country, provided I bad books, paiut box, borse, guu, flute, etc., uot forgetting a 

 pleasant friend, witbout wbicb a man migbt be tempted to sboot or drown bimself 

 for very ennui. 



The entry for the uext day is coDfined to three short lioes : 



Wbat witb teasing tbe servant about ber lover, plaguing tbe cat, and gossiping 

 witb tbe villagers, managed witb difficulty to live tbe day out. 



Evideuce of a restless nature, abhorring idleness. 



Having decided to indulge his taste for artist life and at the same 

 time see something of the world, on tbe 19th of April, 1834, he quitted 

 Leeds and started for Munich, with a view of putting himself upon a 

 systematic course of study in different branches of painting. Eegard- 

 ing his leave-taking he says : 



Miss G. [bis auut] cried most prodigiously, as if I sbould never return bome — borne 

 did I sayf I forgot tbat I bave no bome and tbat for tbe future I must consider tbe 

 world as mj'^ bome, or, ratber, make a bome wberever I am. I leave some few people 

 in Leeds wbom I sball regret to lose, but on tbe wbole I like my prospects very much. 



He spent nearly a month en route to Munich, stopping at Hamburg, 

 Hanover, Gotha, and many otiier i)laces, and arriving on the 14th of 

 May. Here he began study at once, though at first he confined himself 

 to the study of the German language under one Dr. Caflish, and it was 

 not until a month later that he had made arrangements with the artist 

 Mattenheimer, " the inspector of the gallery," to give him lessons in 

 ruit and flower painting in oil. 



Under date of June 19, 1834, he writes : 



Took my brst lesson in flower drawing and like it very mucb; be (Mattenbeimer) 

 says be sees tbat I bave talent, fro:ii my drawings, and tbat in a little time I sball 

 paint very well — flattery to make me learn — but don't care ; if it j)leases me I intend 

 to continue it till I paint tolerably. 



A week later, this : 



For tbe iirst time bandied palette and brusbes and daubed a little in oil painting. 

 Mightily pleased to have advanced so far ; don'r intend to say anything about it to my 

 friends in Leeds, or they will expect miracles of me. 



A few days after this his master has been trying to persuade him to 

 be an artist. " Will noc, though, whatever he says," closes the entry. 



Regarding his art work at this time it has been said of him that still- 

 life and natural history subjects were his special delight, whether he 

 painted in water colors or oils; and so successful was he in what he under- 

 took in this way that with some who were well acquainted with his 

 work, it was a source of regret that he did not make painting tbe seri- 

 ous study of his life. Notwithstanding this statement, it is not likely 

 that Mr. Glover would ever have made a great artist in the sense of pro- 

 ducing strong, ovig'mul pictures. From a study of examples of his best 

 efforts produced both in Europe and in America (oils and water colors), 

 it is very evident that he was strongest in the direction of illustrative 

 work, or close studies, where great detail and accuracy of delineation 

 were absolutely essential. He was at his best in still-life, therefore, and 

 especially in the painting of fruits, flowers, and the lesser animal life. 



