Photography—its relation to Popular Education, 
By L. Harv. 
[Read before the Royal Society of N.S.W., 5 November, 1879,] 
Iva paper that I had the honour of reading before the members 
of the Fine Art Section of the Royal Society, in August, 1878, you 
will doubtless remember that I alluded to one particular appli- 
cation of photography, viz., its adaptability to popular education ; 
and by this expression I mean: n ot only those courses 0 instruc. 
tion that are given in our national schools, but also the higher 
branches of science and art. Photo aphy in its present state — 
become so influential and of such service, that there is now no 
reason for trying to mecca tape than there en * 
for trying to ignore its ve ery e 
In making up this paper I ie fou obliged to have recourse 
largely to the various journals, English and foreign, devoted to 
photographic literature ; and as I purpose at its close giving you 
some practical illustrations, I will curtail, as far as I reasonably 
can, the various opinions of others who are, like myself, doing their 
best. to bring this art-science before the public in oo a 
ust presume that an = things are admitted 
“Tstly That good education is not only useful, ,, but necessary. 
2ndly.. That an elementary knowledge of the principles of 
— = art is conducive to the well-being of the 
“a Th one sc the best means of imparting knowledge is 
2 Well tae I — h hy embraces the 
en, wish to show you that pl _— y em 
necessary conditions for the proper carrying out of these admitted 
facts, And to do so I must divide my subject ce two siete one 
treating briefly of some of the general applications of 
and the At to the seibondae mode in which it should be intro- 
duced into our public me private educational establi ts. 
We will take the first case. It it wellknown how, by means 
of pee lithogrephy and photo-engraving, a great impetus 
been given tthe production of goat and cheap mops i all 
