SUMMER] [Illustration: J. W. NORTH 'SUNDAY MAGAZINE' 1865, p. 328 WINTER] Like its companion, _Good Words_, it has known fat years and lean years; volumes that were full of admirable drawings, and volumes that barely maintained a respectable average. From the very first volume of the _Sunday Magazine_ we find among others R. Barnes, A. Boyd Houghton, M. E. Edwards, Paul Gray, J. Lawson, F. W. Lawson, J. W. North, G. J. Pinwell, and Marcus Stone well represented. The standard of excellence implied by these names was preserved for a considerable time. To this Pinwell contributes two drawings, _The House of God_ (p. 144) and _Only a Lost Child_ (p. 592), a typical character-study of town life. Paul Gray has a full page, _The Maiden Martyr_ (p. 272), engraved by Swain; either the drawing is below his level, or it has suffered badly at the hands of the engraver. _The Orphan Girl_ (p. 296), _Clara Linzell's Commentary_ (p. 401), and _Dorcas_ (p. 617), by the same artist, are all interesting, but do not represent him at his best. The single contribution by A. Boyd Houghton, _Friar Ives_ (p. 384), is not particularly good. In _Winter_, by J. W. North (p. 328), we have a most excellent drawing of a snow-clad farm with a thrashing machine at work in the distance, and two children in the foreground. The delicacy and breadth of the work, and its true tonality deserve appreciation; it was engraved by Swain. _Drowned_ (p. 585), by Marcus Stone, is not very typical. _The Watch at the Sepulchre_ (p. 940), by J. Lawson, is a spirited group of Roman soldiers. _Caught in a Thunderstorm_, by R. P. Leitch, engraved by W. J. Linton, is interesting to disciples of 'the white line.' Edward Whymper supplies the frontispiece, _The Righi_. M. E. Edwards, in the drawings to _Grandfather's Sunday_ (pp. 481, 489), appears to be under the influence of G. H. Thomas. Robert Barnes has twenty illustrations to _Kate the Grandmother_, and one each to _Light in Darkness_ (p. 25) and _Our Children_. A series of fourteen to _Joshua Taylor's Passion_, engraved by Dalziel, are unsigned; the style leads one to credit them to F. A. Fraser, who in later volumes occupied a prominent position. F. W. Lawson, in _A Romance of Truth_ (pp. 641, 649) and _The Vine and its Branches_ (p. 904), has not yet found his individual manner. The rest of the pictures by T. Dalziel, F. J. Slinger, R. T. Pritchett, F. Eltze, W. M'Connell, etc., call for no special comment.