26 JULY 1856, Page 20

Perhaps we may safely affirm that the horizon of binocular

painting is at least a remote one. Nearer us, are two notable art projects,—the National Portrait Gallery, and the Manchester Forhibition of the Art- Treasures of the United Kingdom ; looking for which in the next artistic season, we here take leave of the expiring one.

• " Painting with Both Hands; or the Adoption of the Principle of the Stereo- scope in Art, as a Means to Binocular Pictures. By John Lone." Published by Chapman and Hall.