Frank Reynolds, R.I. by A.E. Johnson
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is rather for the happy fidelity of their transcripts from life
than for the artistic sureness of their hands that they are and will be remembered. It is the possession of just that subtle power of quiet but comprehensive observation which has obtained for Frank Reynolds the unique position which he occupies amongst the humorous artists of to-day. [Illustration: LITTLE WILLIE: You'll catch it, Gerald, when mother sees you! GERALD: Why? Is my collar dirty? _From "Punch."_] For unique his position is. Other men are as funny as he, perhaps funnier. For when a determined man sets out with a fixed and unshakeable resolve to tickle your fancy, there is no limit to the means he may adopt to catch you unawares, and it shall go hard with him but he extorts from you a laugh, however tardy. Frank Reynolds makes no such desperate efforts. One might say, indeed, that he makes no effort at all. His simple method is to set down--with the most refined and delicate art--just one of those little scenes or incidents which everyone may every day everywhere witness. [Illustration] Spectators of such a scene in real life, it is possible--probable, in fact--that we were in no way edified or amused. Not the veriest |
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