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 when from seven to nine o’clock all work on a given subject. At nine there is a “show-up”; that is, the resulting sketches are placed on a screen for exhibition and criticism. Meanwhile supper is preparing, and the rest of the evening takes that particular form of enjoyment as a more famous soirée took the form of a boiled leg of mutton and trimmings. From this report, which is all I can give, you may gather that at the Langham Sketch Club it is possible for men of social instincts but quiet minds to be happy enough and even happier than they know—fortunati sua si bona norint.

I trust, now, enough has been said to indicate that in this book Mr. Rackham, who has achieved much fame by illus­trating the inventions of other men, has turned to illustrate himself; and the