No. V. of the Pickwick Club introduces to us a
new comic artist, whose nom de guerre is P111%; an appropriate one, for he hits off a phiz capitally, and in delineating expression preserves the individual charac- ter, which is a good point. " The Election" is a rich scene of confusion, with some touches of the ludicrous that bespeak a humorous percep- tion of drollery in look, manner, and gesture. These characteristics are still more forcibly shown in the scene where the Pickwickians surprise their leader with his landlady fainting in his arms. The ly, sus- picious looks of the intruders, and the perplexity of Pickwick, are admirably expressed ; and there is an artist-like breadth and distinct- mess in the pictorial treatment. Pim enters fully into the spirit of Box; and both author and artist are, in this number, exceedingly *musing.
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