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LEWIS CARROLL
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THE VERNON GALLERY.

As our readers will have seen by the preceding page, we have commenced engraving the above series of pictures. "The Age of Innocence," by Sir J. Reynolds, representing a young Hippopotamus seated under a shady tree, presents to the contemplative mind a charming union of youth and innocence.

Editor.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence

The Scanty Meal.

We have been unusually[1] successful in our second engraving from the Vernon Gallery. The picture is intended, as our

  1. Perhaps an incorrect expression, as it was only the second attempt.