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Excerpt from Curious Homes and Their TenantsA novel feature in the present volume is the number of engravings it contains which are unnoticed in the letterpress. The purpose of their introduction is not alone to render the book more attractive, but, if possible, to extend its use beyond its text. The inten tion is that these additional drawings, the subject of each of which has been carefully selected on account of some special feature of inte...
Excerpt from Painting on China: What to Paint and How to Paint It, A Hand-Book of Practical Instruction in Overglaze Painting for Amateurs in the Decoration of Hard PorcelainWith this end in view, the strict attention which will be given to practical detail, and the careful instruction in the rudiments of the art may prove somewhat fatiguing to those who, already experienced in Oil and water colors, desire only such instruction as will aid the...
Excerpt from Curious Homes and Their Tenants
The new education takes two important directions - one of these is toward original observation, requiring the pupil to test and yerify what is taught him at school by his own experiments. The information that he learns from books or hears from his teachers lips must be assimilated by incorporating it with his own experience.
The other direction pointed out by the new education is systematic home r...
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Excerpt from Painting on China: What to Paint and How to Paint It, A Hand-Book of Practical Instruction in Overglaze Painting for Amateurs in the Decoration of Hard Porcelain
With this end in view, the strict attention which will be given to practical detail, and the careful instruction in the rudiments of the art may prove somewhat fatiguing to those who, already experienced in Oil and water colors, desire only such instruction as will aid t...
