Excerpt from Rudimentary Treatise on the Art of Painting on Glass or Glass-Staining: Comprising Directions for Preparing the Pigments and Fluxes, for Laying Them Upon the Glass, and for Firing or Burning in the Colours This easily intelligible, but not on that account the less reprehensible egotism, - this avarice for artistical monopoly, also operates in some measure to damp the speculative ardour of the present day, and constitutes, in fact, the primitive cause of the evil of which we complain. On the other hand, the most conducive element towards the full and free development of power generally, and particularly of artistical talent, is competition. It multiplies production, invites public judgment and comparison, and calls forth a laudable emulation, tending, in return, not only to promote the excellence of the works produced, but, by aiming at popularity, also to create an ever new demand for their increase and multi plication. 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.