nd Pupils, used
first at Nicholson's, Ludlow, circa 1787, and afterwards, circa 1814,
used in Rusher's Banbury Books._

[Illustrations: 53_1 - 53_10]

_Woodcuts of the Bewick and Cruikshank Schools, from Ludlow and
Ploughwill, afterwards used at Banbury._

[Illustrations: 54_1 - 54_14]

_Used in various Rusher's Penny Banbury Children's Books._

[Illustrations: 55_1 - 55_10]

_By Bewick's Pupils, used in Children's Books at Banbury by Rusher._

[Illustrations: 56_1 - 56_13]

_By Bewick and Pupils, from Ludlow, all used at Banbury._

[Illustrations: 57_1 - 57_10]

[Illustration: 58_1

_Close copy of Bewick, by a pupil._]

DRUNKEN BARNABY.

To Banbury came I,
Prophane one,
Where I saw a Puritan
Hanging of his cat on Monday
For killing of a mouse on Sunday.

[Illustrations: 58_2 - 58_6

_Bewick playing the Northumbrian Pipes, a very early
J. Bewick._
_Jack and the Giants, from the early York edition._
_Raree, or Peep Show, R. Cruikshank's design, engraved by Sears._
_Chapman, or Running Stationer, designed by Cruikshank and engraved
by Branston. (Used in York Cries)._]

[Illustrations: 59_1, 59_2

_Banbury Old Church._]

A Gentleman wrote to one of the newspapers some time ago, detailing a
curious incident that happened to himself, showing how these very
interesting prints and blocks are being scattered and destroyed. He says
"In the old days when Catnach was King of the ballad world, boys used to
steal the woodblocks of Mr. Bewick the wood-cutter, and sell them to the
great song singer. Yesterday, for a halfpenny, I picked up in a bye
street in London one of the prints of a very beautiful block of this
kind heading a song called 'The Wealthy Farmer's Son.' I wonder whether
anybody has ever thought it worth while to collect these pictures." This
interesting pursuit of collecting and illustrating with extra cuts,
pages of child book literature of the 17th, 18th, and early 19th
century, would indeed be a charming recreation. On this subject there
appeared a long article in the Graphic, where the writer says, under the
initials 'C. H.,' "There are few more agreeable occupations for anyone
who has sufficient leisure at his disposal, than that of embellishing a
favourite book with illustrations appropriate to the subject, and
thereby endowing it with additional interest and value. To those who
cultivate this fascinating pursuit with taste an