The Practice &Science of Drawing - The Practice &Science of Drawing by HaroldSpeed
Excerpt: The best things in an artist's work are so much a matter of intuition, that there is much to be said for the point of view that would altogether discourage intellectual inquiry into artistic phenomena on the part of the artist. Intuitions are shy things and apt to disappear if looked into too closely. And there is undoubtedly a danger that too much knowledge and training may supplant the natural intuitive feeling of a student, leaving only a cold knowledge of the means of expression in its place. For the artist, if he has the right stuff in him, has a consciousness, in doing his best work, of something, as Ruskin has said, "not in him but through him." He has been, as it were, but the agent through which it has found expression.
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Sermons to the Natural Man Sermons to the Natural Man
by William G. T. Shedd
Excerpt:
It is with a solemn feeling of responsibility that I send forth this volume of Sermons. The ordinary emotions of authorship have little place in the experience, when one remembers that what he says will be either a means of spiritual life, or an occasion of spiritual death
A Handbook of Health A Handbook of Health - Looking upon the human body from the physical point of view as the most perfect, most ingeniously economical, and most beautiful of living machines, the author has attempted to write a little handbook of practical instruction for the running of it
The Confessions of St. Augustine The Confessions of St. Augustine - The Confessions of St. Augustine by Bishop of Hippo Augustine, Saint
Excerpt:
Great art Thou, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Thy power, and Thy wisdom infinite
Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats - Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweetmeats by Eliza Leslie
Excerpt:
The following Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats, are original, and have been used by the author and many of her friends
with uniform success
Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery Cassell's Vegetarian Cookery
by A. G. Payne
Excerpt:
The Guardian says: “An excellent work, which should be in the hands of every housekeeper, is CASSELL’S BOOK OF THE HOUSEHOLD. Here we find the most varied information and the soundest of advice
The Imitation of Christ The Imitation of Christ
by à Kempis Thomas
Excerpt:
The treatise "Of the Imitation of Christ" appears to have been originally written in Latin early in the fifteenth century. Its exact date and its authorship are still a matter of debate
Stories about Animals Stories about Animals - Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match by Francis CWoodworth
Excerpt:
In the following pages are grouped together anecdotes illustrative of the peculiarities of different animals—mostly quadrupeds—their habits, dispositions, intelligence, and affection
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
Excerpt:
Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those of boys who were schoolmates of mine
Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
Excerpt:
The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the centre of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance
