THE ELEMENTS OF CRYSTALLISATION


CONTENTS.

ETHICS OF THE DUST.
LECTURE I. PAGE
The Valley of Diamonds [11]
LECTURE II.
The Pyramid Builders [21]
LECTURE III.
The Crystal Life [31]
LECTURE IV.
The Crystal Orders [43]
LECTURE V.
Crystal Virtues [56]
LECTURE VI.
Crystal Quarrels [70]
LECTURE VII.
Home Virtues [82]
LECTURE VIII.
Crystal Caprice [98]
LECTURE IX.
Crystal Sorrows [111]
LECTURE X.
The Crystal Rest [125]
Notes [143]
Fiction—Fair and Foul [153]
ELEMENTS OF DRAWING.
LETTER I.
On First Practice [233]
LETTER II.
Sketching From Nature [293]
LETTER III.
On Colour and Composition [331]
Appendix: Things To Be Studied [403]


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

ELEMENTS OF DRAWING.
FIGURE PAGE
1. Squares [237]
2. Gradated Spaces [241]
3. Outline of Letter [245]
4. Outline of Bough of Tree [248]
5. Charred Log [257]
6. Shoot of Lilac [272]
7. Leaf [274]
8. Bough of Phillyrea [275]
9. Spray of Phillyrea [276]
10. Trunk of Tree, by Titian [284]
11. Sketch from Raphael [285]
12. Outlines of a Ball [287]
13. Woodcut of Durer's [289]
14, 15, 16. Masses of Leaves [290], [291]
17, 18, 19. Curvatures in Leaves [295], [296]
20. From an Etching, by Turner [297]
21. Alpine Bridge [307]
22. Alpine Bridge as it Appears at Various Distances [308]
23. Outlines Expressive of Foliage [314]
24. Shoot of Spanish Chestnut [315]
25. Young Shoot of Oak [316]
26, 27, 28. Woodcuts after Titian [321], [322]
29. Diagram of Window [339]
30. Swiss Cottage [355]
31. Groups of Leave [350]
32. Painting, by Turner [361]
33. Sketch on Calais Sands, by Turner [365]
34. Drawing of an Ideal Bridge, by Turner [369]
35. Profile of the Towers of Ehrenbreitstein [370]
36. Curves [371]
37, 38, 39. Curves Found in Leaves [372]
40. Outlines of a Tree Trunk [373]
41-44. Tree Radiation [374], [375]
45, 46. Woodcuts of Leaf [376]
47. Leaf of Columbine [378]
48. Top of an Old Tower [385]


PERSONÆ.

Old Lecturer (of incalculable age)
Florrie, on astronomical evidence presumed to beaged 9.
Isabel" 11.
May" 11.
Lily" 12.
Kathleen" 14.
Lucilla" 15.
Violet" 16.
Dora (who has the keys and is housekeeper)" 17.
Egypt (so called from her dark eyes)" 17.
Jessie (who somehow always makes the room look brighter when she is in it)" 18.
Mary (of whom everybody, including the Old Lecturer, is in great awe)" 20.