The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . re what Hoods Song of the Shirt represents in poetry. The reception of the last-namedwoodcut, he says, was in several respects a curious test ofmodern feeling. . There are some points to be regretted inthe execution of the design, but the thought was a grand one;the memory of the word spoken and of its answer could hardlyin any more impressive way have been recorded for thepeople; and I believe that to all persons accustomed to theearnest forms of art it contained a profound and touchinglesson. The notable thing was, however, that it offend
The history of the nineteenth century in caricature . re what Hoods Song of the Shirt represents in poetry. The reception of the last-namedwoodcut, he says, was in several respects a curious test ofmodern feeling. . There are some points to be regretted inthe execution of the design, but the thought was a grand one;the memory of the word spoken and of its answer could hardlyin any more impressive way have been recorded for thepeople; and I believe that to all persons accustomed to theearnest forms of art it contained a profound and touchinglesson. The notable thing was, however, that it offendedpersons not in earnest, and was loudly cried out against by thepolite journalism of Society. This fate is, I believe, thealmost inevitable one of thoroughly genuine work in thesedays, whether poetry or painting; but what added to thesingularity in this case was that coarse heartlessness was evenmore offended than polite heartlessness. As was but natural, the Anglo-French alliance againstRussia is alluded to in more than one of Mr. Punchs Crimean. HENRI ROCIIEFORT AND HIS LANTERN. 134 CENTURY IN CARICATURE War cartoons. One of the earliest is a drawing by Tennielof England and France typified by two fine specimens otGuards of both nations standing back to back in friendlyrivalry of height, and Mr. Spielmann records in his Historyof Punch that the cut proved so popular that under its titleof The United Service: it was reproduced broadcast onmany articles of current use and even served as a decorationfor the backs of playing cards. Still another cartoon,entitled The Split Crow in the Crimea, represents Englandand France as two huntsmen, hard on the track of a woundedand fleeing two-headed bird! Hes hit hard !—follow himup ! exclaimed the huntsmen. In a French reproduction ofthis cartoon, which is to be found in Armand Dayots LeSecond Empire, Crow is amusingly translated as cou-ronne (crown), and the publishers of Punch are given as
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