The Illustration of Books / A Manual for the Use of Students, Notes for a Course of Lectures at the Slade School, University College

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THE ILLUSTRATION OF BOOKS A MANUAL FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS, NOTES FOR A COURSE OF LECTURES AT THE SLADE SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE BY JOSEPH PENNELL LECTURER ON ILLUSTRATION AT THE SLADE SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, AUTHOR OF “PEN DRAWING AND PEN DRAUGHTSMEN,” “MODERN ILLUSTRATION,” ETC
NEW YORK: THE CENTURY CO LONDON: T FISHER UNWIN
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Some of these Lectures were printed in the “Art Journal,” and they are republished by permission of the Editor.

THESE lectures were delivered in the Slade School, University College, at the request and suggestion of Professor F. Brown, and, I believe, were the first, or among the first, serious attempts in this country to point out all the various methods of making and reproducing drawings for book and newspaper illustration.
Since they were first delivered, now some three winters ago, courses of lectures on illustration, and classes for instruction in drawing and engraving have been started in almost all art schools.
It seemed to me, therefore, that a small manual on the subject might be useful.
There is no attempt in this book to define Art, or even to tell the student how to draw; that he learns in his ordinary school work. Still less is there any endeavour to dictate, or even suggest, any especial style, or manner of handling, or technique.