The little column-cuts, on the other hand, are almost playful in their minuteness, and even when most successful produce the effect of a delightful border or tailpiece without quite attaining to the full possibilities of book-illustration.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
He was not content, like many, with sticking on a tailpiece of application at the end of a long discourse.
"A Sketch of the Life and Labors of George Whitefield"
John Charles Ryle
Bewick, by the way, who wrote his History of British Birds in 1797, presents in one of his inimitable "tailpiece" wood-cuts a prevision of the aeroplane.
"Grain and Chaff from an English Manor"
Arthur H. Savory