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an introduction for it. After very careful examination of 

 the work I found his way of describing things to be very 

 sincere and useful, especially his rules and methods regard- 

 ing human figures, animals, birds, .fishes, and almost all 

 living things; these rules being imparted in such a way as 

 to bring the students to an easy understanding of the 

 matter. 



"Therefore, I predict that his efforts will greatly assist the 

 progress of students, and that many will thus achieve fame 

 who otherwise would have found the art much too difficult 

 for them." 



English ivory workers are admitted by the Worshipful 

 Company of Turners, an organization founded in London, 

 to the annual competitions instituted by this society, under 

 Class III, comprising amateurs. The chief prize here is the 

 Company's Silver Medal, in addition to which special certi- 

 ficates of merit may be accorded for some of the best work 

 displayed. The extent to which some apparatus has been 

 used to supplement or modify the hand work is taken into 

 consideration as well as beauty and originality of design and 

 appropriateness. The last competition held in April, 1914, 

 was the thirty-sixth of those held under the auspices of this 

 society. 



