. PORTRAIT OF A MINISTER] [Illustration: G. J. PINWELL 'WAYSIDE POESIES,' 1867 KING PIPPIN] [Illustration: AUTUMN] CHAPTER IX: SOME ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, 1865-1872