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DEAR J , Before dealing with the " Harmony of Colours," which it is my intention to send you a few words about this time, I must tell you of the remarkable " find " I have this week secured. It is a lady's card basket, manufactured with filigree copper wire, with Ivy leaves as the pattern around the sides. In the centre, covered by Glass, is Baxter's " Duke of Wellington," without arm, in very fine state. The basket has three bowl legs, and is perfect. This proves that Baxter's prints were, besides being used for ornamenting tops of needle cases, etc., used by manufacturers for other decorative effects. I have shown it to several friends interested in collecting Baxter's works, and needless to say, have had several handsome offers for it. However, 'my friend, it is not for sale ! The old gentleman from whom I obtained it tells me he remembers seeing one many years ago which, in the place of the Ivy leaves, had 12 or 16 little prints around; evidently these would be some of the needle set. (See Frontispiece). In my last letter to you we saw, with regard to engraving, how necessary is the eye of the " Artist " in the graining and cutting of the blocks; but how much more it is required in the harmony of Colouring I will leave you to judge. Colouring is the decorative part of Art. It answers to Rhythm and Rhyme in poetry as the means of attracting the Senses. Under all circumstances and to whatsoever purposes applied, the first qualification of Colouring as a means of Art is that it should produce a Picture. A Picture is generally defined as an arrangement of one or more objects and accessories so as to afford an agreeable subject of contemplation. The mere representation of any object, however accurately detailed and