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specimens at present, and it is tu be hoped that a complete collection, 

 to be arranged in chronological order, may at no distant date be 

 acquired either by donations, bequests or purchases. 



The permanent Collection has continued to be an object of great 

 interest, not only to visitors, but in Art circles in the United 

 Kingdom and abroad. 



Xumerous privileges for making reproductions have been granted, 

 and the demand for these privileges still continues. 



In publications, such as the " Hundred Best Pictures," " The 

 Nation's Pictures," and other works of similar class, the works from 

 (he Liverpool Collection are well represented, and hold their own 

 with examples taken from the most famous collections in the world. 



It will be seen from the return of attendances that about 11,000 

 pupils of Board and other schools visited the Autumn Exhibition by 

 invitation of the Committee. Some of the teachers encourage the 

 scholars to write little essays on the pictures. These are often very 

 intelligent and interesting, and the practice is well worth cultivating, 

 not only as calling forth the critical faculties, but as a means of 

 impressing the works upon the memory of the young people. The 

 Curator has noticed that lately small classes of scholars have been 

 brought in charge of teachers to inspect the Permanent Collection, 

 which seems to be an admirable means of making them familiar with 

 the. works of the artists of the country. It is to be feared that 

 insufficient attention has been paid to Art in the education of the 

 people generally, and it is found that an enormous number have no 

 knowledge whatever of the merits or otherwise of a work of Art ; and 

 having no knowledge, take no interest in the productions of even 

 great artists. It seems, therefore, very desirable that young people 

 should be taught early to- cultivate the faculty and taste for Art, and 

 it should be made part of the curriculum in all schools that a know- 

 ledge of the history and practice of Art should be taught, and thus 

 act as a refining and intellectual influence upon the nation. 



CHARLES DYALL, 



Curator. 



