Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-02-06
FRANK LESLIE" v

Henry Carteh more popularity known
as. frank Leslie" died at his residence,
No. ;511 Fifth avenue, at 5 AS p. IN. Sat
urday, Of q fibrous cancer in ire throat,
from, which he had been suffering for
eight weeks past, and which ultimately
caused congestion of the BRAIN the I'M
mediate cause Of his death. " e..
Henry Garter was born at, Ipswich,
England, in; 1921, and in early life. he
eylnqcedy q, passion for engraving grotesque
and curious designs ii WOOD: His fancy
fo.. tile manipulation Of cligravefs' tools
was developed in his frequent VISITS to a
silyersuith's. He also acquired knowi
edge OF glovemaklng from his father
Joseph Carter who was, an !, extensive
glove man ufacfurer at Ipswich, and he
became clerk il the glove department
III an extensive: establishment in London
when seventeen years old. Here he al
So followed his Inclination for; sketching
and engraving, and soon followed it as 4
business. .HlsIfather and other relatives
beng ayerse to this pursuit, in order to
keep il a secret from them, he assumed
the non de. plume ssFraik Leslie" When
twenty years Old he . 1r1afffied, but was
separated from his wife in 1860, taking
with him his threo. sons--Henry, Alfred
and Scip1o, the latter dying last year.
Garter, soon became one OF the first en-
grayers and artists On wood Of his time,
and shortly after his first marriage was
was given charge Of the engraving de-
partincnt Of the 'Tllustiated London News,
and there iearncd the system of regulat-
ing light and shade effect Ill pictorial
printing, an improvement which he was
first to Introduce to this country, and
which now forms 50 important an ele
ment in illustrated journalism.
Believing that a wider field lay in this
country, he came here in 1S4S,' and after
declaring his intention Of remaining, Sc
cured an act of the Legislature to enable
him to assume the name of Frank Leslie,
under which his fame as an artist in wood
had preceded him. His American ca
rcer began with Gleason's pictorial. La
ter, when Barnu1il and Beach started an
illustrated paper, Leslie was made sup
erintcndent Of the engraving department,
where he remained until the failure of
the paper, in 1854, when he began the
publication Of Frank Lcslic's Lady's
Magazine, and shortly afterHara Of the
New York Journal. On December Il T.,
1885,, Frank Lcslie's illustrated News
paper was startled, in which were the
graphic illustrations Of the Burdell MUIR
der, the Inauguration OF President Buch-
anan-thc first Presidential election ever
illustrated in this Countrywide exposure
of the swill milk horrtrs, for his. action
in regard to which Mr.. Leslie received
public recognition and a public. testi-
monial;o the execution Of John Brown
Of, the Lynn Strike; Of the Heeuan and
Saycrs contest; Of the Japanese Commits
sion; Of the Atlantic cable; the Civil
War; Of the Lincoln assassination; the
Chicago and Boston Fires, and of other
engrosslng subjects. :...*..
| In 1865, Mr.: Leslie started TIC Chlni-
ney Corner, the editing Of "hich, togctll-
CT with the Lady's Magazine, was done
Iby his second wife. Following IN rapid
succession were published the Boys and
Girls Weekly, Pleasant Hours, Lady's
Journal, Popular Monthly, Sunday Mag
azinc, Budget of fun, Chatterbox and IL
lustriete Zietung. He also published ro
prints Of novels, and in 1876 the Histori
cal Register of the Centennial Exposi
| ton. Mr. Leslie was the first publish
or who maintained ii full engraving CO
Establishment for his own publications
Large double PACED, engyavlngs which
formerly required Two weeks. to prot!uc'
by his Invention were put upon the We ot
and engraved in single night.