Show du wit A gant gentleman leman himself a very witty man remarked the other day in commenting upon du marlers carlers Mar lers drawings in punch that the legends printed below them were more comical than tho the drawings themselves we are now told that these pungent condensations cost coat their author a great deal of thought and labor and the new york evening post ad advances ances the view that they were a preparation for that phenomenal success in novel writing into which du maurier manner seemed to drop with a perplexing spontaneity one of the firm of harper bros tells an anecdote relating to his connection with their magazine which is worth repeating when he was engaged to furnish the monthly drawings which appeared at t the e end of each number of this periodical 11 ca tho th a proprietors of punch wrote him that they understood his services were theirs exclusively to which he returned this brief note dear man blan cannot live by punch alone yours G du M it Is not stated slated how long he was bec occupied u pled in concocting concoct ing this but it is very clever boston herald |