Excerpt from Penman's Art Journal and Teachers' Guide, Vol. 7: January, 1883 Caution: Do not begin the reversed-oval with too slight a curve, nor leave it too much open at base, producing a horse-shoe form. Pen on the wing! Sweeping down on the right, in the air, and upon the left on paper, to produce full, free left stroke in reversed-oval, as it forms the prominent part of this large family of letters. Capital W. Oval same as in X width across top from oval to angular joining, one and two-third u-spaces; width between angular joinings at base, the same; narrow spaces at middle hight, equal; final curve, two-thirds hight of letter. Strokes: left, right, right, left, left. 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.