Mr. Edwin A. Abbey is a notable example of an artist who has not disdained to expend both time and practice on such a minor art as lettering
that he might be able to letter his own designs, as the beautiful page, shown in [153] in the succeeding chapter, will sufficiently prove. The lettering of the title-page for Herrick's poems, [101], by the same draughtsman, is likewise excellent, being both original and appropriate. The letters in both these examples are modeled after old work, and both display an unusually keen grasp of the limitations and possibilities of the forms employed, especially in the former, [153], where the use of capitals to form words is particularly noteworthy, while in general composition and spacing the spirit of the letter used (compare [179]) has been perfectly preserved.
