Passing, but with great regret, the various information which we have it in our power to lay before the young artist relative to the different kinds of subjectiles which from time to time, from the remotest periods of antiquity down to the present era, have been in vogue for the purposes of painting, as well as the modes of preparing them, we confine ourselves to the limits prescribed for our volume, giving merely such information as is necessary for a student of the art.,Canvas, panels of wood, oiled paper, and pasteboard, are the only materials now used, at least with any frequency, for oilpainting. Prepared paper and pasteboard are confined to the purposes of sketches and experiments, as more economical than canvas, or are used by landscape painters in studies from nature, because of their portability. Pasteboard, if anyway stout, is sure to warp, presenting undulations on the surface, that defeat the best skill of the artist; otherwise it would have many advantages, even over canvas. It is said however that this defect may be guarded against by certain contrivances, similar to those used for preventing the accidents to which panels are liable.,,