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PLATES OF PICKWICK.

differently, a tree on the left removed. In a there is a sort of hook on the inside of the door to hold a bell, which is absent; in b it is added. The bolts, etc., are different.

"Mr. Pickwick in the Pound." b is more brilliant and vastly improved; the smaller donkey is removed, the three reduced to two; the sweep's cap is made white; the faces are altered, and made more animated. Mr. Pickwick's figure in the barrow is perhaps not improved, but his face is.

"Mr. Pickwick in the Attorney's Office." Sam's face in a was quite unlike, and was improved; the position of his legs altered. The other points are much the same.

"Last Visit of Heyland to the Old Man." This is a sort of anticipation of "Phiz's" later treatment of tragic subjects, as supplied for "Bleak House" and such stories. Heyling's cloak in b is draped over his left arm, the boards of the door are outlined differently. In a the face of the old man a side one, with little expression; in b it was made three-