Excerpt from Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works by John Leech (1817-1864): Held at the Grolier Club From January 22 Until March 8, 1914, With an Introduction But this is to-day. Fifty years are between Leech and us, and Leech is still demonstrably the well-loved. This exhibition, among other things; the chain of later editions of his pic tures for Punch as well as of books illustrated by him (negligible in many cases except for his designs) the zeal of the collector; constant if sporadic allusion by contemporary writers, all attest the presence still among us of this fine and ardent spirit. What was his power, if power he had? His scope, if universality and breadth were the secret of his charm? His charm, if scope and power shall be stricken out of the definition? Is there in fact any definition which de fines Leech? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.