[A] Vide list of materials at the end of the book.

[B] A contemporary has asserted, that "vermilion" and "white" should not be mixed; he says: "The vermilion must not be mixed with white, or it will lose its brilliancy, and become a colour like brickdust." I know not what vermilion or white he used to induce him to come to this conclusion, but, after an experience of many years, I assert, that if the proper illuminating colours are used, they will, in combination, form that beautiful "salmon tint," so frequently to be found in the old missals.

[C] Or with one of Gillott's fine Lithographic Pens.

[D] I have prepared a variety of drawings of initial letters, and classical borders both on vellum and cardboard, with accompanying outlines of the same, very faintly lithographed, on super-fine drawing-boards which may be purchased for a trifling expense at most art repositories and booksellers. The illuminations may also be purchased, or are lent on hire, for the purposes of copying. These are executed under my direction and superintendence, by my numerous pupils, who now follow out the art as a lucrative profession. As the student will obtain better and more accurate ideas of copying from drawings than from prints, I have, at the suggestion of many of my friends, adopted this plan of supplying the amateur artist with an illuminated copy, and its outline, which he may easily fill up according to his own taste, or strictly follow the original: the encouragement this suggestion has received from the public has tended to confer a great boon on a worthy class of female artists, who have been zealous and successful in a beautiful branch of female accomplishment.

[E] Some eminent writer on "ornamental art" strongly objects to introduce "casting shadows" in ornamentations, or in other words bringing out objects in "relief,"—he argues, with some apparent plausibility, that if treading on a carpet, where flowers or scrollwork were introduced, he should be afraid of crushing the flowers, or stumbling over the ornamentations. I know not which to admire most, the pedantry of modern philosophy on art, or the actual beauty displayed in the "Old Missals," in which these charming "casting shadows" present such bewitching reality to the imagination. I leave the question to be answered by the untutored beholder, without venturing on any theory of my own.

[F] 8s. plain, 16s. partly coloured.

[G] This Song published and set to Music, by H. Von Hoff, words by Laurent de Lara.