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of the new generation, and nothing but time can give that mellow touch 1 6 Introduction which proclaims that the fabric has disarmed carping criticism, and stands at last secure." That time will do more justice to Baxter's memory and works is the opinion of those who have already made the acquaintance of his Art. Art is distinctly a creature of education, and it is perhaps as impossible for an eye which is strange to its beauties to appreciate the merit of a painting or a print as it would be for an un- tutored hand and brain to create anew the conceptions embodied in them. AqiiHtmts, Lithographs, Steel Engravings, and the fine Wood-cuts of the " Sixties," all have now disappeared before the onslaught of the Photo-mechanical processes. But there is still a small section of book lovers who turn with satisfaction to the time when the Engraver was the translator of the painter, and both again were but partners in the attempt worthily to interpret the author. For them this book may have a use, as Miss S. T. Prideaux says in her " Aquatint Engraving," while for others who share interest in all forms of Coloured Prints, it may stimulate a taste for some of the most attractive specimens of Colour Printing to be found throughout the "rise and fall of Colour." In the history of the world, back to the remotest ages, there are passages at every stage of transitory Art, which assert its influence on the destiny of nations. Yet that influence seldom assumes a prominent position, foeing hidden among the overwhelming events it has assisted in maturing. It is the object of this unpretending volume to bear testimony to the influence of one who, perhaps unconsciously, did three things for civilisation; he assisted in creating "it, preserving it, and securing its per- petuity, by his masterly manipulation of the Printer's ink and the