Books with title Peter Newell's Pictures and Rhymes

Peter Newell A FEW months over thirty-seven years ago, in a farm-house standing in some mysterious and unrevealed spot in theS tate of I llinois, Mr. Peter Newell made his first appearance in the world, and for the time being was a more absorbing topic of interest in his family than the Civil War then in progress. The actual date of this event, which has meant so much to the world of illustration, wasM arch 5, 1862, the three hundred and twenty-eighth anniversary of the death of Antonio A llegri, a gentleman who, in the course of a distinguished career, made himself and his native town famous as Correggio. One who is not in the confidence of nature finds himself unable to state positively that the advent of Mr. Newell into the world on the fifth of March, 1862, was a belated effort on the part of the powers that be to make up to the world of art for the untimely decease of the great master of the sixteenth century, but the coincidence of the dates may prove suggestive to minds that find suggestions in that sort of thing. Had Mr.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

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Excerpt from Peter Newell's Pictures and RhymesThere was little in the early days upon the farm that gave evidence of what was in store for the young Newell, except that there was hardly any work to be done on the parental acres that seemed suited to his abilities. He was an indifferent milker; a somewhat tentative tosser of hay; and it is said that his ploughing lacked depth. However all this may be, long before the years of discretion had been reached it was quite evident to those who watched him and speculated upon his future career that in the poetry of life the bucolic caesura was not to be Mr. Newell's division. And a little later the ease and avidity with which he seized upon the paint-pot, and the grace with which he manipulated the brush in the painting of campaign banners and the making of patent drawings, gave promise of an artistic career that must have either greatly encouraged or greatly worried those who had the care of him. It is told of an eminent sculptor that the first indications of his genius manifested themselves in the turning of a last in a shoe-shop. It is no less interesting to know that in the handling of pigments Mr. Newell's earliest experiments were on barn-doors and wagon-wheels.His education was wholly in the public schools, and it is probably true that it was acquired with some difficulty, since Mr. Newell developed, as time went on, a certain dexterity in the caricaturing of his teachers. Many an excellent specimen of his workin black and white has been rubbed hastily from a school black-board by an irate teacher; and it is a cause of positive grief to certain collectors of his pictures to think of the ruthless wet thumb that obliterated Mr. Newell's slate impressions of those who were trying to teach him something he never knew before. Yet the artist acknowledges that the personal criticism that was laid on at such times by his unconscious models has done him much good from the point of view of morals, if not from that of his art. Discipline is not usually taught in art-schools, but out of his art tendencies Mr. Newell acquired a knowledge of the power of authority which has helped to make of him a good citizen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Lang: - eng, Pages 121. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1899]. This book is Printed in black & white, Hardcover, sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. (Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges). Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions.

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