Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The amount of knowledge of drawing required for these lessons is about the same as that given in the author's First Lessons in food-working so that if metal-working is taken up first, the stu dent should be taught as much of the latter book as is found in Lessons VI, VII, and XXI.