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 4. "Scene with the Cabman." Very little difference between the plates, save in the spectacles lying on the ground. These are trivialities.

5. "The Sagacious Dog." b is more heavily shaded, but a is much superior in the dog and face of the sportsman. Trees in b more elaborate.

6. "Dr. Slammer's Defiance." The figures on the top of the stairs are much darker and bolder in b. Jingle's and Tupman's faces are better in b than in a, and Jingle's legs are better drawn in b.

7. "The Dying Clown." A most dramatic and tragic conception, which shows that Seymour would have been invaluable later on for Dickens' more serious work. The chief differences are in the face of the man at his bedside and the candle.

8. "Mr. Pickwick in Search of his Hat." The drawing of Mr. Pickwick's legs is rather strange. The right leg could hardly be so much twisted back while Mr. Pickwick runs