... HINTS ON POULTRY KEEPING. DoRKINGS,—~As in the case of the Game Fowl, it is very difficult to determine the origin of Dorkings ? indeed, to settle the point may safely be pronounced impossible. Conjectures, supported more or less by probability, are all ...

... Art Of Hedging Mr. C. C H. Coape-Arnojd, Woivey Hall, near Hinckley, famed as a hedger throughout toe country. His* skill is well-known abroad, too. Forty years ago he learned the art 'from craftsmen of a now vanished generation. Ever since he has been ...

... HINTS ON POULTRY KEEPING. By crowing Plymouth Rock cocks with large coarte heos, you can produce an excellent chick for market. They grow very rapidly, have yellow legs and skin, and always look well when dressed. A good cross of this kind is worth trying ...

... EaUblishmeot also supports wbat may be teroed an Art Training Academy, where students who ?? to make Art a profes-ion, either as ?? t-acher, or a designer, or draftsman, can upon being properly qualified be admitted, and may receive a S-rntrinance 7 allowance ...

... to working men in any of the higher stages of art or manu- facture the nature of whose business required a knowledge of ornamental, designing. They were es- pecially attended to in a systematic wav by the School of Art, whioh offered the best advantages' ...

... regard toit. Under the Bill ** a local authority may apply public money to aid technical or manual instruction, A local authority may appoint a committee of management. The managers of existing schools may transfer them to the local authority., The local ...

... Schools of Art was formed by Government thirty years ago to stimulate art pro- duction in manufacture not so much to make artists as to stimulate art manufacture. That object seemed to be lost sight of in the institution of the School of Art. The Department ...

... school. Lord Granville, after distributing the prizes m$ the Dover School of Art, alluded to Sir F. Leighton's recent remarks on the progress made in the application of Art to manufactures. He dwelt also on the value of exhibitions, and expressed a hope ...

... more or less with art, and he would like to see their School of Art the centre of training for the young men and young women in its neighbourhood. There was no reason why those who were talented should not follow the character of art as applied to manufacture ...

... designs. This stage is gradually more and more developed in the school. Painting from natural objects is perhaps the most generally required stage, and is at the root of all art representation. I cannot show you quite as good a sample ot thi 3 stage as I did ...

... LANCASTER AMATEURS ON . THE STAGE. LES CLOCHES DE CORNEVILLE. [BY OUR PERIPATETIC CRITIC.] will confuse it frankly, I somewhat of a pessimist with regard to amateur performances on the stage. It may be that I have seen too much of the legitimate also ...

... thinks of embracing the profession of art should fail to read the amid,' On this subject-ekarly the work of a practical expert-and exactly that hie peapects are and how much, provided he be decently gifted, he may expect to each. The fourth article of ...