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CONTENTS. 



.Notes : — Page 



Legends and Superstitions respecting 



Bees - - - - - 167 

 Oxford Jeu d'Esprit - - - 168 

 Ansareys in Mount Lebanon - - 169 

 Primers of the Reign of Queen Eliza- 

 beth, by the Rev. T. Lathbury- - 170 



.Minor Notes : — Objective and Sub- 

 jective— Lucy Walters, the Duke of 

 Monmouth's Mother — General Hay- 

 nau's Corpse — " Isolated " — Office 

 of Sexton held by One Family Sen- 

 tentious Despatches — Reprints sug- 

 gested - - - - - 170 



-Qckiues : — 

 Pictures from Lord Vane's Collection - 171 

 Burial-place of Thurstan, Archbishop 

 of York, by George Fox - - 172 



Minor Queries : — Admiral Hopson 

 — "Three cats sat," &c. — Herbert's 

 "Church Porch" — Ancient Tenure 

 of Lands — Dramatic Works— Devrcux 



Bowly — " Corruptio optimi," &c 



Lamenther — Sheriff of Somersetshire 

 in 1765— Edward Brerewood — Eliza- 

 beth Seymour — Longfellow — Fresick 

 and Freswick — Has Execution by 

 Hanging been survived 1 — Maps of 

 Dublin — " The Lounger's Common- 

 place Book " — Mount Mill, and the 

 Fortifications of London — " Forms of 

 Public Meetings " - - - 172 



.Minor Queries with Answers : _ 

 Queen Elizabeth and the Ring — 

 Lives of English Bishops : Bishop 

 Burnet — Eden Pedigree and Arms — 

 The Gentleman's Calling — Obj and 

 Sols — Fystens or Fifteenths - - 175 



Hardman's Account of Waterloo - 176 



Dates of Births and Deaths of the Pre- 

 tenders - - - - - 177 



" Could we with ink," &c, by J. W. 

 Thomas - - - - - 179 



Mackey's Theory of the Earth, by J. 

 Dawson, &c. - - - - 179 



Do Conjunctions join Propositions only ? 

 bv G. Boole - - - - 180 



Robert Bloet, by Edward Foss - - 181 



'Photographic Correspondence : — A 

 Hint to the Photographic Society — 

 Test for Nitrate of Silver — Professor 

 Hunt's Photographic Studies— Waxed- 

 paper Pictures — The Double Iodide 

 Solution— Dr. Mansell's Process - 181 



j51epmes to Minor Queries: — Buona- 

 parte's Abdication — Burton Family 

 — Drainage by Machinery — Natto- 

 -chiis and Calchanti — " One while I 



think," &c "Spires 'whose 6ilent 



finger points to heaven ' " — Dr. Elea- 

 zar Duncon — " Marriage is such a 

 rabble rout" — Cambridge Mathe- 

 •matical Questions _ Reversible Mas- 

 culine Names —The Man in the 

 Moon — Arms of Richard, King of the 

 Romans — Brothers with the same 

 Christian Name — Arch-priest in the 

 Diocese of Exeter, &c. - - - 183 



Miscellaneous : — 



Books and Odd Volumes wanted - 187 

 Notices to Correspondents - - 187 



Vol. IX No. 226. 



TNSTRUCTION IN ART, 



I General and Special, as afforded at the 

 SCHOOLS of the DEPARTMENT of 

 SCIENCE and ART, at MARLBOROUGH 

 HOUSE, Pall Mall, London. The School 

 consists of 



I. A NORMAL SCHOOL for TRAINING 



TEACHERS. 

 II. SPECIAL CLASSES for TECHNICAL 

 INSTRUCTION. 



Art Superintendent : — 

 RICHARD REDGRAVE, R.A. 



The SPRING SESSION will COMMENCE 

 on 1st of MARCH, and end 31st of July ; and 

 the Fees are for that period. 



1. The Courses of Instruction are intended 

 to impart systematically a knowledge of the 

 scientific principles of Art, especially in its 

 relation to the useful purposes of life. A 

 limited application of those principles is de- 

 monstrated with the view of preparing Students 

 to enter upon the future practice of the Deco- 

 rative Arts in Manufactories and Workshops, 

 either as Masters, Overseers, or skilled work- 

 men. At the same time, instruction is afforded 

 to all who may desire to pursue these studies 

 without reference to a preparation for any 

 special Branch of Industry. Special Courses 

 are arranged in order to train persons to be- 

 come Masters of Schools of Art, and to enable 

 Schoolmasters of Parochial and other Schools 

 to teach Elementary Drawing as a part of 

 general Education concurrently with Writing. 



2. The Lectures and Courses of Instruction 

 are as follows : — 



GENERAL COURSE FOR MALE STU- 

 DENTS ONLY. 



A. Free-hand, Model, and Elementary Mecha- 



nical Drawing, Practical Geometry and 

 Perspective, Painting in Oil, Tempera, 

 and Water Colours. Modelling. The 

 Classes for Drawing, Fainting, and Mo- 

 delling, include the Figure from the An- 

 tique and the Life : and Artistic Ana- 

 tomy. Lectures, Teaching and Practice, 

 in the Morning and Evening. Fee 47. 

 the Session. — Head Master, Mr. Burchet ; 

 Assistants, Messrs. Herman, Walsh, 

 Denby, Wills, and Hancock. 



B. The Evening Instruction is limited to ad- 



vanced Drawing, Painting, and Model- 

 ling, including the Figure. Fee 27. 



TECHNICAL COURSES. 



C. Practical Construction, including Architec- 



ture, Building, and the various processes 

 of Plastic Decoration, Furniture, and 

 Metal Working. Lectures, Teaching and 

 Practice, Morning and Evening. Fee 47. 

 Evening Course only. Fee 27. for Male 

 Students only. Superintendent, Profes- 

 sor Semper. 



D. Mechanical and Machine Drawing, Class 



Lectures with Evening Teaching and 

 Morning Practice. For Male Students 

 only. Fee 27. Superintendent, Mr. W. 

 Binns. 



E. Surface Decoration, as applied to Woven 



Fabrics of all kinds. Lace, Paper Hang- 

 ings, &c. Lectures, Teaching and Prac- 

 tice, Morning and Evening. Fee 47 An 

 Afternoon Class for Females only, Fee 

 27. An Evening Class for Male Stu- 

 dents only. Fee 21. Superintendent, Mr. 

 Octavius Hudson. 



F. Poic>:lain Painting, daily Teaching and 



Practice for Male and Fenr-ale Students, 

 Fee 4i. Superintendents, Mr. Simpson 

 and Mr. Hudson, 



G. Wood Engraving. Lectures, daily Teach- 

 ing and Practice for Female Students 

 only, Fee 47. Superintendents, Mr. 

 Thompson and Miss Waterhousc. 



H. Lithography, Chalk. Pen, and Colour. 

 Daily Teaching and Practice for Female 

 Students only, Fee 47. Superintendents, 

 Mr. Brookes and Miss Channon. 



PUBLIC LECTURES 



On the Forms and Colours of the Animal and 

 Vegetable Kingdoms, by Professor E. Forbes ; 

 on the Human Form, by Mr. J. Marshall, 

 F.R.C.S. s on the History of Ornamental 

 Art, by Mr. Wornum, &c. Admission to eacli 

 Lecture, 6d. 



3. The Instruction for the general Students 

 is carried on daily, except on Saturdays. 



4. Students may matriculate for a period of 

 three years upon paying 207. in one sum on en- 

 trance, or three annual payments of 107. They 

 are entitled to attend all the Public and Class 

 Lectures, the general and technical Courses, to 

 receive personal instruction, and to practice in 

 the School at all times ; they have also access 

 to the M uscuin and Library. At the end of the 

 Session they may pass an Examination, and 

 have the privilege of competing for Scholar- 

 ships, varying from 107. to 307. a year in value. 



5. Occasional Students are at liberty to at- 

 tend only the particular Courses for which they 

 enter, and have admission to the Museum, Li- 

 brary, and Public Lectures. 



fi. A CLASS FOR SCHOOLMASTERS 

 AND PUPIL TEACHERS will meet every 

 Wednesday and Friday, Tuesday and Thurs- 

 day Evenings, and on Saturdays. Fee, 5s. 

 Superintendent of the Training teaching, and 

 Elementary Instruction, Mr. Burchet ; As- 

 sistant, Mr. Bowler. 



Also at Gore House, Kensington, on Monday 

 and Thursday. 



7. A Register of the Students' attendances is 

 kept, and may be consulted by Parents and 

 Guardians. 



8. The SCHOOL FOR THE FEMALE 

 STUDENTS passing through the General 

 Course, is at 37. Gowcr Street. Superintendent, 

 Mrs. M'lan j Assistants, Miss Gann and Miss 

 West. 



Fees : — Advanced Classes, 27. and 47. : Ele- 

 mentary Class, 20s. ; Evening Class, IOs. 



A Class also meets at Gore House, Kensing- 

 ton, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 



9. DISTRICT SCHOOLS OF ART, in con- 

 nexion with the Department, are now esta- 

 blished in the following places. Open every 

 Evening(except Saturday) from 7 to 9 - 30. En- 

 trance Fee, 2s. Admission, 2s. and 3s. per 

 month. The instruction comprises Practical 

 Geometry and Perspective, Free-hand and Me- 

 chanical Drawing, and Elementary Colour : 



1. Spitalfields, Crispin Street. 



2. North London, High Street, Camden 

 Town. 



3. Finsbury, William Street, Wilmington 

 Square. 



4. Westminster, Mechanics' Institute, Great 

 Smith Street. 



5. St. Thomas, Charterhouse, Goswell Street. 



6. Rotheihithe, Grammar School. 



7. St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Long Acre. 



At 1. and 2. Schools there are Female Classes. 

 Application for admission to be made at the 

 Offices in each locality. 



For farther information, apply at Marlbo- 

 rough House, Pall Mall. 



HENRY COLE, 1 Joint 

 LYON PLAYFAIR,/ Secretaries. 



