Edwin James Milliken

His creation of 'Arry, a bombastic Cockney, resulted in a successful series of poems which were hailed for their phonetic precision. Milliken described 'Arry as "really appalling. He is not a creature to be laughed at or with." In 1883 he published The Modern Ars Amandi. • Illustration — 'Arry at Stonehenge Milliken's first association with Punch occurred on 2 January 1875 with a few lines entitled "A Voice from Venus", that planet's transit having just taken place. This was his first contribution and, since he was a newcomer, he was asked for an assurance that he was indeed the author. From then on his contributions were regular and he was welcomed to the staff in early 1877. Milliken was trained for, and spent the beginning of his career, with a large engineering firm. The literary world, though, was always his first love and his contributions to a few magazines and journals initially satisfied this bent. His first accredited work was a memorial poem to Charles Dickens printed in The Gentleman's Magazine in 1870. He died on 26 August 1897 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery.

• "Childe Chappie's Pilgrimage" (1883) Edwin James Milliken, illustrated by Edward J. Wheeler (1848–1933) • "The Modern Ars Amandi" (1883) • "The Town" (1884) • "Fitzdotterel; or, T'other and Which" (parody of Lord Lytton's "Glenaveril") (1885) • "Modern Asmodeus" (1889–90) • "The New Guide to Knowledge"