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LADIES
Manual of Art
OR
Profit and Pastime.
A SELF TEACHER IN
All Branches of Decorative Art,
EMBRACING EVERY VARIETY OF
Painting and Drawing
On China, Glass, Velvet, Canvas, Paper and Wood
THE SECRET OF ALL
GLASS TRANSPARENCIES, SKETCHING FROM NATURE. PASTEL AND CRAYON DRAWING, TAXIDERMY, Etc.
Preface
In presenting to the public and our artistically inclinedpeople our “Art Manual” we should do so with sometrepidation had we not the assurance, in placing beforethem this work, that it would instantly win its way into theirfavor by its merits. Most books produced by the press of thepresent day are novels, compilations, scientific and theologicalones, meeting as they do only certain classes, and aresubjects which have been constantly before the people. Wepresent you a “new book” in every sense of the word. Wepropose entering with our readers into the beautiful realmsof Art, than which there is no more interesting subject; ourobject being its promotion and dissemination. We want tosee the great majority of our refined, educated, but needywomen embrace it as a source of profit as well as pleasure,many of whom with an intellect for greater things, but incapableof muscular labor or exposure, can, by applying themselvesenergetically to this occupation, earn a good livelihoodand famous name, and assist in disseminating its beautieseverywhere. Many homes are there in our land, which they canornament, and embellish to their profit, and the pleasure ofothers. Those comfortably situated in life, whose homedecorations they prefer to be the product of their own hands,4will hail our “Manual” as “a friend indeed.” To the childin whom is observed traits of genius it will be of invaluableassistance in developing those traits. Our aim is to combinein this work all the different methods of producing portraits,landscapes, painting on canvas, wood, china, etc., etc., tofurnish to all lovers of the useful and beautiful in art a trueteacher, making every instruction so plain and comprehensive,that a child can grasp the meaning. In thus co