---Illustrations

Contents

[Introductory Remarks]
[Brief Historical Sketch of the Invention of the Art]
[PLATE I. PART OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.]
[PLATE II. VIEW OF THE BOULEVARDS AT PARIS.]
[PLATE III. ARTICLES OF CHINA.]
[PLATE IV. ARTICLES OF GLASS.]
[PLATE V. BUST OF PATROCLUS.]
[PLATE VI. THE OPEN DOOR.]
[PLATE VII. LEAF OF A PLANT.]
[PLATE VIII. A SCENE IN A LIBRARY.]
[PLATE IX. FAC-SIMILE OF AN OLD PRINTED PAGE.]
[PLATE X. THE HAYSTACK.]
[PLATE XI. COPY OF A LITHOGRAPHIC PRINT.]
[PLATE XII. THE BRIDGE OF ORLEANS.]
[PLATE XIII. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD.]
[PLATE XIV. THE LADDER.]
[PLATE XV. LACOCK ABBEY IN WILTSHIRE.]
[PLATE XVI. CLOISTERS OF LACOCK ABBEY.]
[PLATE XVII. BUST OF PATROCLUS.]
[PLATE XVIII. GATE OF CHRISTCHURCH.]
[PLATE XIX. THE TOWER OF LACOCK ABBEY]
[PLATE XX. LACE]
[PLATE XXI. THE MARTYRS' MONUMENT]
[PLATE XXII. WESTMINSTER ABBEY]
[PLATE XXIII. HAGAR IN THE DESERT.]
[PLATE XXIV. A FRUIT PIECE.]