Excerpt from Pretty Arts for the Employment of Leisure Hours: A Book for Ladies The sculptor's chisel and mallet have been wielded by the hands of Ladies, and many of the publications Of our day are illustrated by their gravers; not only, therefore, have the subjects of wood-carving, modelling in clay, and wood-engraving, been treated of in these pages, but the readers have been asked to use the tenon saw, the hammer, and the chisel, in the construction of drawing-models, and thus they will be enabled to apply their powers ...
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Excerpt from Pretty Arts for the Employment of Leisure Hours: A Book for Ladies The sculptor's chisel and mallet have been wielded by the hands of Ladies, and many of the publications Of our day are illustrated by their gravers; not only, therefore, have the subjects of wood-carving, modelling in clay, and wood-engraving, been treated of in these pages, but the readers have been asked to use the tenon saw, the hammer, and the chisel, in the construction of drawing-models, and thus they will be enabled to apply their powers in making such other small fancy articles as they may desire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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