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used to the grand features of the frame ; but which, 

 in their minute fullness of detail, without a model at 

 hand, could scarcely be comprehended from paper. 

 This esoteric knowledge an intelligent, patient teacher 

 could show his pupil in a few half-hours, with just an 

 interval between each breed to allow the knowledge to 

 dry in its setting before they proceed further, or the 

 result may be confused. 



The leading principles only I can hope to teach on 

 paper : these the most ignorant person, possessed 

 only of ordinary intelligence, and having such an 

 eye for configuration as a few lessons in drawing 

 ought to give, may acquaint himself with readily by 

 a few evenings' study. He will require practice to 

 impress them on his memory. All that I hope is to 

 give the tyro an idea of what should be noticed. I 

 just run him up handy a few plain deal shelves, in a 

 ready position for him to fill by his further acquisi- 

 tions of knowledge, and ticketed, as I have found 

 them in my own experience most convenient ; such 

 as I consider if I had found them placed, would have 

 saved me much time and trouble. There is much, 

 of course, that is ineffable ; those nameless graces 

 which " seen, become a part of sight ; " which, once 

 appreciated, can never be forgotten, and, unhappily, 

 spoil the eye for anything that does not come up to 

 their height of beauty. The chief points, however, 

 one may indicate with the pen. Having earnestly 

 studied them thus represented, take the first oppor- 

 tunity you have of going round the stalls of the 

 Koyal Agricultural Society's Show with an accom- 

 plished friend, and have yourself taught the inner 



