[Illustration: _China Seller_]
Look at these flowers, how admirably they are formed, designed and
painted: where will you find a landscape more correctly executed,
more beautifully shaded than is to be seen on that flower vase."
"We have certainly arrived to great perfection, my dear," said Mr.
Durnford, "both in the manufacture of our China, and in the art of
painting it, but you must allow me to give the preference to that
which is imported from foreign states. Their earth is far superior
to ours, so are their colours. Shew me any of our own that can boast
the vivid glow of theirs. However we are greatly indebted to Mr.
Wedgewood, who was the first to introduce that superior sort of ware,
which for neatness and elegance is certainly unrivalled. Painting
upon China is become one of the fashionable amusements, like painting
upon velvet, but I trust that it will never become so common, as to
injure those who get their living by the produce of their industrious
exertions."
"Mamma," cried Theodore, "look at that lady who is bargaining for a
flaxen wig. How anxious she seems to have the opinion of the