2 DECEMBER 1837, Page 17

Amateur students of limning will find New Hints on the

Art of Miniature-painting useful, notwithstanding that they are rather judicious than novel. Though slight and few, they are clear sad concise : and as they are not intended to supersede the instruction of agood mastsr—no rules, indeed, san—their incompleteness is not objectionable. The writer does not profess to give a course of directions, but only a few practical hints.