520), and _Olive Shand's Partner_ (p. 774), with the not very important _Sheep and Goats_ wrongly attributed to Sandys, two decorated pages by John Leighton, one drawing by E. W. Cooke and five by T. Graham, complete the year's record. The volume for 1864 is distinctly less interesting. Nevertheless it holds some fine things. Notably five Millais', including _Oh! the Lark_ (p. 65), _A Scene for a Study_ (p. 161), _Polly_ (p. 248), (a baby-figure kneeling by a bed, which has been republished elsewhere more than once), _The Bridal of Dandelot_ (p. 304), and _Prince Philibert_ (p. 481), another very popular childish subject, a small girl with a small boy holding a toy-boat. Frederick Walker, in his illustrations to Mrs. Henry Wood's novel, _Oswald Cray_ (pp. 32-129, 202, 286, 371, 453, 532, and 604), shows great dramatic insight, and a certain domestic charm, which has caused the otherwise not very entrancing story to linger in one's memory in a way quite disproportionate to its merits. The remaining illustrations to _Oswald Cray_ are by R. Barnes (pp. 691, 761, 827), the same artist contributing also _Grandmother's Snuff_, (p. 411), _A Burn Case_ (p. 568), _A Lancashire Doxology_, (p. 585), _Blessed to Give_ (p. 641), and _The Organ Fiend_ (p. 697). M. J. Lawless is responsible for only one subject, a study of a man and a harpsichord, _The Player and the Listeners_; in this case, as, on turning over the pages, you re-read a not very noteworthy poem, you find it has lingered in memory merely from its association with a picture. Arthur Hughes has a graceful design, _At the Sepulchre_ (p. 728), which seems to have lost much in the engraving; John Tenniel is also represented by a solitary example, _The Way in the Wood_ (p. 552); G. J. Pinwell, in five full-page drawings, _A Christmas Carol_ (p. 30), _The Cottage in the Highlands_ (p. 427), _M'Diarmid explained_ (p. 504), _Malachi's Cove_ (p. 729), and _Mourning_ (p. 760), sustains his high level. Other subjects, animal pictures by J. Wolf, and figures and landscapes by R. P. Leitch, Florence Claxton, F. Eltze, J. W. Ehrenger, R. T. Pritchett, and W. Colomb, call for no special mention. To John Pettie is attributed a tail-piece of no importance. [Illustration: M. J. LAWLESS 'GOOD WORDS' 1864, p. 168 THE PLAYER AND THE LISTENERS]