Mr.  Lehmann's  three  parodies  were  accompanied  by  comic  pictures,
by  Mr.  E.  T.  Reed  and  Mr.  E.  J.  Wheeler.  Mr.  Wheeler's  little
caricature  of  '  George  in  the  box  '  appeared  in  Punch  of  December
19,  1891,  and  gives  a  good  likeness  of  the  great  author,  doubtless
based  on  one  of  the  few  existing  photographs.  Mr.  Reed's  caricar-
ture,  published  first  in  Punch  of  July  28,  1894,  is  a  bolder  attempt,
showing  Meredith  as  a  bull  in  the  literary  china  shop,  demolishing
the  vases  of  Grammar,  Construction,  Syntax  and  Form,  with  very
vigorous  hoofings.  The  likeness  here  also  is  excellent  and  most
probably  had  the  same  source  as  Mr.  Wheeler's.
But  here  enters  Mr.  Max  Beerbohm,  our  only  English  caricaturist
in  the  full  sense  of  the  word,  and  Vanity  Fair  of  September  24,  1896,
published  from  his  brush  the  solitary  caricature  of  any  importance
that  exists.  Opinions  will  differ  as  to  the  taste  of  this,  but  none
who  have  studied  the  art  of  caricature  will  question  its  great  merits.
'  Max  '  may  have  studied  his  victim  from  the  life.  If  not  he  has
rendered  with  remarkable  fidelity  the  impression  that  one  retains  of
the  head  of  Meredith.
