READINGS IN 'MODERN PAINTERS.'

By John Ruskin

Chosen At Her Pleasure, By The Author's Friend, The Younger Lady Of The Thwaite, Coniston.

'Spargit agrestes tibi silva frondes.'

Thirty-Eighth Thousand.

London: George Allen, 156, Charing Cross Road. 1902.

Printed By Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Ballantyne Press


CONTENTS

[ PREFACE. ]

[ FRONDES AGRESTES. ]

[ SECTION I. — PRINCIPLES OF ART. ]

[ SECTION II. — POWER AND OFFICE OF IMAGINATION. ]

[ SECTION III. — ILLUSTRATIVE: THE SKY. ]

[ SECTION IV. — ILLUSTRATIVE: STREAMS AND SEA. ]

[ SECTION V. — ILLUSTRATIVE: MOUNTAINS. ]

[ SECTION VI. — ILLUSTRATIVE: STONES. ]

[ SECTION VII. — ILLUSTRATIVE: PLANTS AND FLOWERS. ]

[ SECTION VIII. — EDUCATION. ]

[ SECTION IX. — MORALITIES. ]