Excerpt from Brown's Register of Literature, Vol. 31: A Monthly Record of Books, on Sale at Willm. Brown's Immense Book-Store; January 20, 1755; Classical, Part II Might not inaptly be called A pictorial world. Nobody understands better than Mr. Knight the great charm of a Picture Book. The Miscellanies of Art, or Pictorial halt-hours, will be an amusing companion for any leisure half-hour; and, from its instructive tales and entertaining descriptions, should'be found in the library of all young people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.