“A tale in verse of two youths who, 'doting on art,' find inconveniences to the practice thereof, and think of photography. They buy a lens and try the cat, but fail, and take a romantic bridge, subsequently dealing with the fixing process They next try a bull dog, who, however, does damage, and then Aunt McCuddy, who is not pleased with the result. Trying landscapes, they quarrel and fight with themselves, and then with a stray bull. At last, with clothes torn, hopes dashed, their apparatus smashed, they're told to 'shun what can't be done.'”