• NIIRSERY ART.*
The amateurs are beyond counting at the present day who can embody in an unelaborate but sufficiently pleasant manner. of art. such thowthte
as they undertake to put into shape; and a good feature in their its is that they are generally simple, goodhumoured, and unpretending. The case before us is one- in point. The young lady (for her style alone " bewrayeth her") who has been inspired by the thrilling strain of " One, two Buckle my shoe," " Three, _four, Shut the door," ' and so on tit " Nineteen,- twenty, My plate is ethpty-please, mathina, ,give me some dinner "-has nothing very extraordinary to show us, nor any such conspicuous powers of design or execution as can make something out of anything or nothing; but she evidences some observation, and embodies the simple incidents and objects she selects in a manner which would be agreeable were it merely for the negative merit of unaffected- ness. The pleasant little cradle-scene of "Draw the curtain" is the most satisfactory on the whole. The weak point in the series generally is that the drawings are too grave to be smiled over, and too slight in execution. to be considered as downright designs of the several subjects.
* "One, two Buckle my Shoe." Ten Designs, drawn on Stone by E. B. B
Published by idmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh,
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