Art of Wood Carving

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Preface
IT is my desire, in these few pages, to render what assistance I am able to those numerous ladies and gentlemen 
who have made a study of my profession their amusement.

I cannot hope that this Work will be all that is needed, but such instruction as it is possible to give with only pen 
and ink will, I trust, be found within its pages.

With the exception of illuminating, and perhaps a few sister arts, wood sculpture or carving appears to be the most
useful and entertaining recreation which has for some years been admitted into fashionable circles.

Many of my pupils have by their endeavours largely contributed to the success of fancy fairs for various charities
in which they have been interested ; others have decorated their tables with caskets and bookstands, and their
walls with brackets and frames ; and I must not omit the mention of one lady who has accomplished the remarkable
task of carving all the oaken pew-heads or finials for her husband's church, with very little assistance from me,
on the actual blocks of wood, I merely supplying the designs and models, and carving one* or two with her in
softer material.

Again expressing a hope that this little Work will assist those who have commenced, and act as an inducement to
others to try their skill, I beg to introduce the following pages.

Contents 

DEDICATION 
PREFACE 
REQUISITES AND USEFUL ACCESSORIES 
ON THE CHOICE OF WOODS 
ON FIXING THE WORK 
ON FIRST STEPS, AND CARVING IN RELIEF 
ON FRETWORK AND PERFORATED CARVING 
ON BOLD WORK 
ON SHARPENING THE TOOLS, AND OTHER INFORMATION 
ON STAINING, OILING, VARNISHING, AND POLISHING 
A DISCURSIVE ARTICLE ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ART
ON THE ANTIQUITY AND HISTORY OF WOOD-CARVING

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