Italy.]

The second paper is devoted to practical suggestions of such immediate
value that it is worth while to quote a portion of them in full:--

"To get the most good out of a trip, one should be prepared to work in
all sorts of ways,--to make measured drawings, sketches, color notes,
squeezes, rubbings, sections with the lead; to study from plates and
make T-square sketches, scratch-book notes, photographic notes, and
memory sketches.

"Travelling students are apt to place too much value on perspective
sketches. Good ones make a nice showing on returning home, but they are
of little value to any one but the maker. It is usually possible to find
photographs of the things over which one spends so many hours making
pretty sketches. But sketches do have a certain value in teaching
rendering, and encourage the habit of observing closely the effect of
light and shade.

"Beautiful pencil sketches may be made on English metallic paper by
simply drawing the shadows on carving in full sunshine: colored papers
are very useful to gain quick effects with the use of Chinese white. A
pad of Whatman water-color paper, imperial size, is much better to work
on than a small cramped little book; and it may be used as a
drawing-board, thus diminishing the number of articles to carry. The
T-square will run along the edge of the block well enough for sketches,
but it is better to carry a straight-edge to clamp on the edge of the
block with thumb-screws for the square to work on. Have a canvas bag
made with a flap in which to carry the block. It will keep out the dirt
and dust of travel and be of great service.