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                               CHAPTER III.
     RUDIMENTS OF DRAWING.-TJJE HUMAN FIGURE.
                          Practice. thouSh essential to perfection, can never
attain that to which it aims. Unless
                              it works under the direction of principle.'-
Sir Jcsnua RaYNOtDs.
                     ITH some the method of learning to draw, thus far developed,
may
                     have proved long and even tedious; while to others it
may have
                     been too rapid, and their advancement, in its practical
application,
                     may not have equalled their expectations or wishes.
     The former
                     should not be disheartened because their hand and conception
have
                     not kept pace with their teaching, nor the latter deceive
themselves by
                     hurrying forWard too rapidly,-or fail to understand,
thoroughly, and
 to apply practically, every principle laid down.  The purpose of the AMERICAN
DRAWING-BOOK
 is not to teach the methods of drawing trees, houses, faces, figures, or
flowers, by separate
 recipe, nor to direct the learner by short-cuts to the attainment of proficiency
in any one
 branch singly; but, to place before him the broad principles of Design,
a knowledge of which,
 with the power of its practical application, will qualify for the exercise
of all, or any one branch,
 that the taste or inclination of the possessor may lead him to pursue; and
the course of study
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