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 be | aged 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. |