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 by W. Byrne—Eton, Wickham, Newbury, Donington Castle, Abingdon, Chester, and Chester Castle. "Mawman's Tour" (1805) had three engravings by J. Heath (5-7/8 in. by 4 in.)—Patterdale, Inverary, and Loch Lomond. The well-known series of "Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England" was published from 1813 to 1826, with eighty plates, engraved by G. Cooke, W. B. Cooke, E. Goodall, W. Miller, and others. Of these forty are after Turner, in which some of his most enduring work appears, delectable records of his romantic moods. During the years 1817-1822 appeared "Whittaker's History of Richmondshire," with the twenty plates engraved by J. Scott, S. Rawle, J. Archer, T. Higham, John Pye, W. R. Smith, W. Radcliffe, G. Heath, J. C. Varrall J. Le Keux, and S. Middiman.

"Views in Sussex" was published in 1819 as a set of five plates (11 in. by 7-1/2 in.) engraved by W. B. Cooke.

In the following year in "Hakewill's Picturesque Tour in Italy" there are eighteen plates after Turner. The size of these plates is only 8-1/2 in. by 5-1/2 in.

Sir Walter Scott and Turner join hands in the "Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland," published in 1826. There are forty-two fine plates after Turner and others. Lucky is he who can procure the ten parts, folio, of these in large paper proofs. In a recent catalogue the writer saw a copy marked as "unopened" for five guineas. Forty-two magnificent steel engravings for a hundred and five shillings, that is less than half a crown apiece, and their whilom owner had not even cut