Excerpt from From Novice to Expert The science of any subject is a classification of all the facts known upon that subject. The art is the skill acquired in applying those facts. A person may learn from books, how to make a mortice, tenon, gain or relish, and master all the facts necessary. In order to frame a building and he has learned the science of framing but when, for the first time he takes the square, saw, auger or chisel, he becomes painfully conscious that he has not yet acquired the art. 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.