Students are too often infected with the phase of the moment, or by the work of some distinguished exponent. This is quite natural, and to some extent such emulation may be condoned, but if it becomes an obsession it is fatal to the development of individualism. It is desirable, indeed commendable, for students to be interested in contemporaneous work; but they should realise that personality will never be achieved by imitation, though emulation and experiment are legitimate methods of training. Art training is largely in that of technique, consisting chiefly of the handling of the tools and mediums involved. It is obvious that when this technique is successfully acquired it implies a high standard of craftsmanship. This is essential, but personality is of greater importance and its development depends upon the individual. Some who have nothing personal to express may be capable of attaining great facility in various mediums, but stop at the imitative, and though this may be lucrative, no great artistic distinction is possible. If personality is latent it will develop quite unconsciously, and the endeavour of the student should be to see, understand and express the subject of study or idea with sincerity, regardless of any current phase however interesting. In this way only can be attained the personal attitude and expression that really constitutes the interest in all forms of art. INDEX Acanthus Foliage, 38, 263 “ Leaf (Greek) 264 “ “ (Roman) 266 “ “ (Byzantine) 267 Romanesque, 268 Gothic, 268 Italian Renaissance, 279 French Renaissance, 280 Jacobean, 280 Louis XIV, 283 Louis XV, 284 Louis XVI, 284 Grinling Gibbons, 285 Adam, 286 System of the, 286 Adam, Robert, 123 Alberti, Leo Battista, 76 Ancient Pottery, 8 Animals in Art, 331, 334 “ “ Compound, 336 Angelo, M., 79 Anthemion, The, 262 Anthemius, 45 Apathy, Public, 8 Appliqué, 296 Appreciation of Design, 288 Architecture, Egyptian, 22 Chaldean, 25 Greek, 28 Roman, 35 Byzantine, 43 Romanesque, 49 Gothic, 59 Renaissance, Italian, 75 “ Florentine, 76 “ Roman, 78 “ Venetian, 80 “ French, 85 “ in England, 88 “ Elizabethan, 91 “ Jacobean, 93 “ English, 102 “ Louis XIII, 103 “ Louis XIV, 106 “ Louis XV, 110 “ Later English, 113 Architectural Drawing, 158, 363