If man is not made for God, why is he happy only in God? If man is made for God, why is he opposed to God?—Pascal.
READINGS IN ART.
III.—ENGLISH PAINTERS AND PAINTINGS.
Abridged from “English and American Painters,” by Wilmot Buxton and S. R. Köhler.
WILLIAM HOGARTH,
Who was the first original painter of England, was born in 1697. His father, who had received a good education at St. Bees, kept a school in Ship Court, and sought work from booksellers. But, like many another poor scholar, he could not make a living, and died disappointed.