New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-29

sections Tor the CLERKS OF Tue auNeIlishk ehN "N"A
departments. / made a remark to Mr. BurDano
that they looked like the loose boxes In bunt-
ing-stable. Coaching" he replied, coaching
This must be where they keep the leaders Tealy
harnessed."
II must be admitted, OF course, that MI Bur
nand's career has been successful enough 10 keep
him in good humor. vet all who, like myself had
the pleasure of knowing him long before "lxion
inauguratcd brilliant series of stage successes
will bear witness to his unfalng gayety then as now
Besides writing numerous burlesques he has shown
extraordinary skill IN the adaptation OF French
PLAYS such as that tour d. force Betsy from the
almost impossible 4" B6b6" 1t was thought lot d
moment that his being an earnest Roman CathoiI'
wonld prevent him from becoming Editor OF I""c"'
az a similar cause deprived that journal OF Tue
vices of Mir. Richard Doyle. the aruSI u tbe an
DdrV; but doubt was soon ulspeiiou l., t6e
poiutment of the emphatically rght nun ~ '"0
Among Mir. Burnand's most prominent ASSAY Isl ~
on the letter-press department y 9, M man the
thur ABeckett. very gOou-Io!oeh,iuS 20 GbSrlevU
writer of the cOmIcal verses from ATTY 70
"Uawfnchs Views and vast quantity, VI 60
amusing RHYMES. Mr.. Ashby SIerry Is aisI W. "a ~
Lent Vrtter of verse in the style OF me tiNS, u
n Lazy Minstrel odd bits OF prose IKE VIssN
Diary" and fragments OF w4rd-lorIullIis u i ~
80 In penious kind Mr. Savlle CLARKE also writes
many nTettv verses for Punch, mostly OF ne tehu,I
IL humorous complexion, very eiega!tlv luluSu'
For slashlng practical plan Lnglsn M l, az, ON
his fail most unmercfully; and for downright com
icolitv and whimsical suggestions Mr. Burnand mas
no be tier Young hand than Mr. heglnald DIoohS,
cor az The ate Mr. Shirley Brooks. Over aud
above these writers there is large number OF oc-
casional contributors. who send m vast quantity
of good bad and indifferent matter to the Edltor-
and his waste paper basket.
Between the early DAYS of Punch and tho, revival
of It's humorous traditions When MI bui ii,'At
began TO write largely For n. there was pei"d OF
duInoss during which IL must have died out ALTO
gcther bat for the artists. There Is no occasion IN
fms ni1co 10 repeat what has been so often SAID
about Leech and Doyle, who IN their day were the
life end soul OF the paper 10 which Horace May
hew was the sole contributor lett OF DIS iaullY VINO
together with Mark Lemon were IT. founders.
The natural successor az Lerch. SO IaI IS tlo pII
weekly cartoon = concerned was Nj. Johu lennieL
q oulet gentleman who goes neither 10 clLuo' Hol
rofer;as nor theatres. aud lives quietly among
agreeable social surroundings. Tie may, however;
he sccu en- a critics dav the Royal Academy, ana
once seen and cOnversed wlth can never ne T. e't-
ton Afr John IeuucPs hat stands alone: mere
are many remarkable hats ia London. MI 'tlu-
stones hat Is marvel of sharelessne,s, Sir robert
Peeps and Lord AbergayeuhN OF loiiICk ana Ua'.'
Mr. (hamherlIn'- Of pcrklucsS, Lord htItilsI lh
OF dorredurss and Lord GTaUvlllc's OF grace; our
Mr. JpuuiePs IS 70 use language gerihaIe 10 INC
,,Lofter the manifest hat IN London smart IN
cur and wel-uodcie ed as 70 crown 10 SETS OF au-
vantage the wel-curIed -ide-whls6crs ana oruraie
features of the artist For Nh Ieunicl Us essentially
an artist. As drdught slnan, eAct2 where 'IlI'i'
are concerned. he T. immeasuIdhly superior 10
I.eech. whose female figures We're Just "a tIiuc-
wcll-nOt vulgar-but commonplace. Nj. l"uhlri
ma. the advantage of beng 3Jic TO draw correct
statuesQue figure when required, and has during
his tenure of office drawn many W04deHuI,y IN
yresslVe Is well as comic cartoons. IclSohd4lN Le
Is a very agreeable man. despite the sporting Guy OF
his carmen = which from hat 10 uceI suggest lat
tersali ia her than BOuyeue street.
Another drauuhr-Iuan. whose work Is greatly al
1lIrsl hy serious arts s. Is Nh Charles kecut, Who
may oe said 70 have solved the problem oi drdNIi+
for wood-eugravWg. II the young asplrauis Iof
hauors on illustrated papers Woald study III.
Keeues work more thorough, IMAM tAa1 ST. 10
do, they would discover ihil Diodd Nulle1 ana
few lines placed where they ougGt TO De-lo u
hairs-orel dth--aTc the highest expression o. WOOL
engraving Mr.. heenc, an excellent dIdu-htSIidh
ana master OF perspective. endowed, moreover,
with me sense Of humOr, seems 10 ldch Al d
curious way the Nn8Ck q producing iaI average
human beings, not % say ladies and gen.leIheh,
upon paper. HIS are OlOdled cddS III Icach'
me-dOWu' suits, and lls women are olQWsJ m3'roA'
who might serve behind a mdrhct-,iau OF Keep
seaside lodgiug house. country clergy mau, "a
country squire, aud % country shopbetper, are IL
VOIite characters with Mr.. ke"ue. VINO reNtis IN
their ugraceiUluess. Sir. kcene l. a very TAIL
lender man, W no wears shooting IT tourist sun
with CATERS, soft hat, ana satcuel over LIS
shoulder even III London HIS lace %ouiu Hot
make a bal model Tor Don QulXOte' 50 gloomy ana
satuTEIue is It's expression 30 iNlhg creature has
seen hm smoke either cigar OF cigarette, IIr lie a.
iects the diminutive pIprs of the EIzabetA@A OF
Cromwelhan period, aug up on the chelsea en-
Daukmeut near Don SaitctOs COIce-lOuae
Nh Linley SamDOurDe uTSt maze ms marx III
Punch by Illustrating Mr.. BuTuands wildly comlcsI
q
Fred" Burn. Dy 5 " hIIVd, aud 50 lOFih vi l"te
he has shown remarkable SIKH IA deVleIhg reaiy
amusing political cdICdtUrcs ds distinguished lIOh
1nrr,. fancy ske .ches. Ar, >amDOurnrS sketches
are wonderful ia their accuracy OF pJrtraltule ana
wealth o. oetaiI. AMI fuihI to perfection the hIst
dutv OF comic drawing, In beng reau' IunA'. -di'
FurnI,s is a draugutsman VINO mas LACEY come 20
the I0re on Punch with some admirable sketches.
lie also has thai gtJ OF cOmlcal pOrIhtuTe when
amuse, other people without eXaopcIdllhg the SUD-
jtct himself. a., ,,.
Las,, Dut lar from least, comes Ar. Dunaurer'
the society " uradght,ma1 OF PaHch, the inventor
of c mic south hcusiug on, OF ciuhahldhIacs "a
aesthetics with lines ana suuhOWerS ana Oh ule
whole artificial tOwZiy fluffy, lrlugy, Intense ana
roo-utteI-t Oo-tO ism satlrZed b. nj Duiuduu ~
The Coioael " ana by Nj. Gilbert III Fatlcuce.'
II lsalO long while since Mr. DumauTler, who l.
Freucu-t.ng snman, wrote and illustrated the lines
ia Punch IN curious cOckuey french beginning
" ing matlang lefty dong Farce" winch tod lug
llsiunru tnaL Il new humUTl>t udd come 10 the lore
MT Dumaurler makes hI, kes turn upon social In,
cldents, ana mas nappy genus Tor 50 drawing anu
naming his person g,s ,ha,, Ike .drS f0hS0HOy de
IomkqHs M CimdGUe BrOUH, IOSttethrG,te, ana hGH-
de- ney become realizes OF Eng lsA lie. Nj. III
uauIlcr has Il charming WIFE, pretty children, "A
pleasant mouse at Hampstead and tile mos mdgnIn-
cent dog ID the world, " chang superb Nj. 81
bernard. the tyraLt OF his master and OF al else
that IS ms
nam roTnNET uTCHJNCDN SHIFTED A