Drawing Made Easy (1935) (archive.org)

I've never liked books like this. There's a long heritage of books that just contain drawing 'steps' that do nothing to help an artist actually learn technique and craft.

Mostly, it's part of what leads to:

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-to-draw-an-owl

I'd seen this book before but was unaware that E. G. Lutz had written a book on animation, which, according to the Wikipedia entry on Lutz, was a sort of bible for early animators, including Walt Disney.