PREFACE. 



This success of this little book during the past 

 six years necessitates a second edition. As a 

 manual it is not intended to compete with the 

 larger handbooks on the subject ; but the at- 

 tempt has been made to furnish the beginner 

 with reliable instruction for the least money pos- 

 sible. The present edition has been thoroughly 

 revised, and many additions made. 



As was said in the first edition : " I have em- 

 ployed the method given for a number of years, 

 and with great success, and guarantee success to 

 the learner who fully carries out the directions 

 embodied herein. I ask the reader to take him- 

 self, in imagination, to my work-shop, and to 

 proceed as if I were at his elbow, guiding his 

 hand, and explaining to him the mysteries of this 

 beautiful art. It is only continuous, untiring la- 



