ON ushering into the world this simple Manual, as an instrument of a polite and gratifying acquirement, it may be well to explain, that the first idea of writing it, originated in the suggestions of some of the author's patronesses, who having entrusted to the hands of artistes their" Symbols of Affection," had, on their pretended return, detected the substitution of" shades of other hue." This work, then, is published mainly with a view of enabling those ladies who desire to preserve some memento of a departed friend in an agreeable form, to work the designs themselves, instead of allowing the cherished relic, from a fear of having such impositions practised, to remain for years in the cabinet.