542 Additional Notes. 



has been frequently employed with great success. But it is 

 said to be only eligible in cases of pressing necessity, vvliere 

 the process must be completed in a short time, being expen- 

 sive, and, as some believe, in a degree injurious to the lea- 

 ther. The liquid for tanning leather, according to this me- 

 thod, is obtained by digesting oak bark^ or other proper ma- 

 terial, in water, frequently drawing off the water, and pour- 

 ing It upon fresh tan, until the liquor is highly coloured, and 

 very strong. Into this liquor the hides are irnmersed for a 

 few days, after being previously prepared for tanning by 

 means of gallic lixivium and vitriolic acid. 



NOTES ON CHAPTER X. 



Collections of Specimens in the Fine Arts. p. 305. 



IN the opinion expressed in this page, that " the monuments 

 of human genius, especially in Painting and Sculpture, col- 

 lected and displayed in the city oi Paris, were more numerous 

 and magnificent than were ever before displayed in one place," 

 there is evidently a mistake; at least the statement is by no 

 jneans true, as it respects Sculpture. We have but very few 

 of the fine works of antiquity. Adr.ian's Villa possessed 

 more than all Europe at present. 



Portrait Paintei^s. p. 41 1 . 



RoMNEY is entitled to a place among the distinguished 

 portrait painters of Great-Britain. 



Angelica Kauffman, p. 411. 



A friend, on reading what is said of this celebrated artist 

 in the above-mentioned page, made the following remark: — 

 •' I think you speak in rather too strong terms of the genius of 



