"  The  contents  of  the  second  book,  are  the  small
remains  of  lectures  upon  another  subject  relative  to
drawing,  the  ideas  of  which  suggested  themselves
while  the  Professor  was  engaged  in  the  pursuit  of
the  first  object.  They  were  collected  from  imper-
fect manuscripts,  and  published  by  his  son,  in  as  com-
plete a  manner  as  circumstances  would  allow.  Al
though  from  this  cause,  the  lectures  on  the  manne
of  delineating  the  different  passions,  and  on  the  points
of  similarity  between  quadrupeds,  birds,  and  fishes,
founded  upon  this  similarity,  are  necessarily  imper-
fect, yet  they  may  be  deemed  a  valuable  acquisition
to  the  painter.  They  abound  with  much  crmcisnu


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ss»d  furnish  hints  which  promise  peculiar  advantage
to  the  delineator  of  human  passions,  or  the  objects
of  natural  history.  It  is  a  work  of  entirely  a  prac-
tical nature,  and  replete  with  important  rules."  In
conclusion,  Dr  Cogan  states,  that  if  the  principles
advanced  and  illustrated,  should  appear  to  the  Eng-
lish connoisseurs  as  important  as  they  did  to  the  au-
thor, and  to  his  admirers  in  the  Dutch  Netherlands,
the  work  must  be  highly  prized  in  Britain.
