Excerpt from Graphics: A Manual of Drawing and Writing, for the Use of Schools and Families
When the principles of drawing are clearly under stood, and have become familiar by practice, and before any attempt be made at Writing, the student should draw, with point or pencil, the correct forms of writing, only as extended lessons in drawing. After the eye and judg ment are satisfied, by repeated corrections and variations, what forms of letters are desirable, then, and not sooner, should the hand be trained to execute them with fluency and facility, with pen and ink.
It ‘is advisable that the student of drawing, if old enough, should learn to rule his own books, according to the lessons which are to be studied, and, the repeti tions which may be required. The measurement of lines, and their mechanical execution, forming an essen tial part of the system which is to be learnt, the teacher should see that they are properly done, before any use of them be attempted. If a pair of compasses are not at hand, a strip of paper may serve to mark, by dots, the proportions of lines to be ruled.
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