SUCCESS OF THE SKETCH-LECTURES. 145 



the sketch-lectures were a success. People were pleased 

 with the novelty of the thing, with the absence of the 

 usual manuscript and glass of water, and with the 

 rapid impromptu sketches with which the various 

 " points " in the lectures were illustrated. And both 

 lecturer and agent looked forward to a busy season in 

 the following autumn and winter. 



Before this could be begun, however, certain altera- 

 tions had to be made, more especially in the drawing- 

 frame, which had. not answered its purpose nearly so 

 well as had been expected. But a notice of these must 

 be deferred to the following chapter. 



