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ART ED UCATION. 
nothing of any importance was to be seen, if we except a few col- 
umns. 
The “ Normal School ” exhibited some drawings of outline-orna- 
ments (by female teachers) from bad copies, and shaded Ornaments 
in crayon, hard in execution, after Bilordeaux, Julien, &c. With 
such examples it is impossible to educate taste. The same is true 
of the specimens from the “ Pensionat de Bienfaisance pour Jeunes 
Filles ” and the “ Escola Regia das Mercieiras.” The choice of 
examples in the latter school is fitted to debase rather than to ele- 
vate taste. 
The “ Association Commercial,” whose seat is in Porto, and 
wliose labors in behalf of the art-industry of the country are quite 
meritorious, exhibited a number of decorative polychrome Orna 
ments (in plaster and wood), whieli were very successful in the 
imitation of Moorish forms. The pamphlets on the activity of the 
association were exhibited in the Hall of Industry, in frames under 
glass ; and the reporter found it impossible to gain access to them.