Later on there was another attempted revival. The Prince de Joinville in the time of Louis Philippe, King of the French, threatened with a hostile visit. It was at a time when Doyle was delighting the readers of with those charming pictures of the manners and customs of the English, to which poor Percival Leigh in his furnished the letterpress. Mr. Doyle showed in a panorama how the French army would leave France to suffer the tortures of in the Channel, how would watch their movements through a telescope from a Martello tower, how, on their arrival in London would be arrested, how 85, , would be besieged, and how the entire French army would have to retreat, hotly pursued by and his dog Toby. That was the tone that was taken about a French invasion some fifty years ago, and on the whole it was not an entirely satisfactory tone. Its result was much good-natured chaff when the Volunteer movement again appeared. About rifle corps were proposed, and John Leech and his , the author of the laughed out of court by their admirable series of We were not prepared to take things too seriously in those days, and were inclined to believe that the Regulars in their white ducks on the First of May were quite sufficient to meet all military requirements.