New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-21
JOURNALISM IN ENGLAND.
ILLUSTRATED PAPERS.

AIiddle-aq,d people speak of The Penny Nd0a7'Hs
| and SIiprlqv Hagqsne but neither of these was an
illustrated newspaper properly so-caen' any nloIo
than That M,ses de3 Families Tor which GaVarm
worked befor, he became the greatest carlcatnrs1
of his diy They dealt with subjects OF interest
| but not with news In this country 1T was thougnt
impossible to keep pace with events in an illustrator
| paper until the late Mr. Ingram who was drowned
| in an American lake, demonstrated the contrary.
| Now every house takes at least one illustrated
newsnoper and every well-to-do establishment two.
| The chef picture papers OF London are INC
Illustrated london Ncics The Graphic, The illustrated
Sporting and Dramatic Necs and The Pictorial Uor'a'
recently developed in n new series with large
| sheet printed in colors with every number. Among
the illustrated papers it may also be well to include
| Vanify Fair kind of " society" journal, which de-
ponds for its circulation upon its colored carcature
portrait of some celebrated notorious person. III
fact the present and past interest OF all the MUS
| trated papers is centred rather III the aflis's
| than In the writer's Ii is also interesting 10 note
| that many of the draughtsmen employed at hist on
| illustrate ncwspapers have since been graduated
rs artists, and some have taken honors as members
| OF the Royal Academy.
| Poor " Fred Walker had already achieved repu-
| tation when he was taken away. but many who'
! like him. worked nc newspaper cuts for ready
|
ties of oils and wacr-colors, have achieved great
| success The NestOr of The Illustrated London Ne'cS
| Is Mr. Simpson, who has trav He'd far and near ioI
that journal as our own artist on the spot, ana
has not only sent home admirable sketches OF some
| of the most remarkable places and events III the
word of his time. but finished numerous largo
| yatercoor drawings of the scenes winch nave
| most windy impressed HIM. famous dranghts-
| man of battc-sccnes for the same paper Is MI IL.
| Cation WVodyille whose work in oils has appeared
| on the walls of the Royal Academy. Brilliantly
successful last year. he has this year come again to
| the front with Maiwand: Saving the Guns" Mr.
| F. Barnard is another painter developed from
newspaper draughtsman and there would be little
difficulty in selecting numerous other instances OF
this process of evolution from the past and present
artistic staff of The Illustrated London Aeics Among
| the latter the most conspicuous at this
| moment besides Mr.. r. Cation Wood
| Vile are Mr.. Oycrend admirable
| draughtsman of naval subjects, and Mr. Melton
! Prior who has been through all recent wars, Eng
lish or European, and followed tho drum from the
Balkans to the Drakenbcrg, and from Paris to
CabuL
| The Grapho has been particularly fortunate to
| its Young men," or perhaps it would be more fair
IN say has has selected such good ones that they
soon outgrew newspaper work as a regular pursuit.
Mr. Luke Fildes who has drawn a vast number OF
pictures for The Graphic, has been Associate OF
| the ROYAL Academy for . long time past. ana MT
Woods his brother-n-aw, has recently been raised
| 10 that dignity Mr. Flldes made great hit with
| his picture of "The Casuals" at the Royal
| Academy and since then has produced numerous
| naiptings of late mostly of Venetian sub
| iects Mr. Woods after drawing for newspapers
for several years has made decided hit with some
| o;r and has been n.
r. A. into the bargain. Both of these Associates,
| however. have recently drawn subjects for the
| illustrated PAPERS as Mrs. 1hompson-Butler
| of "ROlI Call" fame has done. and John
| Everett Mllas. r. A., himself OF the present
rerular pictorial staff Of The Graphic Mr. NllerS IL
| nerbaps the most prominent member During the
last Russo Turkish war he Distinguished himself by
his courage in being literally " on the spot when
any stirring work was to the FORE and by his skill
| in recording his impressions OF many stern en-
counter. Mr. Vllliers from the outset of his career
"a n war-artst enjoyed the great advantage OF Mr..
Archibald Forbes's friendship, and found in that
fearless correspondent always ready lead him
| ~ the hottest part of the fight The experience of
Mr.. Forbes OWNED an apt pupil in Mr. Villiers, of
whom his early guide, philosopher and friend is
very proud The other day at the bombardment of
| Alexandria Mr. Viliicrs displayed his usual genius
for bciuc in the thick of it, for he on board of
Lord Charles Bcresford's little ship the Condor.
| To1iiy Fcir occupies position purely cxcep-
| tonal thai if its lctcrpross were at all equal in
| oualty to its carCatGTc portraits, IT would merit
| an entire article to itself Happily. however for
tbc enace of THE TRIBUNE il i not go. The editor,
| aud 7 believe proprietor, MIR Thomas Gibson
| Royyles. Is a very clever man and keen and pun
gent writer; but curlously enough h. does not care
| IN vri, the smart social sketches h" is 50 well
opaliGed to execute A smart. active lightweight
and p,casant fellow he was the g lion" If Prince,
in the good time preceding the invasion Of rinlng
and lawn-tcnuis. While people played tennis
nroper Mr. BOwlcs was a constant visitor. and when
| Inc launched Valg Fair all expected iuu, and they
| ,ot it. But there have been changes Ii is. in the
| too.often quoted words of Argyll =" far cry from
| Mr. Grcnyllle Murray to Lord Desart. The articles,
| stories and ,qulbs OF poor Murray wero admirable,
| h,t the performances of the Irish peer were not
| oood for much and everybody hopes that now that
no has married Miss BlschOffsheim and n fortune he
will let the pen and ink which he IN re than once
| has used very poorly, alone Lords rs rule are
NOT great scrlbes. and however wrong they may ap-
naor IN nosterity the men of The Ediaburgh Reyeic
were right on principle in "slating" Byron. Lord
Desart mot to be COMPOUNDED with Dysarb is
feeble hand at literary work and, moreover, once
wrote an apology which by no means advanced him
| in the opinion of gentlemen of courage and honor.
| Lord Drsarts poor stuff has, to back it, matter
more wretched still the padding supplied by Lord
| Ronald Cover a silky youth who aSpires to the
| dip1ity of having RecollectOns' something of
| the sort Anything quite ridiculous as this lord
| Iing's twaddle about his family and acquant-
ances cannot be imagined. Ii has its use however,
IN proving that the snobbery which nfests this
| country is nurtured in ducal families Not long
| ago Lord Ronald Cover, who is a dietante painter
and a detrante sculptor, with very clever Italian
workmen in his studio ut Paris, "A writer under
| - Italian PougpD Tuujf, Fair