Excerpt from Letters Addressed to a College Friend During the Years 1840-1845 I should not use them long at one time on delicate work or subject. Now, while the Academy is open and I am at home, I have to go into town every day to study Turner; this knocks Off much Of the forenoon. Then I have to write down what I have learned from him. Then I like every fine day to get a little bit Of close, hard study from nature; if not out Of doors, I bring in a leaf or plant for foreground and draw that This necessarily leads me to the ascertaining Of botanical names and a little microscopic botany. Then I don't like to pass a day without adding to my knowledge Of historical painting, especially Of the early school Of Italy this commonly involves a little bit Of work from Raffaelle, and some histor ical reading, which brings me into the wilderness Of the early Italian Republics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.