GIUS MARONIS | by |
Beardslius | de | Brightelmstoniensis. The illustrations are
entitled:----

I. Laocoon hurleth his spear against the horse.
II. Laocoon and son crunched up.
III. Little July tries to keep up with Papa. Old Father Anchises
sitteth on Papa's shoulders and keeps a good look-out.
IV. Parvi Iulus.
V. Helen.
VI. Panthus departs, bag and baggage.
VII. Sinon telleth his tale unto King Priam.
VIII. One of the cinders of Illim.
IX. (No title.) The drawing, to illustrate two comic verses written
at the top of the paper, represents AEneas being carried up into
the air by means of a balloon attached to his helmet.

All the above are drawn in ordinary ink upon plain white paper of
the kind used for rough work at the school, and all are of uniform
size, 7-1/4 x 5 inches, except No. 9, which is on a double-size
sheet, measuring 7-1/4 x 10 inches. Unpublished. (Property of H. A.
Payne, Esq.) September to December 1886.

4. VIRGIL'S "AENEID," nineteen humorous sketches illustrative of Book II.,
entitled:----

I. AEneas relateth the tale to Dido.
II. Laocoon hurls the spear.
III. Sinon is brought before Priam.
IV. Calchas will not betray anyone.
V. "All night I lay hid in a weedy lake."
VI. The Palladium is snatched away.
VII. The Palladium jumpeth.
VIII. Laocoon sacrificeth on the sand.
IX. Sinon opens the bolt.
X. Hector's ghost.
XI. AEneas heareth the clash of arms.
XII. Panthus fleeth.
XIII. Pyrrhus exulteth.
XIV. Death of Priam.
XV. AEneas debateth whether he shall slay Helen.
XVI. Venus appeareth to AEneas.
XVII. Jupiter hurls the lightning.
XVIII. AEneas and company set out from Troy.
XIX. AEneas seeth Creusa's ghost.

The above drawings in ordinary ink are contained in a copy-book,
8 x 6-1/2 inches. Unpublished. Exhibited in London at Carfax
& Co.'s Galleries, October 1904. (Property of Harold Hartley,
Esq.) End of 1886.

5. THE POPE WEIGHS HEAVILY ON THE CHURCH. Pen-drawing contained in the
same copy-book with the last-named.

6. JOHN SMILES, a comic illustration to the school history book,
representing King John in the act of signing Magna Charta.
Pen-drawing on paper 7-1/4 x 5 inches. Unpublished. (Property
of H. A. Payne, Esq.)

7. SAINT BRADLAUGH, M.P., a caricature. Pen-drawing on a half
sheet of notepaper. Unpublished. (Pr