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                                      CONTENT S.
 CHAPTER IV.
RUDIMENTS OF DRAWING.
99 to 102. Of Method, or Manner. - 103. Sketches. -
 104, 105. Not suitable Subjects of Imitation for Be-
 ginners. - 106, 107. Trees and Foliage. - 108. Any
 Writing-Master may be an efficient Teacher of Draw-
 ing.- 109. Of Penmanship.- 110.   Drawing and
 Writing should be taught together. -112. A Progres-
 sive Course 9f Study most advantageous. - 113. Per-
 sonal Exertion on the Part of the Learner requisite
 for Success.- 114.  Inexpediency of Coertion.-
 115. Privileges and Enjoyments of the Art-Student. -
 116. Conclusion of the Subject of Primary Instruction
 in Drawing..............................PAGE
91
                CHAPTER             V.
           THE ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY.
The Relation of Geometry to Perspective. - Definitions:
  1. A Point. -2. A Line. - 3. A Straight or Right
  Line. - 4. A Curved or Crooked Line. - 5. A Circle.
  6. A Radius. - 7. Circumference of a Circle. - 8. Its
  Divisions. - 9. Angles. - 10.   Horizontal Lines. -
  11. Verticals. - 12. Triangles. - 13. The Square. -
  14. Rectangles. - 15. Polygons. - 16. An Ellipse.-
  17. Tangents. -18. To draw Parallel Lines. -19 to
  22. Perpendiculars, etc. - 23. Triangles. - 24. A
  Square. - 25. Parallelograms. - 26. To find the Cen-
  tre of a Circle, etc. - 27, 28. To draw Tangents. -
  29. To draw within a Circle an Equilateral Triangle,
  Hexagon, etc. - 30. Like Figures without the Circle.
  31. To draw a Square within a Circle. - 32. A Pen-
  tagon. - 33. An Ellipse. - 34, 35, 36. Importance of
  Ability to do without Instruments.................113
               CHAPTER              VI.
                  PERSPECTIVE.
37. Perspective, a Science and an Art~ - 38. Aerial and
  Linear. - 39. Importance of proper Practical Direc-
  tion in its Study. - 40. The Point of Sight. - 41, 42.
  Line of the Horizon - Base-Line - Distance, etc. -
  43. Elementary Principles. - 44. Their further Illus-
  tration. - 45. Frequent Error in Relation to the Point
 of Sight, etc. - 46, 47. Practical Exemplification in
 Relation to the Line of the Horizon and Point of
 Sight. - 48. Parallel and Oblique Perspective. - 49.
 Geometrical Illustration of Principles. - 50. To place
 a Square in Perspective. -51, 52. A Cube, etc. -53,
 54. Further Exemplification of the Practical Service
 of the Square, and (55 to 62) of Rules and Principles.
 - 63, 64, 65. Of the Point of Distance. - 66, 67, 68.
 Method for working Points of Distance, etc., which
 are beyond the Limits of the Picture. - 69, 70. Im-
 portance of a Knowledge of Perspective to Artists. -
 71. Geometrical Perspective Drawing. - 72. A Point.
 73. A Line. - 74. A Triangle, or Irregular Figure.
 - 75. Perpendicular Line or Figure. - 76. A Circle,
 Cylinder, Cone, etc. - 77, 78. Circular Forms, Arches,
 etc. - 79. Irregular Curves and Forms. - 80, 81.
 Doors, etc. - 82, 83. Planes and Figures which are
 neither Horizontal nor Perpendicular. - 8'I, 85. Gen-
 eral Observations on Principles involved in the Practi-
 cal Application of the Rules of Perspective. - 86 to
 89. To draw Steps, etc., perspectively. - 90. Shad-
 ows. - 91. Reflected Objects, etc............AGE 125
             CHAPTER VII.
    OF STUDYING AND SKETCHING FROM NATURE.
1. The Difference considered.-2, 3. Aptness in Sketch-
 ing not to be too much relied upon. -4. Value of Ca-
 pacity for Sketching. - 5.  Not to be acquired by
 Copying Sketches. - 6. Of Finishing Drawings. -8.
 Of the Importance of Education of the Eye. - 10. A
 Love for it essential to Success in Art. - 11. Genius
 often over-estimated. - 14. Drawing. - 15.  Fault-
 Finding should not be indulged in too freely by Begin-
 ners. - 16. Their too commonly injudicious Hurry.-
 17. Difficulties about their Models, Materials, etc. -
 19. Study and Attention to Minutia not injurious. -
 20. An advisable Course of Study. - 21. Drawing-
 Materials, etc.-The Pen-Pencil- Crayons - Wa-
 ter-Colors - French-Boards, etc. - Drawing-Boards
 -to stretch Paper - Cartoons, etc. - 23, 24, 25. Of
 the Practical Use of the Skeleton in Sketching. - 26.
 Of Outline, etc. - Artists' Sketches. - 27. Sketching
 by Masses. - 28, 29, 80. Of Tinted Paper, Grounds,