THE ILLUSTRATIONS. 



ICTUKES are so common 

 a feature, in the present 

 day, of every book on 

 every subject, that 

 especial reference to the 

 part they play in the 

 discussion of subjects 

 seems scarcely to be 

 necessary. The illus- 

 tration should, of course, 



speak for itself; and whilst it is hoped that those 

 in this volume will not fail in this essential quali- 

 fication, some explanation of the particular object 

 of their introduction must be given. 



In introducing for the first time (in * Autumnal 

 Leaves ') Mr. Frederick Golden Short's work to 

 the public, the present writer remarked that the 

 Artist, living amidst the most beautiful woodland 

 scenery in this country, had learnt his art from 

 the great book of Nature, and he predicted, from 



