[1] The drawing, A Debating Society, was very well engraved on wood by J. D. Cooper, and appeared in London Society in 1871, v. xx. p. 417; it is now reproduced on a larger scale by a mechanical process of photo-engraving. Experts in drawing for book illustration may be interested to compare results.

[2] In a private letter to the writer of this memoir, dated 2nd November, 1876, Caldecott says:—"Pen can never put down how much I owe, in many ways, to T. A."

[3] The Harz Mountains, a Tour in the Toy Country, by Henry Blackburn. London: Sampson Low and Co., 1872.

[4] This, and other similar sketches, caused amusement in some circles and offence in others, at Berlin, where it was stated erroneously that the artist had caricatured some well-known personages who came annually to Goslar to drink the waters, and an arrangement to publish a translation of the Harz Mountains into German fell through in consequence.

[5] Amongst the young artists in the art department of Harper's Magazine in 1873, was E. A. Abbey, the well-known illustrator of old English subjects; in later years a great friend and ally of Caldecott.

[6] The drawings in the Daily Graphic in New York were all reproduced by photo-lithography, and printed at the lithographic press.

[7] It was more than once suggested to Caldecott to paint this scene. It would probably have been attempted had circumstances permitted.

[8] The medallion at the head of this letter was designed by Sir Frederick Burton and afterwards redrawn for the Arts Club by E. J. Poynter, R.A.

[9] North Italian Folk, by Mrs. Comyns Carr. London: Chatto and Windus, 1878.

[10] Breton Folk, by Henry Blackburn, with 170 illustrations by R. Caldecott. London: Sampson Low and Co., 1880.

[11] This letter was printed in the Manchester City News, 20 February, 1886.

[12] The portrait of Caldecott at the beginning of this volume, is from a photograph taken at Cannes in January, 1879.