the dies are pressed upon it with such force as to fasten the gold upon the cover. Then the parts of the gold leaf that have not been pressed into the cover are brushed away and the design is perfect. To learn what a picture really contains, to appreciate its purpose and merit, we should study it systematically. The following topics suggest themselves: 1. The general view. 2. The details. 3. The center of interest. 4. The purpose. 5. The artists' conception and its appropriateness. 6. Elements of beauty. As in other cases, the best way to explain a method is to apply it. Accordingly, let us study by this method the picture _Down Tumbled Wheelbarrow_, on page 46 of Volume One. 1. _The general view._ Here is a picture of a man wheeling his wife through a London street, and the breaking down of his wheelbarrow. 2. _The details._ The man, and his wife sitting in the wheelbarrow; the cobbled street, the sidewalk, the houses on one side of the street, the arch-way with the house above it, and the street showing through the arch-way; the man in the distance. A shop in the middle ground, with fruit and vegetables displayed outside the window. The man with the wheelbarrow is dressed in the fashion of the past, with tall hat, blue cut-a-way long-tailed coat, black breeches and blue stockings, white vest and white gloves. His neckerchief and shoes are orange color. His wife is also fashionably gowned. Her bonnet has blue and orange feathers, she has an embroidered shawl of orange color, with a blue overdress and a gray skirt; her blue parasol is in the air, dropped in the shock of the breaking of the wheelbarrow. Her arms are extended in effort to save herself. The wheel is bent under the barrow. 3. _The center of interest._ The center of interest of most pictures is found near the center of the picture. It is plainly so in this picture; the man with the wheelbarrow, and his bride engage our attention, while secondarily we note the rough cobbled pavement and the narrow street. 4. _The purpose._ The artist's intention is to show the dramatic moment when the wheelbarrow broke, and the bride got the fall. 5. _The artist's conception and its appropriateness._ In choosing the line "Down Tumbled Wheelbarrow," the artist selected the moment which was the climax of the adventure, and in so doing he shows the shock of surprise and alarm in the attitude and expression of both bride and groom as contrasted with their very fine holiday costumes, which show how much care they had given to their preparation for their wedding journey. The artist has not overlooked the opportunity to show us a typical London street of the olden time, narrow and paved with cobble stones. The arch-way gives us the assurance that the street was very narrow, so that the wheelbarrow had to go over the rough cobbles. The conception seems appropriate and true to the story in the simple rhyme.