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manual of photography with which we are acquainted. It perfectly

swarms with useful hints, which are manifestly derived from actual ex- perience, and the knowledge of which will save the photographic student.

endless trouble and disappointment. Its most important feature is a. long chapter on the "./Esthetics of Photography," by M. Disderi, the cele- brated French photographer, which we heartily recommend to the notice of all practitioners who aim at producing really artistic work.