The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-12-30

wick School," All this time, however,
Mr. Linton was doing other most su-
perior work ON various other publica-
lions. A few specimens are those de-
lightful little visnettes in Dickens
Christmas Carol QS4S), drawn by the
famous John Leech (what talented
trio, Dickens, Leech and LintonD, and
in the following works he is well repre-
sented Millions LAllegro" (circa
1850, "Favourite English Poems" (1S59),
1.-THE Merrie Days of England" 1850,
Pictorial Tour of the Thames"
Burns Poems and Songs" Shakes
peare; His Birthplace and Neighbour
hood" (1S61), 1.-The New Forest" QS6S),
etc, etc.
In 1S49 Mr.. Linton visited Cumber-
land, shortly afterward taking up his
residence at Brentwood by Coniston
Water and OCCUPYING the very house
which is now the home Of John Ruskln'
| Here in 1854 he wrote a little book on
| THE Ferns of the English Lake Coun-
| try" with wood cut illustrations by
himself; four years later he married
the youngest daughter Of the late Rev.
J. Lynn vicar of CrosthWaite, lady
| whose literary work is we'll known, (and
who still survives him, living apart for
the last so years by mutual agreement,
yet entertaining the highest respect for
each other and not infrequently CORE
| spending with each other).
In 1858 small volume was published
on THE English Lakes" by Harriet
Martinear, with wood cuts by Mr.. Lin
| ton. In 1864 there appeared another
| work of the same character entitled
1.-THE Lake Country" in which husband
| and wife co-operated, the text being
by Mrs E. Lynn Linton, and accom-
panied by a hundred illustrations drawn
and engraved by Mr., Linton. 1t should
be added of Mrs. Linton that she was
Mr.. Unions second wife, he having
| previously married lady by whom
he had several children. Miss Lynn at
one time resided with her father at
Gad's Hill in the very home where
Charles Dickens lived and died
| In 1859 an illustrated edition of Mil
tons "LAllegro'' was produced with en-
cravings on wood by Mr., Linton, copied
from etchings, by Cope, Creswick, Hors-
ley and other members Of the Etching
| club.
To this period belongs also another
important venture, the publication of
Thirty Pictures of Deceased British
Artists, GS60)" expressly engraved by
Mr. Linton for the Art union of London.
These exhibit the engraver in his
prime, and nothing could possibly be
finer than the exquisite rendering of
this series, which includes character
istic examples Of Sir r. Laurence, Con-
stable, Gainsborough, Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds Wilkie, Blake, Hogarth, Morland,
Turner and other masters of the Eng
lish School of Painters. To Goldsmith s
Traveller" and Byron's "Childe Har-
| old" issued by the Art union, he also
contributed some choice engravings.
| England lost one of her most distin-
guished representatives of the graphic
arts when in 1857 Mr.. Linton left hel
shores to make a permanent home In
America. He selected as a residence, a
| homestead that was once a farm house
: in Hamden, Conn, just outside Of New
Haven, on the old road to Boston, and
it is worthy Of record that New Haven
has afforded shelter for three regicides;
and what more appropriate residence
(says Mr. A. H. Bullen in the lib.
rary'), could be found for so sturdy 9
republican as Mr.. Linton" Here al
'Appledore," as he christened his new
: home, he carried on his engraving work
with his usual energetic spirit, Fol
. several years he sent his blocks to New
| York, a distance of seventy-four miles
to have them printed, but to avoid the
trouble and expense, he bought press
which he subsequently used to great
\ advantage.
Among the first engravings produced
a.;a lac
trations for J. G. Hollands Katrina. lr
1870 he was commissioned to engrave 6
series of large drawings to illustrate
| Edwin Booth in Twelve Dramatic Char
acters. These full length specimens
: are excellent samples Of the engraver''
genius. In the pictorial treatment Of {
r book of fairy tales by Jane G. Aus
ten. three years later, Mr.. Linton mad
= a new departure and the pretty littl
vignettes both drawn and engraved b!
l.. him proved that he possessed Georg'
Cruikshank's humour and play of fancy
| In Thanatopsis and The Flood of Year
, poems by william Cullen Bryant Q87O
= Mr.. Linton again combined the func
tons of artist and engraver.
Soon after Mr.. Lintons arrival il
America he became connected with thu
Cooper institute, New York, where h
conducted an engraving school. 1t i
fortunate for the young wood engrave
Of America that such an adept should
have made his home in their midst.
Mr. Lindon did much to enhance hi
art by means of his pen as well as b,
the work of the graver. He was tn
author Of an article on wood engravin;
in the June 1879, Atlantic, and defend
ed his views against ignorant criticism
in a little volume entitled Some Prac
teal Hints on Wood Engraving for tn
Instruction of Reviewers and the Pub
, lie. In 1882 he published an importan
work on American Wood Engraving
which, with the exception of the las
l chapter, was written for the American
= Art Review and has been the subject
) animated discussions in American mag
azines.
The browning achievement of Mr.. Lin
= ton as historian of wood engraving, hi
magnus opus, was the magnificent Wor
on the Masters of Wood Engraving,
| marvelously luxurious publication, tn
. result of greatest labor, experience, to-
" and genius.
Mr.. Linton was also a poet and hi
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