16 AUGUST 1873, Page 15

THE HARZ MOUNTAINS.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPEOTATOR..] Sin,—It would be unfair to a young and rising artist not to state that most of the pen-and-ink sketches of which you speak so highly in your review of my book on "The Harz Mountains" are by Mr. R. Caldecott, whose work was introduced to the public two years ago in the pages of London Society. In the matter of illustrating books, I have always adopted the principle of never using my own sketches if I could obtain better elsewhere, and to this I attribute their success.—I am, Sir, &c.,

Garrick Club, 11th August, 1873. HENRY BLACKBURN.