There! I never saw a more beautiful effect of light and shade, my dear, than there is on your view of the model.

Has everybody got a port-crayon and two bits of chalk?
Yes, everybody has.

Order! order! order!" shouted Valentine, suddenly forgetting his assumed dignity in the exultation of the moment.

"Mr.
Blyth's drawing academy for the promotion of family Art is now open, and ready for general inspection.

Hooray!" "Hooray!" echoed Zack, "hooray for family Art! I say, Blyth, which chalk do I begin with--the white or the black?
The black--eh?
Do I start with the what's his name's wry face?
and if so, where am I to begin?
With his eyes, or his nose, or his mouth, or the top of his head, or the bottom of his chin--or what ?" "First sketch in the general form with a light and flowing stroke, and without attention to details," said Mr.Blyth, illustrating these directions by waving his hand gracefully about his own person.