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thing to do—and whilst working on this I still continued illustrating stories for Cornhill, and did many incidents in the Franco-German war for the Graphic, including that of 'The Dead Emperor.'"

Study for drawing of Mr. Sapsea.
("Edwin Drood.")

Then came a pretty little story. Mr. Fildes and Henry Woods went by the Thames to sketch. Henry Woods had two sisters, and they came up on a visit to their brother, and stayed where the two young artists were working. Miss Fanny Woods often sat to one of these artists. She is the girl sitting down in the stern of the boat in the picture of "Fair, Quiet, and Sweet Rest," which was hung on the line and "centred" in the Royal Academy of 1872. The picture was quickly "noticed"—it was the first work of an unknown painter. And 1873 brought "The Simpletons"—two lovers in a boat! But it was not until the summer of 1874 that Miss Fanny Woods became Mrs. Luke Fildes.

Mr. Fildes always had a leaning towards "The Casuals," and in 1874 he painted it. That, too, was a 9-ft. canvas. The picture is too well known to need description here—the mud and slush of the street, the suggested fog, the drunken loafer, the ruffian who "wants work, but wouldn't do it," the long, thin youth in the background, the sham soldier, the wife and husband cuddling up their children, the widow (who perhaps had never been a wife) hastening along, the policeman, and the bitter sarcasm of the "notices"—posted immediately above the poor fellow who holds his little one so tightly to him—of "Child Deserted, £2 Reward!" and "Lost a Pug Dog, £20 Reward!" But what stories the artist has to tell of his models for that remarkable work.

Studies for drawing of Mr. Jasper.
("Edwin Drood.")

"I used to go out night after night," said Mr. Fildes, "and seek for types. I visited the various casual wards, and soon got to know the inspectors. If I saw anybody who took my fancy I gave him my card, and asked him to come round after he had picked his oakum. You notice that fellow with