. The young lady's library of useful and entertaining knowledge : intended as a holiday or birth-day present. y to represent ^ thatfrom behind the most gloomy ; those from directly beforeor behind are the worst, because in the one there is nolight, and in the other no shade. Artificial and natural lights should not be mixed in thesame piece; but the former may frequently be used withgreat advantage where the latter cannot: this is especiallythe case in representing the interior or lower part of anobject. The art of Drawing is so useful, and so delightful, thatour young friends will find, that
. The young lady's library of useful and entertaining knowledge : intended as a holiday or birth-day present. y to represent ^ thatfrom behind the most gloomy ; those from directly beforeor behind are the worst, because in the one there is nolight, and in the other no shade. Artificial and natural lights should not be mixed in thesame piece; but the former may frequently be used withgreat advantage where the latter cannot: this is especiallythe case in representing the interior or lower part of anobject. The art of Drawing is so useful, and so delightful, thatour young friends will find, that when the first diflicultiesof it are mastered, every progressive lesson will cause themto rejoice that they have so effectual an assistant in passinga leisure hour, and producing articles of permanent use andbeauty. ADMONITORY APOPHTHEGMS. Despise the vanities of that pride whicli seeks its gra-tification in a contempt of moral decorum. Be content to keep within your station, and adorn itby the virtues which its duties require. Never look above you until you are secure of the groundon which you move. 186. -^sHih w <*i^%..^ DANCIN(;. Tnoi ciH tlic theory of all thinirs may ho communicatolby precept, there are many thincrs in which practicalexcellence can only be secured by example and all accomplishments have some connec-tion with philosophical knowledge, but that knowledgeforms only the theoretical ground work of a practicalsystem ; and consequently the most elaborate and excellenttreatise would not confer the slightest practical skill. Inthe case of Dancing, for instance, no volumes, howeverskilfully written, would teach a young lat^y the attitudej?which she would learn to assume by a single lesson froma graceful and skilful teacher. Dancinsr, in fact, is an almost purely imitative art,and the few philosopnral principles upon which it is DANCING 187 founded can only be atlvantageously studied when the pupilis somewhat advanced in practical skill. Wi
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