CHAPTER XV

THE SKETCH-BOOK

Old Work Best Seen in its Original Place--Museums to be approached with Caution.--Methodical Memoranda--Some Examples--Assimilation of Ideas Better than Making Exact Copies 137

MUSEUMS

False Impressions Fostered by Fragmentary Exhibits--Environment as Important as Handicraft--Works Viewed as Records of Character--Carvers the Historians of their Time 149

STUDIES FROM NATURE--FOLIAGE

Medieval and Modern Choice of Form Compared--A Compromise Adopted--A List of Plant Forms of Adaptable Character 153