Abana and Pharpar, ii. 10.

Academy-studies, i. 119;
usual tendencies of academies, i. 73;
the Liverpool, ib.;
Royal Academy, pictures seen to disadvantage in the, i. 20;
Exhibitions of the, i. 59, 67, 176 (note), 119 (note);
the Scotch Academy, i. 74 (note); 176 (note).

Acland, Sir Thomas, i. 25.

---- (Dr.), Henry, i. 25; i. 125 (note); i. 130; i. 170. (See also Oxford Museum.)

Advertisement of books, ii. 164.

Æschylus, his work, i. 22 (note).

Agassiz and Forbes, i. 176; i. 187.

Age, the present, one of "steam and iron, luxury and selfishness," i. 18;
one in which poetry is disregarded, i. 18;
fever of change in, ii. 101;
shallow learning, the curse of, ii. 124.

Agreements, compulsory, ii. 53.

Ailsa Rock, i. 146.

Alisma Plantago, i. 61.

Allen, Mr. George, i. 163; i. 169 (note).

Alms and Wages, ii. 56; ii. 60.

Almsgiving, ii. 101. (See Charity.)

Alps, conformation of the, i. 173, seqq.;
origin of form of, i. 174;
charts of sections of chain wanted, i. 175;
extent of chain, i. 182;
Mr. Ruskin's lecture on the Savoy Alps, i. 174, and note.

Alsace and Lorraine, ii. 28.

Alsen, ii. 18, and note.

Amazon, Kiss', ii. 13 (note), 12.

Ambition, tone of modern, ii. 144, 146.

America, England no need to learn from, ii. 73;
has no castles, i. 151 (note);
reference to Mr. Ruskin by Mr. Holyoake in, ii. 73;
serf economy in, ii. 21.

American War, loss of property in, ii. 38. (See also Lincoln, Pres.)

Amiens, Cathedral of, i. 154, ii. 202;
the theatres at, ii. 193.

Andrew, St., ii. 8.

Angelico, i. 43, i. 118;
and Giotto, their theology of death, i. 118;
holiness of, ii. 23 (note);
his "highest inspiration" destroyed at Florence, i. 38, and note;
his "Last Judgment," i. 44, and note;
formerly no picture by in National Gallery, i. 43, and note.

Angrogna, the valley of, ii. 11.

Animals, kindness and cruelty to, ii. 128 seqq.; 128 (note); ii. 142;
portraiture of in architecture, i. 141;
of Scripture, ii. 172.

Anjou, ii. 28.

Annual Register (1859) quoted, ii. 10 (note).

Antwerp, "Rubens" at, i. 39.

"A Pagan Message," ii. 143.

Apolline Myths, the, ii. 172.

Apollo Belvedere, the, i. 7.

Appendix, List of letters in the, ii. 181.

Arabian Nights, the, quoted, "the seals of Solomon," (Story of the Fisherman, Chapter ii.), i. 136;
Story of the Ugly Bridegroom, ii. 101.

Arbia, the, ii. 15 (note).

Arbitration and Strikes (letter), ii. 48.

Archer knight, the, i. 158.

Architect, The, (Dec. 27, 1873,) Letter on E. George's Etchings, i. 113.

Architecture, List of Letters on, i. 123;
its beauty dependent on its use, i. 148;
Byzantine builders, i. 167;
cultivation of feeling for drawing in, i. 114;
English copying of old, i. 141;
expressional character of, i. 157;
Frankenstein monsters, i. 156;
Gothic and Classic, i. 99 (note);
Gothic, and the Oxford Museum (letters), i. 125 seqq., 131 seqq.;
Greek work freehand, i. 168; jobbery in modern, i. 158;
pseudo-Venetian, i. 157;
sculpture, use of, in, i. 139 seqq.;
St. Mark's, Venice, place of, in, i. 161;
Ruskin's influence on modern, i. 154-157;
unity in, i. 140.
(See also Gothic Architecture.)

Arcola, ii. 33.

Argument, the best kind of, i. 37.

Aristotle, his work, i. 22 (note).

Arno, the, ii. 116-118.

Art, the alphabet of (Dr. Acland on), i. 130;
color and design, i. 29;
connection of with other studies, i. 28, 31;
conventionalism in, i. 142;
dancing, ii. 148;
dicta in, dangerous, i. 24, 28;
drawing—practical value of, i. 28;
an essential part of education, i. 26;
its uses, ib.;
a more universal faculty than music, ib.;
—education in art, i. 30;
enjoyment of different kinds of art by different people, i. 14, i. 27;
generalization in art, i. 75;
Greek art, study of, ii. 148;
growth of art in England and Italy, i. 9;
happiness and knowledge of art, i. 25;
highest art the most truthful, i. 140;
history of, i. 27;
how far to be studied, i. 29;
"ideas" in, ii. 17;
inclusive of what, i. 30;
should be public, permanent, and expressive, i. 127, 54;
manufacture and, i. 29, ii. 138;
music, ii. 148;
ornamental art, i. 142;
special gift for, how to detect, i. 29;
studies, how to direct, i. 27;
teaching by correspondence, i. 32;
unity of purpose in, i. 140;
use of before printing, i. 125 (note).

Art Criticism, List of Letters on, i. 2;
letter, "Art Criticism," i. 10 seqq.;
art criticism, impossible to very young men, and why, i. 27;
necessarily partial, and why, i. 27;
the common dicta of, their dangerous
use, i. 24, 26;
how to develop the power of, ib.;
the foundation of, i. 27;
the kinds of, right and wrong, ib.

Art-critics, i. 12;
two kinds of, i. 10;
qualifications of, i. 10 (note).

Art Education, List of Letters on, i. 2;
danger of two good models, i. 28.
(See Art.)

Art Examinations, range and object of, i. 25;
examples of questions to be set in, i. 25.

Artist (see Art), two courses open to the, i. 18;
extent of his work, i. 26;
ignorance of landscape in portrait painters, i. 15, and note;
letters on artists and pictures, i. 111 seqq.

Artist and Amateur's Magazine, Letter on Art Criticism in (January 1844), i. 10 seqq.;
allusion to article in, i. 18, and note;
Letter to Editor on "Reflections in Water" (February 1844), i. 191 seqq.;
review of "Modern Painters," in, i. 200 (note).

Art Journal, "Cestus of Aglaia" referred to, ii. 99, and note;
Letters on "A Museum or Picture Gallery" mentioned, i. xvii. and note.

Arts, Society of. (See Societies.)

Art Union, on "Modern Painters," i. 191;
writers for the, i. 15.

Arve, foul water of the, i. 195.

Arveron, the, i. 179.

Ashmolean Society, Proceedings of (1841), Letter on "A Landslip near Giagnano" in, i. 202.

Asiatic, The, (May 23, 1871,) Letter, "The Queen of the Air," ii. 171.

Astræan anecdote, an, ii. 180.

Athena, i. 162, 165 (note); the Queen of the Air, ii. 171.

Athenæum, The, (February 14, 1857,) Letter on the Gentian, i. 204;
the Glasgow Athenæum, ii. 124 (note).

Athens, ii. 178.

Atmospheric pressure, i. 185 seqq.

Atreus' treasury and St. Mark's, i. 162.

Audiences, modern, ii. 124; ii. 179.

Aurifrigium, ii. 178.

Authorship, early in life, deprecated, ii. 164; needs training, ib.

Austerlitz, battle of, ii. 30.

Austin's definition of Justice, ii. 57 (note).

Australia, gold in, ii. 56 (note).

Austria, characteristics of the nation, ii. 5 seqq.;
"barbarism," and magnanimity of, ii. 6;
and France, loss in war between, ii. 33;
work of, in Italy, ii. 6 seqq.

Autographic Mirror, The (Dec. 23, 1865), letter to W. H. Harrison in, ii. 192.

Auvergne, ii. 28.

Aytoun's "Ballads of Scotland " referred to, i. 76 (note).


Babies, ii. 183;
"Baby May," ib. (note).

Backhuysen, i. 12.

Bacon, his mission and work, i. 22 (note).

Ballads, Scotch, i. 76 (note);
"Burd Helen," ib.

Bandinelli, i. 43.

Bank directors, ii. 131.

Bargaining and begging, ii. 56.

Barometer, use of the, i. 185.

Barry, Sir C., ii. 175 (note);
James, R. A., anecdote of, i. 15, 16, and note.

Bartholomew Fair, i. 55.

Bartolomeo, Fra, no picture by in the National Gallery, i. 44, and note.

Bass, Mr. M. T., ii. 18 (note).

Bass-rock, The, i. 145.

Beaconsfield, Lord, and Mr. Gladstone, ii. 197.

Beaumont, Sir G., i. 7 (note).

Bee, the Queen, ii. 103.

Beelzebub, ii. 197.

Begging and Bargaining, ii. 56.

Bellini, i. 43, 47, 165 (note);
his "Doge Leonardo Loredano," 45, 46, and note;
character of as an artist, ib.

Bellinzona, the people of, ii. 117;
Mr. Ruskin at, ib.

Bennett, W. C., Letter to, ii. 183;
his Poems, ib., and note.

Bentham's definition of justice, ii. 56.

Ben Wyvis, i. 146.

Berlin, Mr. Ruskin's letters from, ii. 3, 8;
the sights of, ii. 12 and 12 (note);
Sundays at, ii. 11.

Bible, animals of the, ii. 172 seqq.;
possible errors in the, ii. 98, and note;
what to read in the, ii. 142;
quoted or referred to,—
"What are these wounds in thy hands" (Zechariah xiii. 6), i. 60 (note).
"I meditate on all thy works" (Psalm cxliii. 5), i. 61 (note).
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock" (Revelation iii. 20), i. 68.
The wild grass "whereof the mower filleth not his hand" (Psalm cxxix. 7), i. 68.
(See both Bible and Prayer-book versions.)
"The feet of those who publish peace" (Isaiah iii. 7), i. 133.
"We also are his offspring" (Acts xvii. 28), i. 162.
"Abana and Pharpar" (2 Kings v. 12), ii. 10.
"Woe unto thee, O land, when thy king is a child " (Ecclesiastes x. 16), ii. 21.
"Raising the poor" (1 Sam. ii. 8; Psalm cxiii. 7), ii. 27.
"The commandment is holy, just, and good" (Romans vii. 12), ii. 55.
"Who sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not" (Psalm xv. 4), ii. 57.
"Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth" (Exodus xxi. 24, and reff.), ii. 63.
"He that delicately bringeth up his servant," etc. (Proverbs xxix. 21), ii. 93.
"Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved" (Philemon 16), ii. 98.
"The waters of comfort" (Psalm xxiii. 2, Prayer-book version), ii. 115.
"Eyes have they, and see not" (Jeremiah v. 21), ii. 140.
"A rod for the fool's back" (Proverbs xxvi. 3), ii. 141.
"A rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding" (Proverbs x. 13), ib.
"Thou shalt not commit adultery" (Exodus xx. 14), ii. 147.
"Male and female created he them" (Genesis i. 27), ii. 148.
"I will make a helpmeet for him" (Genesis ii. 18), ib.
"All her household are clothed with scarlet" (Proverbs xxxi. 21, 22), ii. 155.
"Who clothed you in scarlet" (2 Samuel i. 24), ib.
"The king's daughter is all glorious within" (Psalm xiv. 13, 14), ii. 155.
"She riseth while it is yet night.... Strength and honor are her clothing" (Proverbs xxxi. 15, xxii. 5), ii. 157.
"And the city was broken up" (2 Kings xxv. 4), ii. 177.

Bigg, Mr. W. M., sale of pictures, i. 102 (note).

Bills, for fresh railways, ii. 88;
the reform bill (1867), ii. 133.

Birds, preservation of wild, ii. 128 (note);
treatment of, ii. 142.

Birmingham Daily Mail, Nov. 27, 1879 (Mr. Ruskin on St. Mark's, Venice), i. 170.

Bishops, ii. 131.

Black, W., "The Daughter of Heth," i. 120 (note).

Black-letter, not illegible, ii. (note), 174, 175.

Blackfriars Bible Class. See "New Year's Address."

Blackstone's summary of law, ii. 63, and note.

Blackwood's Magazine, the art critic of, i. 13.

"Blind Fiddler," the, i. 7.

Bluecoat School, i. 55.

Boat-race, training for, ii. 145.

Boileau quoted, i. 14.

"Bold" work in drawing and music, i. 95.

Bonheur, Mdlle. Rosa, escape of, from Paris, ii. 23 (note).

Books, publication of, ii. 163;
number of in the world, ii. 164.

Booth, J. Wilkes (assassin of President Lincoln), ii. 54 (note).

Botany, an examination paper in, i. 32.
(See also Flowers.)

Bouguer, Pierre, i. 196 (note).

Bourges Cathedral, i. 154.

Bragge, Mr. W. and the Sheffield Museum, ii. 126 (note).

"Break," meaning of, ii. 177.

Brêche, the, ii. 28.

Brenta, the, ii. 10, 117.

Brewster, Sir D., i. 196.

Bridgewater House, "Turner" at, i. 11, and note.

Bright, Mr. John, M.P., ii. 195 seqq.

Brighton, railway competition at, ii. 83 (note).

British Museum, Letter on, i. 52 seqq.;
i. 102, 103;
catalogues of the, i. 53;
Henry VI.'s psalter at, i. 54, and note;
preservation of drawings at, i. 84;
what it is and is not, i. 53, 54.

Brodie, Prof., at Oxford, i. 134, and note.

Bromley, villas at, i. 156.

Brooke, Stopford A., ii. 156, and note.

Browne, Edward, Dr., ii. 120, and note;
Thomas, Sir, ib.

Browning, Robert, ii. 183 (note).

Bubastis, cats sacred to (Herodotus, ii. 67), ii. 19.

Buchan's Scotch Ballads referred to, i. 76 (note).

Buckland, Dr. William, i. 182 (note).

Builder, The (Dec. 9, 1854), Letter, "Limner" and Illumination, ii. 174.

Buildings, modern, ii. 147, i. 156;
repair of, ii. 203.

Bunch, Sydney Smith's, ii. 96, and note.

Bunney, Mr., painting of St. Mark's, i. 169 (note).

Buonaroti, i. 43.

"Burd Helen," i. 76, and note;
meaning of "Burd," ib.

Burgundy, ii. 28.

Burial and immortality, i. 141.

Burlington House, i. 118.

Burne Jones, Mr., and St. Mark's, Venice, i. 170.

Burns, quoted, i. 19, and note.

Butler, Bishop, ii. 56.

Byron, quoted, i. 19, and note, i. 20;
Turner's illustrations of, i. 102 (note).


Cabmen's fares, ii. 52.

Calcutta, ii. 32.

California, gold in, ii. 37 (note).

Callcott, Sir A., i. 14, 21, 23.

Campanile, St. Mark's, Venice, i. 167;
at Verona, i. 169.

Campbell, quoted, i. 20 (note), 21.

Canterbury Cathedral, i. 161.

Cape of Good Hope and Venetian History, ii. 145.

Capital, employment of, ii. 85 seqq.;
sunk in works of art, ii. 86.

Capital Punishment, ii. 134.

Cappel, ii. 4 (note), 5.

Capri, grotto of, i. 200 (note).

"Captain," loss of the, ii. 27, and note.

Caracci and Titian, i. 51.

Careers, modern, ii. 144, 145, 146.

Carlyle, Thomas, quoted, his "Frederick the Great," ii. 27;
on the Jamaica Insurrection and the Eyre Defence Fund, ii. 20 (note), 22 (note);
on servants, ii. 101;
letter to W. C. Bennett, ii. 183 (note).

Carpenter, W. H., i. 84, and note, 92.

Carriage of heavy goods, ii. 136, 138.

Cary's Dante quoted, ii. 15 (note);
criticised, 174, and note.

Casentino, ii. 118.

Castel-a-mare, landslip near, i. 203.

Castles—building of, i. 148, 149;
definition of, i. 148;
not to be imitated, i. 149;
proper, no longer needed or possible, i. 148;
none in America, i. 151 (note);
Warwick Castle, i. 151 seqq.

Casts of St. Mark's, i. 163, 169.

Catechism, won't make good servants, ii. 94;
or educate children, ii. 123.

Cathartics, use of by ancients, ii. 67.

Catholics, Roman, and Protestants, ii. 4 seqq.

Cellini, i, 43.

"Cestus of Aglaia." (See Ruskin.)

Chamouni, i. 174;
the rocks of, i. 179;
land destroyed at, ii. 116.

Champagne, demand for, ii. 45.

Chantrey, Sir F., i. 21, 23.

Chapman, Mr. (of Glasgow Athenæum), ii. 124.

Character formed by employment, ii. 132.

Charity, ii. 131;
invalid charities, ii. 139;
"an object of" (letter), ii. 186

Charity-children singing at St. Paul's, ii. 149.

Charles the Bold, ii. 28.

Charlottenburg, tomb of Queen Louise at, i. 12, and note.

Chartres Cathedral, i. 154.

"Chasing," meaning of the word, ii. 176 (note).

Chiaroscuro, i. 4;
of Leech, i. 111.

"Child Waters," ballad of, i. 77 (note).

China, war in, ii. 17.

Chivalry, the foundation of, ii. 143 seqq.

"Chorus," ii. 148.

Christ, offices of, to the soul, i. 68, 69.

Christ Church, Dean of, and St. Mark's, Venice, i. 170.

Christian Life, The (Dec. 20, 1879), Letter on Co-operation in, ii. 73.

Christie and Manson, sales by, i. 77 (note), ii. 69, ii. 183 (note).

Chrysanthema, ii. 183.

Cimabue, anecdote relating to, i. 9, and note;
his picture of the Virgin, ib.;
teaches Giotto, i. 25 (note).

Cinderella, ii. 100.

Cirencester, Agricultural College at, ii. 115.

Citadel, definition of a, i. 148.

Civet, ii. 97.

Claude, i. 24;
challenged by Turner, i. 46, and note;
his "Seaport" and "Mill," ib.;
pictures of, restored, i. 46 (note).
(See National Gallery.)

Cleopatra dissolving the pearl, i. 50.

Coal, how to economize English, ii. 135.

Cocker, Edward, arithmetician (b. 1631, d. 1677), ii. 42.

Coincidence, a strange, ii. 104 (note), 104.

Colen, ii. 120.

Colenso, Bishop, ii. 98 (note);
his book on the Pentateuch, ib.

Collins, C. A., i. 60 seqq.; ib. (note);
his "Convent Thoughts," ib.;
portrait of Wm. Bennett, ib.;
his writings, ib.

Cologne, the "Rubens" at, i. 39.

Colonization, ii. 87, ii. 128.

Color, and design, i. 29;
eye for, rare, i. 15;
the laws of, how far defined, i. 137;
"scarlet" the purest, ii. 196;
of water, i. 197.

Combe, Mr., purchase of the "Light of the World" by, i. 67 (note).

Commandments, the Ten, ii. 142.

Commercial morality (letter), ii. 70;
putrefaction, ii. 74.

Commons, House of, tone of debate on Denmark, ii. 18.

Conscience, the light of, i. 68.

Conscription, forms of true, ii. 137.

Consistency, the nature of true, i. 25 (note).

Contemporary Review, Mr. Goldwin Smith's article in (Dec., 1872), ii. 66 (note);
Mr. Ruskin's "Home and its Economies" in (May, 1873), ii. 144 (note);
"Letters on the Lord's Prayer" in (Dec., 1879), ii. 142.

Conventionalism in Art, i. 142.

Conway Castle, i. 151.

Co-operation, letters to Mr. G. J. Holyoake on, ii. 73, 74.

Copenhagen, ii. 32.

Copies, of pictures in England and Italy, i. 106;
of Turner, i. 105.

Cornhill Magazine, Mr. Ruskin's article on Sir Joshua and Holbein (March, 1860), ii. 12 (note).

Cornwall, clear water on coast of, i. 196.

Correggio, i. 47, 75, 96;
copies of, i. 106;
in the Louvre, i. 50.

Correspondence, Mr. Ruskin's excuses from, ii. 186.

Cotopaxi, i. 183.

Cotton, substitutes for, ii. 158.

Coventry, riband-makers of, ii. 80, 136;
Co-operative Record, letter in, on co-operation, ii. 73 (note).

Cramlington, strike at, ii. 106, and note.

Crawford Place, ii. 105, and note.

Creation, man its greatest marvel, i. 96.

Cricklade, i. 53 (note).

Criticism (See Art-criticism), List of Letters on literary, ii. 161;
literary, ii. 165, 167;
position of critics, ii. 167;
the Goddess of Criticism, ib. (note);
rarity of good, i. 3.

Crime, how to prevent, ii. 134;
and drunkenness, ii. 130;
and madness, ii. 130 (note).

Criminal classes, letter and pamphlet on the, ii. 131, 132 seqq.;
how to treat criminals, ii. 130.

Cronstadt, ii. 32.

Crossing-sweepers in Utopia and London, ii. 119.

Crown, the, jewels, i. 53.

Cruelty to animals, ii. 127 (note).

"Cruise upon Wheels," A, i. 61 (note).

Curtius, ii. 4 (note).

Custozza, ii. 4 (note).

Cuyp, pictures of in National Gallery, i. 39, and note.


Daily News, The, Letter of Mr. Ruskin "on Co-operation" in (June 19, 1880), ii. 73;
Speech of Mr. Ruskin at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (July 11, 1877), ii. 128 (note).

Daily Telegraph, The, Letters and Articles in (in order of date):—
(Oct. 28. 1864) "The Law of Supply and Demand," ii. 39.
(Oct. 31, 1864)      "        "      "        ii. 40.
(Nov. 3, 1864)      "        "      "        ii. 43.
(Dec. 20, 1865) "The Jamaica Insurrection," ii. 20.
Carlyle's Letter to the Eyre Defence Fund, ii. 22 (note)
(Sept. 5, 1865) "Domestic Servants"—Mastership, ii. 93.
(Sept. 7, 1865)    "      "      Experience, ii. 95.
(Sept. 18, 1865)    "      "      Sonship and Slavery, ii. 96.
Articles, etc., on servants, ii. 94 (note), 99 (note), 102 (note).
(Oct. 17, 1865) "Modern Houses," ii. 104.
Other correspondence on houses, ib. (note).
(Dec. 8, 1865) "Our Railway System," ii. 88.
Article on railways, ib. (note).
(Jan. 22, 1868) "An object of charity," ii. 186.
Article on Matilda Griggs, ib. (note).
(July 16, 1868) Strikes, Mr. Ruskin's Proposition as to, ii. 65 (note).
(July 31, 1868) "Is England big enough?" ii. 79.
Article, "Marriage or Celibacy," ib. (note).
(Aug. 6, 1868) "The Ownership of Railways," ii. 81.
Articles on railways, ib. (note) 83.
(Aug. 10, 1868) "Railway Economy," ii. 83.
"Fair Play's" letter on railways, ii. 83, 84, 84 (note).
"East End Emigrants," article, ii. 87 (note).
(Dec. 26, 1868) "Employment for the Destitute Poor and Criminal Classes," ii. 131.
"Employment, etc.," (pamphlet), ii. 132 (note), 134 (note).
(Jan. 15, 1870) "The Morality of Field Sports," ii. 127.
Articles on sport, ib. (note).
(Oct. 7, 1870) "The Franco-Prussian War," ii. 22.
(Oct. 8, 1870)    "      "          "  ii. 25.
(Nov. 30, 1870) "Railway Safety," ii. 89.
Article on railway accidents, ib. (note).
(Jan. 12, 1871) "A King's first duty," ii. 111.
Article on the Roman Inundations, ib. (note); ii. 165.
(Jan. 19, 1871) "Notre Dame de Paris," i. 154.
(Feb. 4, 1871) "The Waters of Comfort," ii. 115.
(Feb. 7, 1871) "The Streams of Italy," ii. 116.
(Feb. 21, 1871) "Woman's sphere," extract from a letter of Mr. Ruskin to Miss Faithfull, ii. 154 (note).
(Dec. 8, 1871) Article on Taverns, i. 151 (note).
(Dec. 11, 1871) "Drunkenness and Crime," ii. 129.
(Dec. 22, 1871) "Castles and Kennels," i. 151.
(Dec. 25, 1871) "Verona v. Warwick," i. 152.