The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy part 2 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 129
id whateverfrom teaching; thework is the productof instinct withouttraining. The sub-jects are all of life inaction; whatever is done, is done with aperfection that we never saw surpassed. So far from seemingunduly puffed up by thepraise his skill received,the child showed only sur-prise. To him… … For none of hisdesigns did he everdraw an outline.In fact, at the timehe was doing hisbest work of thiskind he had nevertaken a drawing-lesson, although hebelonged to a fam-ily of artistictastes, and hisgrandfather, hisfather, and hismother had all hadmore or less facil-ity with brush orpencil. But…
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