Abbey, 157
A B C of art, 115
Aberdonian clipper, 146
Academies, 96
Actions of nature, 28
Adoration in art, 255
Age of romance, 281
Agnosticism, 306-9
Aikenhead (Major), 97
Aissouas, the, 107
‘Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday,’ 166, 167
Alma-Tadema, his work, 80, 193, 194, 273
Almanack, Comic, 166
Anatomy, 95
Ancient Egypt, style of, 299-301
‘Ansidei Madonna,’ its value, 231
Apocalypse, Albert Dürer’s, 156
Ark, dimensions of, 135
Art, realism in, 34;
fashion in, 90;
instinct of, 98;
lessons in, 102;
savage, 102, 214-16;
Eastern, 105;
false, 107;
true aim of, 108, 252;
A B C of, 115;
uses of, 117-18;
practical, 157;
individualism in, 160;
influence of Turner on illustrative, 163;
sacred, 250;
sacrifices of, 252;
imagination in, 254;
adoration in, 255;
soul in, 255;
comic, 260;
Dutch, 268;
dignity in, 268, 293;
symbol of, 291
Art course, time of, 116
Artist and butterfly, 291
Artists as readers, 273
Assyria, styles of, 60
Astronomy, artistic, 276
Atheism, 307
Australian experience, 108-12

Backgrounds, old style, 7
Barnard (F.), 157
Bayeux Tapestry, the, 139
Beauty, 209, 257;
spirit of, 289
Bell, his ‘Mary Queen of Scots,’ 45
Bellini (Giovanni), 238
Bewick, 159, 160, 173
Black and gold marble, 189
‘Black and White,’ 165
Blake (William), 35, 89
Blemishes in marbles, 195
Blunders of science, 278
Boats, Egyptian, 136
Body colour, 92
Bolton, 171
Book, an illustrated, 152, 172-5
—— plates, 276
Books on painting, 83
Boots and feet, 200, 201, 203
Botany, artistic, 284
Botticelli (Sandro F.), 240
Bough (Sam), 82
Breydenbach’s Travels, 155
Bronzino (Angelo), 240
Brushes, 69
Buddha, 298
Burnett on painting, 127, 129
Burns (Robert), 211
Byron (Lord), 89

Cameron (Hugh), 47, 48
Canvas, preparing a, 179
Carlyle (Thomas), 20, 87, 101
Cassell & Co., 155, 169
Centre line, the, 225
Chalmers (George Paul), 82, 239, 246, 292
Champs and champing, 183, 184
Chatto (W. A.), 150, 152
Chatto & Windus, 166
Chemistry of colour, 92
Chevreul, his book, 115
China collecting, 273
Classification of light, 129
Coleridge, 89, 217
Colour, body, 92;
chemistry of, 92
—— perception, 269
Colours, blending of, 59;
the primaries, 58
Combing, 181, 182
Comfort in ornament, 224
Comic Almanack, 166
—— art, 260
Consistency in ornament, 225
Constable (John), 86, 160
Contrast of ships, 142-5
Contrivance for lighting, 18
Copying, benefit of, 35;
its use and abuse, 81
Correggio (Allegri, A. da), 85, 240, 247
Cox (David), 91
Crane (Walter), his work, 155, 173, 273
Creswick (Thomas), 161
Critics, 80
Cromwell, 305
Cross-bars, 184
Cross-hatching, 155
Cruelty of science, 290
Cruikshank (George), 157, 160, 166, 167, 260

‘Daily Graphic,’ 170
‘Death of Procris,’ 246
Decoration, 208
Designing, 114
Details, 77;
of foregrounds, 268
Dignity in art, 268, 293
Distortion of vision, 33
Dobson (Austin), 150
Doré (Gustave), 82, 89, 95, 160, 168-171, 248
Dove marble, 191, 192
Dow (Gerard), 243
Drawing, 114;
on the wood, 157
Dress, 99, 196;
modesty in, 201;
fashion in, 203-7
Drummond (William), 195
Dumas (A.), fils, 220
Dürer (Albert), 34-9, 44, 52, 155-7, 242, 274
Dutch Art, 268

Eastern Art, 105
Economy in Ornament, 224
‘Editions de Luxe,’ 175
Egypt, style of, 60
—— ancient, style of, 299-301
Egyptian boats, 136
‘Eight Bells,’ 113
Eliot (George), 220
‘English Illustrated Magazine,’ 165
Etching and Etchers, 41
Ex Libris, 272, 276
Ex Libris Society, 173
Exhibitions, 96, 261
Expression, 23
Eyck (Jan van), 243, 247

Faed (Thomas), 47, 82
Failures, the benefit of, 112
Faith, 312
False art, 107
Fashion in art, 90;
in dress, 203-7
Feeling, 28
Fildes (Luke), 82
Fiorenzo di Lorenzo, 247
First coating, 178
Foreground flowers, 285
Foster (Birket), 173
—— (John), 53
Francesca (Piero della), 238
Frith, his ‘Derby Day,’ 87
Fuligno (Niccolo di), 247
Furniss (Harry), 167

Gainsborough (Thomas), 94
Galleys, Greek, 137
Garvagh ‘Madonna,’ the, 232, 234
George (Henry), 305
Gillray, 260
Glazing, 81
Goethe, 89
Goodwin Sands, 148
Gradation of shadows, 124
Graining, 86, 176, 178
Grammar of Art, the, 292
Grandi (Ercole de Giulio), 247
Granite, 192
‘Graphic’ (Daily), 170;
(Weekly), 165
Greek ideals, 199
—— ships and galleys, 137
Grey, the quality of, 18
—— paper, the value of, 130
Ground for black and gold marble, 189
—— for maplewood, 187
—— for oak, 180
Gum tree, the, 110-2

Hag, the, 46
Half-tones, 19
Hals (Frans), 243
Hamerton, 41
Hannibal, 296
Harmony, 128
‘Harper’s Monthly,’ 165
Harvey (Sir George), 82
Hatching work, 92
Hatherell (William R. I.), 165
Hayden (Dr. G.), 41
‘Henri Grâce à Dieu,’ 140
Henry the Eighth, 241
Heraldry, 276
Herdman, 82
Herkomer, 41
Hobbema, his work, 248
Hogarth (William), 157, 159, 160, 268
Holbein (Hans), his work, 241, 244
Homer, 218-220, 293
Hunt (Holman), 63
—— (William), 15, 36, 54
Huxley, 214

Illusive Effects, 123
Illustrative art, Turner’s influence on, 163
Image, the, 29
—— of Fame, the, 295
Imagination in art, 254
Imitation of nature, 28
Impressionists, school of, 53
Impressions of pictures, 230
Individualism in art, 160
Insects, 289
Instantaneous effects of nature, 126
—— photography, 29, 164
Instinct of art, 98
Irving (Henry), 222
Israels (Jozef), 64
Italian marbles, 192
—— school of painters, 128

Jackson, 152
Job, 102
Judgment in painting, 270
‘Julius II. (Pope),’ 234

Kingsley (Charles), 216
Knotting, 177
Knowles (Davidson), 145
Knox (Dr.), his work, 115

Landscape Photography, 42
Lastman (Peter), 35
Lawrence (Sir Thomas), 19
Leech (John), 260
Leighton (Sir F.), 80
Lessons in art, 102
Libraries, arrangement of, 275
Lichens, mosses, &c., 287
Life and nature studies, 116
Light, classification of, 129
—— and shadow, proportions of, 17;
the effect of, 127
Lighting, 16;
contrivances for, 18
phenomenal laws of, 120
Lippi (Fra Filippo), 240, 247
Lockhart, 82
Lorenzo da San Severino, 247
‘Lorna Doone’ (Blackmore’s), 164
Lorraine, Claude, 248, 249, 293
Loutherbourg (P. J. de), 146
Love the revealer, 309
Low-toned School, the, 64

Macdonald, 82
Madonna, Ansidei, its value, 231
‘Magazine of Art,’ 165
Mahogany, to grain, 188, 189
Mahomet, 293
Mannerism, 160
Mantegna (Cav. Andrea), 247
Maple wood, to grain, 187, 188
Marble, black and gold, 189;
blemishes in, 195;
method of working black and gold, 189-191
Marbles, Italian, 192
Masonry, 276
Matsys (Quintin), 243
Max (Gabriel), 250, 251
Mechanical workers, 126
Memory, 226
Michael Angelo (Buonarroti), 15, 80, 246, 247, 293
Millais (Sir John), 52, 80, 89
Millet (J. F.), 54
Milton, 101
Modern painters, 66
Modesty in dress, 201
Modjeska (Madame), her art, 208
Mora, his photographic work, 27
Moroni, his work, 234, 237, 238, 240
Moses, as Prince Rameses, 299-304;
death of (word picture), 311
Murillo (Bartolomeo Esteban), 179, 189, 240, 242, 293

Napoleon, 298, 299
National Gallery, 229
Nature, imitation of, 28;
sketching from, 31;
how to approach, 73-5;
instantaneous effects of, 126;
the guide to taste, 189;
different methods of seeing, 313, 314
Nature worship, 297, 304
Nimmo (John C.), 236
Notes, shorthand, 83;
how to take, 103, 104

Oak graining, the art of, 180;
tools required for, 181
Oil painting, 115
Operators, photographic, 6, 7
Orchardson, 47, 48, 49, 50, 80
Original ideas, 101
Ornament, 211-3;
comfort in, 224;
economy in, 225;
consistency in, 225
Outline work, 154
Over-graining, 184
Overwork, danger of, 71

Painters, modern, 66;
Italian School of, 128
Painting, books on, 83;
water-colour, 92;
oil, 115;
judgment in, 270
Paper, a scrap of, 284
Parsons (Alfred), 157, 163
Paton (Sir J. Noel), 82, 273
—— (Waller), 82
P. and O. Liners, 144
Perspective, 94
Perugino (P. V.), 36
Pettie (John), 47, 80
Phœnicia, 219
Photographic operators, 6, 7
Photography, instantaneous, 29, 164;
landscape, 42
Picture, what to seek in a, 258
Pictures, the buying of, 91;
impressions of, 230
Pilkington, 34
Piombo (S. del), 247
Poliphili, the, 155
‘Pope Julius II.,’ 234
Popularity, 245
‘Portrait of a Tailor,’ 234
Posing, 12
Poussin (G.), 248
Practical art, 157
Pre-Raphaelitism, 63;
mistaken efforts of, 126
Primaries, the, 58
Priming, 177
‘Procris, Death of,’ 246
Proportions of light and shadow, 17
‘Proserpina,’ 72
Public opinion, 271
‘Punch,’ 166

Rameses, Prince (Moses), 299-304
Raphael, 36, 91, 231-5, 251
Rat-tails, 182, 183
Reade (Charles), 176, 177
Realism in art, 34
Reflection, 255, 256
Relief, 128
Rembrandt, 20, 23, 35, 39-42, 45-50, 65, 86, 129, 157, 159, 234, 239, 240, 243-5
Reni (Guido), 238, 239
Repose, 256
Retouching, 20
Reuwich (Erhard), 155
Reynolds (Sir J.), 15, 19, 83, 236
Riggers, 185
‘Rivers of France’ series, 162
Road, effect of light upon, 127
Roman ships, 137
Romance, age of, 281
Rosa (Salvator), 78, 85, 248
Rubens (Sir Peter Paul), 15, 19, 80, 85, 238, 240, 243
Rules, 79
Ruskin (John), 32, 53, 56-8, 65, 66, 70-2, 83-7, 91, 101, 179, 186, 193, 239, 244, 249

Sacred Art, 250
Sacrifice of art, 252
Sandals, 204
Sarony, his photographs, 27
Sarto (Andrea del), 239, 240
Savage art, 102, 214-7
Science, blunders of, 278; cruelty of, 290
Scott (David), 89
‘Scribner’s Monthly,’ 54
Scumbling, 81;
for oak, 181
Seavey, his backgrounds, 27
Second coating, 178
Shadows, gradation of, 129
Shakespeare, 70, 101, 104, 160
Shelley, 73, 89
Ships, 133, 134, 140, 161;
Greek, 137;
Roman, 137;
contrast of, 142-5
Signorelli (Luca), 247
Sketching from nature, 31
Sky pictures, 280, 282-4
Small (William), 157, 165
Social problems, 314-5
Soul in art, 255
Spagnoletto, 242
Spirit of beauty, 289
Stages of painting, 67;
of the globe, 279, 280
Stanfield (W. C.), 146
Stanley (H. M.), 29
Stars, 277
Stippling, 92
Stirling-Maxwell (Sir W.), 236
‘Stones of Venice,’ 71
Studio visiting, 88
Style, 82
Styles, 184
Subject, confidence in, 221
Subtlety, 217
Swinburne, 217
Symbol of art, 291

Teniers (David), 35, 47-9, 243, 268
Third coating, 178
Thomson (D. C.), 150
Thomson (Joseph), 29
Tiepolo, 246
Time for art course, 116
Tintoretto, 80, 85, 247, 263, 264
Titian, 15, 85, 91, 247, 263, 264
Tone, 81
Tones, half, 19
Tools required for oak graining, 181
Torchlight, effect of, 121
Trees, 286, 287
True aims of art, 108, 252
Tunny, 53
Turner (J. M. W.), 32, 65, 70, 86, 157, 161, 173, 244, 248, 249;
his influence on illustrative art, 163
Tyndall, 214

Uses of Art, 117, 118
Utilitarianism, 305, 306

Vandyke (Sir A.), 36, 80, 243, 244
Velasquez, 236, 240, 241, 247
Viking craft, 138, 139
Vinci (Leonardo da), 115, 246
Vision, distortion of, 33

Walnut, how to grain, 188, 189
Water-colour painting, 92
Weyden, 243
Whistler (J. McNeill), 20, 86, 91, 236, 245
Whitman (Walt), 44, 45, 217
Wilkie (Sir David), 50, 243
Wohlgemuth (Michael), 35
Wood, drawing on the, 157
Word-painting, 303, 304, 311
Wordsworth, 89
Worth, 99, 100
Wyllie (C. W.), 165

Youth and Age, 313

Zola, 43, 44, 221
Zurbaran (Francisco), 242
Zwanenburg, 35