rom offence--we hold in utter abhorrence."

In _Miss Leslie's Magazine_ for April, 1843, appeared the first specimen
of lithotinting that had been attempted in America. It was the work of
an artist named Richards, who had seen several productions of Mr.
Hullmandel, of London, who had been experimenting in this style.

The first illustrated comic paper on an original plan published in
America was the _John Donkey_. The editors of the paper were G. G.
(Gaslight) Foster and Thomas Dunn English. Foster was a reporter on the
_North American_ who had written sketches of New York, notably the
account of the illuminated clock of the Seward House, and who had been
brought to Philadelphia by Morton McMichael. English was born in
Philadelphia, June 29, 1819, and in his seventeenth year was a
contributor to Philadelphia newspapers. He was graduated in medicine at
the University of Pennsylvania in 1839, and after studying law was
admitted to the bar in 1842. His famous song, "Ben Bolt" first appeared
in the _New York Mirror_ in 1843.

The first illustrated comic paper in America, the _Lantern_, was started
by John Brougham. "This paper," said Foster and English, "professes to
be funny. Let us make a paper that professes to be stupid"--and the
_John Donkey_ was published monthly by G. B. Zieber at Third and
Chestnut Streets, and Zieber and Foster and English shared regularly in
the profits. Nearly all the articles were written by English. The artist
of the magazine was Felix O. C. Darley; Henry L. Stephens designed many
of the prints, and Hinckley was the engraver of the magazine. Barnet
Phillips, the author of the _Struggle_, a journalist born in
Philadelphia, November 9, 1828, helped in the composition of the _John
Donkey_. The circulation rose to twelve thousand, when Zieber failed,
and Foster went out, and the circulation dropped to three thousand. The
first volume was completed in June, 1848, and only a few numbers of the
second volume were issued.

_Metcalfe's Miscellany_ was begun in March, 1841, and edited by Dr.
Thomas Dunn English. The contents were "entirely original," both stories
and verse. The subscription price, one dollar per year, in advance.
English was invited to edit the magazine by Metcalfe, who had been a
printer in the office of _Poulson's Daily Advertiser_, and who knew that
English wrote editorials for that paper. J. Ross Browne, author of the
_California Sketches_, wrote Oriental sketches for Metcalfe's.