SIX BOOKS ON LIGHT AND SHADE

Scheme of the books on light and shade
Different principles and plans of treatment
Different sorts of light
Definition of the nature of shadows
Of the various kinds of shadows
Of the various kinds of light
General remarks

FIRST BOOK ON LIGHT AND SHADE
On the nature of light
The difference between light and lustre
The relations of luminous to illuminated bodies
Experiments on the relation of light and shadow within a room
Light and shadow with regard to the position of the eye
The law of the incidence of light

SECOND BOOK ON LIGHT AND SHADE
Gradations of strength in the shadows
On the intensity of shadows as dependent on the distance from the light
On the proportion of light and shadow

THIRD BOOK ON LIGHT AND SHADE
Definition of derived shadow
Different sorts of derived shadows
On the relation of derived and primary shadow
On the shape of derived shadows
On the relative intensity of derived shadows
Shadow as produced by two lights of different size
The effect of light at different distances
Further complications in the derived shadows

FOURTH BOOK ON LIGHT AND SHADE
On the shape of cast shadows
On the outlines of cast shadows
On the relative size of cast shadows
Effects on cast shadows by the tone of the back ground
A disputed proposition
On the relative depth of cast shadows

FIFTH BOOK ON LIGHT AND SHADE
Principles of reflection
On reverberation
Reflection on water
Experiments with the mirror