. The bird . THE il^ (or \i I AJI writing opposite a graceful collection ofnests of French birds, made for me by a friend, 1am able thus to appreciate, to verify the descriptionsof authora, to improve them, perhaps, if the verylimited resources of style can give any just idea ofa wholly special art, less analogous to our-s thanone would be tempted to believe at the first in this branch of study can supply theplace of actual sight of the objects. You must seeand touch; you will then perceive that all compari-son is false and inaccurate. These thincrg belonoto a world apart. S
. The bird . THE il^ (or \i I AJI writing opposite a graceful collection ofnests of French birds, made for me by a friend, 1am able thus to appreciate, to verify the descriptionsof authora, to improve them, perhaps, if the verylimited resources of style can give any just idea ofa wholly special art, less analogous to our-s thanone would be tempted to believe at the first in this branch of study can supply theplace of actual sight of the objects. You must seeand touch; you will then perceive that all compari-son is false and inaccurate. These thincrg belonoto a world apart. Shall we say above, or IipJqiv theworks of man ? Neither the one nor the other ;but essentially different, and whose supposed simi-relations) ;ire onlj external. 248 THE NEST. Let US recollect, at the outset, that this charming object, so muchmore delicate than words can describe, owes everything to art, to skill,to calculation. The materials are generally of the itidest, and notalways those which the artist would have pr
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