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I have before given my reasons (Sect. II. Chap. III.) for not wishing at present to enter upon the discussion of particular effects of light. Not only are we incapable of rightly viewing § 1. Reasons for merely at present naming, without examining the particular effects of light rendered by Turner.them, or reasoning upon them, until we are acquainted with the principles of the beautiful; but, as I distinctly limited myself, in the present portion of the work, to the examination of general truths, it would be out of place to take cognizance of the particular phases of light, even if it were possible to do so, before we have some more definite knowledge of the material objects which they illustrate. I shall therefore, at present, merely set down a rough catalogue of the effects of light at different hours of the day, which Turner has represented: naming a picture or two, as an example of each, which we will hereafter take up one by one, and consider the physical science and the § 2. Hopes of the author for assistance in the future investigation of them.feeling together. And I do this, in the hope that, in the mean time, some admirer of the old masters will be kind enough to select from the works of any one of them, a series of examples of the same effects, and to give me a reference to the pictures, so that I may be able to compare each with each; for, as my limited knowledge of the works of Claude or Poussin does not supply me with the requisite variety of effect, I shall be grateful for assistance.

The following list, of course, does not name the hundredth part of the effects of light given by Turner; it only names those which are distinctly and markedly separate from each other, and representative each of an entire class. Ten or twelve examples, often many more, might be given of each; every one of which would display the effects of the same hour and light, modified by different circumstances of weather, situation, and character of objects subjected to them, and especially by the management of the sky; but it will be generally sufficient for our purposes to examine thoroughly one good example of each.

The prefixed letters express the direction of the light. F. front light (the sun in the centre, or near the top of the picture;) L. lateral light, the sun out of the picture on the right or left of the spectator; L. F. the light partly lateral, partly fronting the spectator, as when he is looking south, with the sun in the south-west; L. B. light partly lateral, partly behind the spectator, as when he is looking north, with the sun in the south-west.

MORNING.

effects.		names of pictures.
L.	An hour before sunrise in winter. Violent storm, with rain, on the sea. Light-houses seen through it.	Lowestoffe, Suffolk.
F.	An hour before sunrise. Serene sky, with light clouds. Dawn in the distance.	Vignette to Voyage of Columbus.
L.	Ten minutes before sunrise. Violent storm. Torchlight.	Fowey Harbor.
F.	Sunrise. Sun only half above the horizon. Clear sky, with light cirri.	Vignette to Human Life.
F.	Sun just disengaged from horizon. Misty, with light cirri.	Alps at Daybreak.
F.	Sun a quarter of an hour risen. Sky covered with scarlet clouds.	Castle Upnor.
L.F.	Serene sky. Sun emerging from a bank of cloud on horizon, a quarter of an hour risen.	Orford, Suffolk.
L.F.	Same hour. Light mists in flakes on hill-sides. Clear air.	Skiddaw.
L.F.	Light flying rain-clouds gathering in valleys. Same hour.	Oakhampton.
L.B.	Same hour. A night storm rising off the mountains. Dead calm.	Lake of Geneva.
L.	Sun half an hour risen. Cloudless sky.	Beaugency.
L.	Same hour. Light mists lying in the valleys.	Kirby Lonsdale.
F.	Same hour. Bright cirri. Sun dimly seen through battle smoke, with conflagration.	Hohenlinden.
L.	Sun an hour risen. Cloudless and clear.	Buckfastleigh.

NOON AND AFTERNOON.

effects.		names of pictures.
L.B.	Midday. Dead calm, with heat. Cloudless.	Corinth.
L.	Same hour. Serene and bright, with streaky clouds.	Lantern at St. Cloud.
L.	Same hour. Serene, with multitudes of the high cirrus.	Shylock, and other Venices.
L.	Bright sun, with light wind and clouds.	Richmond, Middlesex.
F.	Two o'clock. Clouds gathering for rain, with heat.	Warwick. Blenheim.
F.	Rain beginning, with light clouds and wind.	Piacenza.
L.	Soft rain, with heat.	Caldron Snout Fall.
L.F.	Great heat. Thunder gathering.	Malvern.
L.	Thunder breaking down, after intense heat, with furious wind.	Winchelsea.
L.	Violent rain and wind, but cool.	Llamberis, Coventry, &c.
L.F.	Furious storm, with thunder.	Stonehenge, Pæstum, &c.
L.B.	Thunder retiring, with rainbow. Dead calm, with heat.	Nottingham.
L.	About three o'clock, summer. Air very cool and clear. Exhausted thunder-clouds low on hills.	Bingen.
F.	Descending sunbeams through soft clouds, after rain.	Carew Castle.
L.	Afternoon, very clear, after rain. A few clouds still on horizon. Dead calm.	Saltash.
F.	Afternoon of cloudless day, with heat.	Mercury and Argus. Oberwesel. Nemi.

EVENING.

effects.		names of pictures.
L.	An hour before sunset. Cloudless.	Trematon Castle.
F.	Half an hour before sunset. Light clouds. Misty air.	Lake Albano. Florence.
F.	Within a quarter of an hour of sunset. Mists rising. Light cirri.	Dater Hora Quieti.
L.F.	Ten minutes before sunset. Quite cloudless.	Durham.
F.	Same hour. Tumultuous spray of illumined rain-cloud.	Solomon's Pools. Slave ship.
F.	Five minutes before sunset. Sky covered with illumined cirri.	Temeraire. Napoleon. Various vignettes.
L.B.	Same hour. Serene sky. Full moon rising.	Kenilworth.
F.	Sun setting. Detached light cirri and clear air.	Amboise.
L.	Same hour. Cloudless. New moon.	Troyes.
L.F.	Same hour. Heavy storm clouds. Moonrise.	First vignette. Pleasures of Memory.
L.B.	Sun just set. Sky covered with clouds. New moon setting.	Caudebec.
L.B.	Sun five minutes set. Strong twilight, with storm clouds. Full moonrise.	Wilderness of Engedi. Assos.
L.B.	Same hour. Serene, with light clouds.	Montjan.
L.B.	Same hour. Serene. New moon.	Pyramid of Caius Cestius.
L.B.	Sun a quarter of an hour set. Cloudless.	Chateau de Blois.
L.F.	Sun half an hour set. Light cirri.	Clairmont.
F.	Same hour. Dead calm at sea. New moon and evening star.	Cowes.
F.	Sun three quarters of an hour set. Moon struggling through storm clouds, over heavy sea.	Folkestone.

NIGHT.

effects.		names of pictures.
F.	An hour after sunset. No moon. Torchlight.	St. Julien. Tours.
F.	Same hour. Moon rising. Fire from furnaces.	Dudley.
L.F.	Same hour, with storm clouds. Moon rising.	Nantes.
L.	Same hour, with light of rockets and fire.	Juliet and her Nurse.
F.	Midnight. Moonless, with light-houses. Same hour, with fire-light.	Calais. Burning of Parliament Houses.
F.	Ditto. Full moon. Clear air, with delicate clouds. Light-houses.	Towers of the Hevé.
F.	Ditto, with conflagration, battle smoke, and storm.	Waterloo.
F.	Ditto. Moonlight through mist. Buildings illuminated in interior.	Vignette. St. Herbert's Isle.
F.	Ditto. Full moon with halo. Light rain-clouds.	St. Denis.
F.	Full moon. Perfectly serene. Sky covered with white cirri.	Alnwick. Vignette of Rialto, and Bridge of Sighs.