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he may with advantage take up the etching-needle ; some- 

 times a single touch of this magic wand will much improve 

 a picture. In forest scenery, for instance, a light on a 

 trunk, or on a protruding branch, will make the one or the 

 other to stand out almost stereoscopically. Now and then 

 too a little spot or two may be picked out of the foliage 

 itself. But not in the manner I lately saw in an exhibited 

 slide, where curly lines, after the drawing-master style of 

 former days, were made to describe the edges of the trees 

 in every direction. This was actually perpetrated upon a 

 good photograph, and represents the worst instance of 

 " painting the lily " which I have had the misfortune to 

 come across. 



