Landseer, i. 23, 63 (note);
illustrated by Burns, i. 19.
Landslip near Giagnano, letters on, i. 202.
"Langharne Castle," Turner's, i. 102, and note.
"Le Chalet" mentioned, ii. 194.
Launce (see Shakespeare), ii. 97.
Law Courts, the new, i. 156, and note.
Laws, criminal, ii. 133;
equity and law, ii. 62;
eternal, and practical difficulties, ii. 95;
of nature, ii. 72;
summary of law, by Blackstone and Justinian, ii. 63, and note;
lex talionis, lex gratiæ, ii. 64.
Lazarus, ii. 173.
Leconfield, "Turner" in possession of Lord, i. 106 (note).
Lectures, the value of, ii. 124, and note.
Lee, Fred. Richard, R.A., i. 13, and note.
Leech, John, letter on his outlines, i. 111;
characteristics of his work, ib.;
chiaroscuro, "felicity and prosperous haste," i. 112;
death of, i. 111 (note);
especial value of first sketches, i. 112;
fastidious work, i. 113;
proposal to distribute his drawings among national schools, i. 113, i. 54 (note).
Leicester Chronicle and Mercury (Jan. 31, 1880), letter on "Purchase of Pictures," i. 55.
Leicester, proposal for picture-gallery at, i. 55.
Leith, Mr. J., and the Blackfriars Bible class, Aberdeen, ii. 142 (note).
Lennox, Lord H., i. 52 (note); i. 100 (note).
Lenses and specula, grinding of, i. 95.
Leonardo da Vinci, i. 75;
designed canals of Lombardy, ii. 118.
Leone Levi, M., and statistics of drink, ii. 129.
Leonidas, ii. 4 (note).
L'Espérance, Geneva, letter "Women's Work" in, ii. 153.
Letter, "to the author of a review," ii. 187;
black letter, ii. 175 (note), 256;
letters, carriage of, ii. 82, 90.
(See for the letters in the book the Tables of Contents and the Index under the special headings, Appendix; Architecture; Art Criticism and Art Education; Education; Literary Criticism; Pictures and Artists; Political Economy; Politics; Pre-Raphaelitism; Public Institutions and the National Gallery; Railways; Roman Inundations; Science; Servants and Houses; Turner; War; Women, their work and their dress.)
Lewis, John, i. 74;
"Encampment under Sinai," i. 117 (note);
"The Hhareem," i. 65, and note.
"Liber Studiorum," value of, i. 97;
sale of original plates, ii. 70.
Liberalism, modern, ii. 197, 201.
Liberty and order, ii. 10;
and slavery, ii. 98, 99.
Liebreich, Dr., lecture on Turner and Mulready, i. 155, and note.
"Life's Mid-day," song in "Y. M. A. Magazine," ii. 141.
Light, effect of on drawings, i. 89, 90, 98, 102, 105;
upon water, phenomenon of, i. 191;
"Light of the World," i, 67 seqq.
"Limner and Illumination," letter on, ii. 174.
Limousin, the, ii. 28.
Lincoln, President, death of, ii. 54, and note;
English opinion of, ib.
Lindisfarne, i. 161.
Literature, what it includes, i. 30.
Literary criticism, list of letters on, ii. 161.
Literary Gazette (Nov. 13, 1858);
"Turner Sketches and Drawings" (letter), i. 88, and note;
mention of Edinburgh Castle in, i. 147, and note.
Liverpool Albion—
(January 11, 1858), Letters on "Pre-Raphaelitism in Liverpool," i. 73.
(November 2, 1863), "The Foreign Policy of England," ii. 15.
(November 9, 1872), "To the author of a Review," ii. 187.
Articles on "Disciple of Art and Votary of Science," in, ib. (note).
Liverpool Academy, i. 73 (note);
Institute, Mr. Ruskin's refusal to lecture at, ii. 15 (note);
pre-Raphaelitism in, i. 73 (note).
Locke, ii. 56.
Logic, instance of English, ii. 98.
Lombardy, the canals of, ii. 118;
insurrection, ii. 4, and note.
London, ii. 201;
London and Northwestern Railway accidents, ii. 89 (note);
the streets of (letter), ii. 119 seqq.;
London Review (May 16, 1861), letter on "The Reflection of Rainbows," i. 201.
Lorraine and Alsace, ii. 28.
Louise, Queen of Prussia, her tomb, ii. 12, and note.
Louvre, the arrangement of, i. 50;
preservation of drawings at, i. 87;
richly furnished, i. 92;
salon carré, i. 50;
pictures in:
"Immaculate Conception," i. 87 (note), 88;
"Marriage in Cana," i. 87;
"Susannah and the Elders," i. 50 (note).
Love, the conqueror of lust, ii. 144, 147.
Lowe, Mr., and Mr. Ruskin, ii. 189.
Lucerna Valley, the, ii. 11, 12.
Lucina (the goddess "who brings things to light," and especially, therefore, of birth), i. 179.
Lust (see Love).
Luxury, of the present age, i. 18;
and political economy, ii. 66, 67, 80.
Lydian modes, ii. 148.
"M. A.," Letter on "limner" from, ii. 174.
"M. A. C.," Letter on atmospheric pressure from, i. 185.
Macaulay, Lord, saying of quoted and criticised, i. 189, and note;
tone of his mind, i. 189.
Machiavelli quoted, ii. 15 (note).
Machinery, use of, ii. 135.
Macmillan's Magazine (Nov., 1870), "Sad-colored costumes," ii. 156.
Madonna, the, and Venus, i. 162.
Magdeburg, sack of, ii. 32.
Magenta, ii. 3 (note), 31.
Malamocco, ii. 117.
Malines, "Rubens" at, i. 39.
Manchester, Art Treasures Exhibition, 1858, i. 102 (note);
Chamber of Commerce, ii. 70 (note);
Dramatic Reform Association of, ii. 193 (note);
Ruskin Society of, ii. 191.
Manufacture and Art, i. 29;
of dress, ii. 155.
Marengo, battle of, ii. 30.
Market, the laws of honest, i. 165 (note).
Marks, Mr. H. S., R. A., Letter on F. Walker to, i. 116 seqq.
Marriage, ii. 147;
"Marriage or Celibacy" (Daily Telegraph article on), ii. 79 (note).
Mars, i. 162.
Martin, illustrated by Milton, i. 20.
Marylebone Council, ii. 105 (note).
Maskelyne, Mr. Nevil S., M.P., i. 53, and note;
his work on minerals at the British Museum, i. 54.
"Matilda Y.," letter of, i. 10, and note;
Matilda Griggs, letter on, ii. 186.
Mattie, carefu' (see Scott's "Rob Roy"), ii. 97.
Maw, J. H., Letter from, 191 (note), 200 (note).
Matthew, St., ii. 8.
Means of life, the, ii. 68, 69.
Mechanical power, natural to be used before artificial, ii. 134.
Medicine, to be learnt by children, ii. 147.
Meduna, M., and St. Mark's, i. 168.
Meissonier, his pictures, i. 127.
Melrose, i. 141;
the monks of (see Scott's "Abbot," chap, xvi.), i. 141 (note).
Mendelssohn, ii. 169.
Mercury, experiment with, i. 197.
Mestre, ii. 5.
Marlborough House. (See Turner Drawings.)
Michael Angelo, i. 146.
Milan, the French in, ii. 3 (note), 7.
Mill, J. S., ii. 146 (note);
direction of his thought, ii. 21;
and the Jamaica Insurrection, ii. 20-21;
political economy of, ii. 71 (note).
Millais, Mr., i. 66 (note), 74;
criticised in the Times (1851); i. 59 (note);
early work, i. 59;
flesh-painting by, i. 65;
painted glass of, i. 66;
pictures of, mentioned:
"Autumn Leaves," i. 76 (note);
"Blind Girl," i. 73 (note), 77 (note);
early sacred picture (1850), i. 60;
"Ferdinand lured by Ariel," i. 60 (note);
"Mariana," i. 60 (note,) 62, 63, 66;
"Portrait of a Gentleman and his Grandchild," i. 60 (note);
"Pot Pourri," ii. 185;
"Return of the Dove to the Ark," i. 60 (note), 63, 65;
"Wives of the Sons of Noah," i. 63;
"Woodman's Daughter," i. 60 (note).
Miller, John, collection of pictures of, i. 77 (note).
Milton quoted ("Comus," l. 301), ii. 178;
"Paradise Lost," i. 19.
Mincio, the, 6, 10, 118.
Miniatures, painting of, i. 117; use of, i. 121, 127.
Miscellaneous Letters, list of subjects, ii. 75.
Missal paintings, condition of, good, and why, i. 90, 91.
Mistress, an ideal house-, ii. 102.
Mitford, Mary Russell, ii. 183 (note), 183.
Mitrailleuse and musket, relative effect of, ii. 30.
Mock-castles, etc., i. 151.
Modern houses, letter on, ii. 104;
world, destruction of buildings by the, i. 158;
theology of, i. 118.
(See also Age, the Present.)
"Modern Painters." (See under Ruskin, Mr.)
Monetary and Mining Gazette (Nov. 13, 1875), letter on "The Definition of Wealth," ii. 71.
Money, true, ii. 115;
definition of, ii. 71, and note;
distribution of, ii. 49;
ill got, ill spent, ii. 144;
loss of, ii. 137;
how made and lost, ii. 79, 80;
pedigree of, ii. 69;
how the rich get and spend, ii. 66-70;
value of, ii. 37;
lowered value of, its effect, ii. 38.
Montanvert, the, i. 179.
Montaperto, battle of, ii. 15 (note).
Mont Blanc, guides up, ii. 52, 56, 58 (note);
Cenis (and James Barry), i. 15, 16 (note);
St. Angelo, ii. 116;
Viso, ii. 11.
Monthly Packet, The (Nov. 1863), "Proverbs on right dress," ii. 155.
Moore, Mr. Morris, and the National Gallery, i. 37 (note), 47.
Moore, Thomas, National Airs, "Oft in the stilly night," referred to, i. 71;
his "Public," i. 14.
Morality of Field Sports, ii. 127 seqq.
Moore, Sir T., "Utopia" of, ii. 191.
Morgarten, battle of, ii. 4, and note.
Morning Chronicle (Jan. 20, 1855), "The Animals of Scripture, a Review," ii. 172.
Morning Post (July 7, 1864), letter, "The Position of Denmark," ii. 17.
Morris, Mr. William, and St. Mark's, Venice, i. 170.
Mosaic Law, the, ii. 72.
Mother, place of a, ii. 146.
Mounting of drawings. (See Drawings.)
Mozart, ii. 169.
Mulready, i. 65, 66 (note);
Dr. Liebreich on, i. 154, and note.
Munro, Mr., and the Oxford Museum, i. 139.
Murchison, Sir Roderick, and the Excavation of Glaciers, i. 173 (note);
and the Eyre Defence Fund, ii. 22 (note).
Murillo's "Immaculate Conception," i. 87 (note), 88.
Muscle, use of, in labor, ii. 136.
Museum, a modern, ii. 126;
a national, its objects and uses, i. 53;
St. George's, ii. 186.
Music, ii. 158;
the art of, ii. 148;
a less common faculty than drawing, i. 26, 95;
ear for, commoner than eye for color, i. 15.
Musjid, Derby-winner, ii. 10 (note).
Mycenæ, ii. 178.
Mythology, ii. 171;
Christian and Greek, i. 163;
and religion, i. 118.
Naples, Mr. Gladstone and the political prisoners at, ii. 18 (note);
storm at, ii. 116.
Napoleon Bonaparte, i. 44 (note), 49; ii. 26;
the Third, ii. 6, 26, 27;
purchase of the Louvre "Murillo" by, i. 87.
Nations, "A nation's defences," ii. 113;
defences of, "do not pay!" ii. 114;
gain and loss of, 79, 80;
their quality shown in that of their servants, ii. 94;
their strength in union, not in number, ii. 25.
National Gallery, the (see also Pictures);
debate on vote for, i. 86 (note);
an European jest, i. 38;
an ideal arrangement of, i. 48 seqq., 50-52;
keepers of;
Eastlake, Sir C., i. 37 (note);
Uwins, R. A., i. 46 (note);
Wornum, i. 86;
Letters to Times on, i. 37, 45, 86;
a new gallery proposed, i. 49, 51, and note;
no Ghirlandajo Fra Bartolomeo, or Verrochio in, i. 44 (note), 45;
Parliamentary Blue Books referred to, i. 37 (note), 42 (note), 46 (note), 48 (note);
popular idea of its object, i. 48;
restoration of pictures in, i. 37 (note) and seqq., 45;
purchase of pictures for, i. 43, 44, 45;
strictures on, i. 42 (note);
the Vernon gift, i. 50, and note.
National Gallery, Pictures referred to in the—
Albertinelli's "Virgin and Child," i. 44 (note).
Angelico's "Adoration of the Magi," ib.
" "Christ amid the Blessed," ib.
Bellini, "Doge Leonardo Loredano," i. 45.
Claude's "Marriage of Isaac and Rebecca," i. 46 (note).
" "Mill," i. 46 (note).
" "Queen of Sheba," i. 46 (note).
" "Seaport," i. 46 (note).
Cuyp, "Large Dort," i. 39 (note).
" "Landscape, Evening," ib.
Guido, "Lot and his Daughters," i. 43.
" "Magdalen," ib. (note).
" "St. Jerome," ib.
" "Susannah and the Elders," ib.
Holbein, libel on, i. 37 (note), 45, and note.
Lorenzo di Credi, "Virgin and Child," i. 44 (note).
Perugino, "Virgin and Child, with St. Jerome and St. Francis," ib.
" "Virgin and Infant Christ, with St. John," ib.
" "Virgin and Infant Christ, with Archangels Michael, Raphael, and Tobias," ib. 120.
Poussin, "Sacrifice of Isaac," i. 3, and note.
Rubens, "Judgment of Paris," i. 44, and note.
" "Peace and War," i. 39.
Titian, "Bacchus and Ariadne," i. 40-54.
Turner, "Dido building Carthage," i. 46, and note.
" "The sun rising in a mist," ib.
" Drawings and Sketches, i. 50, and note; 81 (note).
Van Eyck, "Jean Arnolfini and his wife," i. 46 (note).
Velasquez, "Philip IV. hunting the Wild Boar," i. 40.
Veronese, "Consecration of St. Nicholas," i. 46, and note.
" "Rape of Europa," ib.
Wilkie, "The Blind Fiddler," i. 7.
Natural History, study of, i. 135;
letter on, i. 204.
Nature and Art, letter on "Art Teaching by Correspondence" in, i. 32.
Nature, general ignorance of, i. 16;
human, not corrupt, ii. 143;
its lessons true, i. 24;
neglect of, i. 17;
understanding of, ib.
Neptune, ii. 171.
Neutrality, the "difficulties of," letter, ii. 26;
of England, ii. 15.
New Shakespeare Society, letters in Transactions of, ii. 176 seqq.
Newspaper, duty and power of an editor, ii. 95.
Newtonian law, i. 199 (note), 200.
Newton's "Principia," i. 14.
New Year's Address and Messages to Blackfriars Bible Class, Aberdeen:
"Act, act in the living present" (1873), ii. 141.
"Laborare est orare" (1874), ii. 142.
"A Pagan Message" (1878), ii. 143.
Nineteenth Century: Mr. Ruskin's "Fiction, Fair and Foul," quoted, ii. 97 (note).
Nino Pisano, i. 43.
Nobert, line-ruling by, i. 94.
Non-iquity, ii. 107.
Norton, Prof. C. E. (U.S.A.), letters of Mr. Ruskin to, i. 86 (note), 97 (note), 105 (note);
lecture on Turner, ib.
"Notes on Employment of the Criminal Classes" (Daily Telegraph, letter and pamphlet), ii. 129-132 seqq.
"Notes on Prout and Hunt" (see Ruskin, Mr.), i. 166 (note).
"Notre Dame de Paris," its place among French cathedrals, i. 153.
Norwich, Dr. Browne at, ii. 120, and note.
"Oak Silkworms," letter in Times (Oct. 24, 1862) on, ii. 158.
Obedience, the real "Divine service," ii. 143.
Offenbach's "Fille du Tambour Major" referred to, ii. 194.
Oil painting, determined by Titian, i. 117.
Old Adam (see Shakespeare), ii. 97.
Old Masters, exhibition, i. 106.
Oliver, Roland for an, ii. 48.
Opie, i. 75.
Optical work, delicacy of, i. 94, 95.
Optics, writers on, i. 195 (note).
Organ, street nuisance of, ii. 18, 19 (note).
Ornament, natural forms in, i. 129;
in dress, ii. 155.
O'Shea, and the Oxford Museum, i. 139, 142 (note).
"Ought" and "are," ii. 63.
"Our Sketching Club," ii. 165, and note.
Oxford, Balliol oriel-window, i. 135;
bishop of, on education, ii. 123 (note), 178;
Bodleian library, traceries of, i. 135;
Christ Church, fan-vaulting at, ib.;
drawing schools, i. 102, 113;
examinations, letter on, i. 24;
meeting in on St. Mark's, Venice, i. 170;
printsellers, ii. 144;
"An Oxford Protest," ii. 188;
rich buildings, i. 135.
Oxford Museum, the, letters on, i. 125-145;
Acland, Dr., his lecture on, quoted, i. 125 (note), 130 (note), 132 (note);
building of, i. 125 (note);
capital in, i. 141, and note;
decoration of, i. 127, 136, 137, 138, 143;
porch proposed, i. 130;
sculpture of, i. 137;
spandril in, i. 144;
success of its Gothic architecture, i. 130;
its teaching, i. 138;
the west front, i. 139.
Padua, ii. 117.
Painters, how roused to exercise their strength, i. 139;
vision of, how it affects their pictures, i. 155.
Painting and poetry, closely allied, i. 19;
portrait-painting, ii. 170.
Pall Mall Gazette, The—
(April 18, 1865) "Strikes v. Arbitration," ii. 48.
Articles on strikes, ib.
" masters and men, ii. 50, and note.
(April 21, 1865) "Work and Wages," ii. 50.
( " 25, " ) " " ii. 52.
(May 2, " ) " " ii. 54.
( " 9, " ) " " ii. 59.
( " 22, " ) " " ii. 62.
Interpolation of, in Mr. Ruskin's letters, ii. 57-69.
(March 1, 1867) "At the Play," ii. 185.
(May 1, 1867) "Standard of Wages," ii. 65.
(January 31, 1868) "True Education," ii. 123.
( " 19, 1871) "A Nation's Defences," ii. 113.
(December 28, 1871) "The Streets of London," ii. 119.
(March 16, 1872) "Mr. Ruskin's Influence—a defence," i. 154.
( " 21, " ) "Mr. Ruskin's Influence—a rejoinder," i. 156.
(November 4, 1872) "Madness and Crime," ii. 130.
(January 24, 1873) "How the Rich spend their Money," ii. 66.
( " 29, " ) " " " ii. 67.
( " 31, " ) " " " ii 68.
( " 11, 1875) " A Mistaken Review," ii. 165.
( " 19, " ) "The Position of Critics," ii. 167.
Pan-droseion, i. 161.
Parents and children, relation of, ii. 145.
Paris, fortifications of, ii. 114;
in Franco-Prussian war, ii. 25;
theatres of, ii. 194.
Parliament, ii. 140;
of 1868, ii. 133;
debate on Denmark, ii. 27;
on Turner bequest, i. 86;
Houses of, ii. 175 (note), 176.
Partnership of masters and men, ii. 69, and note.
Patmore, Coventry, i. 60 (note), ii. 168, 171 (note).
Paton, Waller, R.S.A., i. 74, and note.
Patriotism, ii. 4 (note), ii. 144.
Peebles v. Plainstanes. (See Scott.)
Penelope and her servants (see Homer, Od. xxii.), ii. 102.
Penrith, letter from, i. 147.
"Percy's Reliques" quoted, i. 77 (note).
Permanence, the blessing of a fixed life, ii. 101.
Perseus, i. 162.
Perugino, i. 44 (note), 117, 120, note, and 121.
Peter, St., ii. 8.
Petroleum, ii. 136.
Pharpar and Abana, ii. 10.
Phidias and Titian, i. 142, 162.
Φρασσω, ii. 178.
"Pickwick" referred to, ii. 97.
Pictures,—and artists, letters on, i. 111;
arrangement of in a gallery, i. 42, 43, 50;
cleaning of, i. 41;
galleries, fatigue of visiting, i. 42, 51;
glazing of, i. 41, 47, 48;
are great books, i. 48, 49 (note), 69, 103;
London atmosphere, effect of on, i. 38;
modern appreciation of, i. 55;
novelty of a purpose in, i. 69;
popular idea of, i. 73;
preservation of, i. 39, 49;
restoration of, i. 47;
purchase of, i. 55;
common tendency of, i. 72;
tone left by time on, i. 39;
touches on, value of last, i. 47;
must be understood as well as seen, i. 70;
value of studies for, i. 52;
vanity in possessing, i. 127;
worth buying, worth seeing, i. 42, 48, 92.
(See also National Gallery.)
Pictures referred to, see National Gallery, Louvre, and under the names of artists.
Piedmont, a view of, ii. 11.
"Pilgrim's Progress" referred to, i. 66.
Pisa, ii. 117.
Plato, quoted, i. 16, 183; ii. 206;
and justice, ii. 53.
"Plight," ii. 178.
Plummer, John, letter on "Supply and Demand," ii. 43, 44 (note).
Po, delta of, ii. 116;
embankments for, ii. 112.
Pocock, Mr. T., ii. 140.
Poetry, disregarded in this age, i. 18;
and painting allied, i. 19;
principles of criticism of, ii. 169;
better read than recited, ii. 180;
requisites for enjoyment of, i. 18;
of Turner's pictures, ib.
Poets, modern, ii. 171 (note).
Pointsmen, under-payment of, ii. 88.
Poland and Russia, ii. 16.
Pole, Geffrey, his "Xenophon," ii. 102 (note).
Political Economy, list of letters on, ii. 35;
and morality, how connected, ii. 42, 43;
primal fallacy of modern, ii. 65;
Ruskin, Mr., and his definition of, ii. 83 (84-87);
scope of his economy, ii. 99;
shelter the first question in, ii. 105, 106;
true and false, ii. 99.
Politics, list of letters on, ii. 1;
bewilderment of Mr. Ruskin at, ii. 3;
the path in, ii. 7, 8;
tone of modern, ii. 14;
in youth, ii. 141.
Pompeii, ii. 116.
Pope's "Odyssey" quoted, ii. 169, and note.
Poplar, artisans of, emigration, ii. 86, 87 (note).
Porterage, ii. 136, 138.
Portrait-painters, their ignorance of landscape, i. 16.
Pottery, ii. 139.
Poussin, Gaspar, i. 3, 7;
his "Sacrifice of Isaac," i. 3.
" Nicholas, i. 4.
Powers, for labor, order of their employ, ii. 134;
of a nation—dependent on what, ii. 25.
Poynter, Mr., R.A., at Kensington, i. 100, and note.
Prayer, obedience the best, ii. 143.
Pre-Raphaelitism, etc., list of letters on, i. 58;
choice of features by, i. 63, 64;
conceits of, i. 77, and note;
drapery of, i. 63;
flesh-painting of, i. 65;
growth of, i. 74;
labor of Pre-Raphaelite pictures, i. 68;
Liverpool and, i. 73;
meaning of the word, i. 61,
and note; perspective of the Pre-Raphaelite Brethren, i. 62;
probable success of, i. 66;
religious tendencies of Pre-Raphaelite Brethren, i. 60, 66;
respective value of Pre-Raphaelite and other work, i. 74, 76;
want of shade in Pre-Raphaelite work, i. 66;
Pre-Raphaelite work, true and false, i. 70.
Price, dependent on labor, ii. 55, 60;
a just, ii. 106 (note);
determinable, ii. 61;