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by Lithography. Mr. Bradshaw, the Quaker partner in this firm, in- terested himself in " Baxter's Process," and they consequently became Licensees. They produced prints by his Process for a short time only, owing to the death of Mr. Bradshaw. The other partner apparently not being interested, the process was allowed to drop. From an Autobiography (in " Good Words ") of Mr. Frederick Shields who will be remembered as the illustrator of " The Pilgrim's Progress," published by the late Mr. Henry Rawson of the Manchester Examiner in 1860 we find that he was the Artist in his early struggling days who designed their prints produced by the " Baxter Process "; and quoting from this Autobiography we find that " old Bradshaw, the Quaker partner in the firm, sent for me and said, ' Dost thee think thy- self able to design for Baxter's patent oil-printing process ? ' Modestly, but confidently, I replied, 'Yes.' 'What wages wilt thou require?' Seven shillings I had received for bobbin-ticket bondage, and I dared to ask ten shillings as wage for the elevated post of designer. So returning to my late shop in honour, the despised became a head, with a little den to himself, where no defilement of bobbin tickets entered, and he 1 1 8 Edmund Evans revelled in rustic lovers, and gleaners, and a box of colours for the first time. Only a few months so passed, my good master died, and all the firm's interest in the patent with him." Like Baxter, Messrs. Bradshaw & Blacklock published a few Prints on Stamped Mounts, mostly of Scriptural Subjects; but the firm are prin- cipally known for the book which they published in 1853 entitled: Pictorial Casket of Coloured Gems, being a carefully-arranged selection of these universally-admired productions of Art, with Descriptive Articles