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which will be found I trust to strictly coincide with those prescribed by the Founder.

The first, which I am now engaged in delivering, will be introductory to the Course, and will consist mainly of an attempt to answer three questions concerning the Fine Arts, as a whole; namely, First, what is Fine Art Secondly, why should Fine Art be studied? and Thirdly, how should Fine Art be studied?

My second Lecture will be on the History of Architecture, my third on its Theory, my fourth on its Practice.

I give precedence to Architecture, because, as ministering to man's earliest necessities, it may be held to claim priority in date; and because almost from its birth it began to include and call into being the second, third and fourth branches of the Fine Arts upon which I shall have to dwell.

My fifth Lecture will be on the History of Sculpture, my sixth on its Theory, and my seventh on its Practice.

I have given to Sculpture the second place in the family of the Fine Arts, because its earliest manifestations grew up out of Architecture, and were almost indissolubly associated with it.

My third group of Lectures will treat of that Art, Painting, which is essentially superficial, and which, in its earliest form, consisted of the decoration of surfaces prepared by the Architect and Sculptor to be enriched by the art of the Painter.

My eighth Lecture therefore will be on the History of Painting, my ninth on its Theory, and my tenth on its Practice.

The remaining two Lectures of my Course will be devoted to the Application of the Fine Arts to Industry.

I shall thus hope to pass over a vast space of ground, so vast indeed that I can only touch the most salient features of the great subject. Such light as may emanate from