On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2)

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Ruskin John. On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2)

PICTURE GALLERIES—THEIR FUNCTIONS AND FORMATION

THE NATIONAL GALLERY SITE COMMISSION.1

SELECT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.2

THE ROYAL ACADEMY COMMISSION.3

A MUSEUM OR PICTURE GALLERY: ITS FUNCTIONS AND ITS FORMATION.4

MINOR WRITINGS UPON ART

THE CAVALLI MONUMENTS IN THE CHURCH OF ST. ANASTASIA, VERONA.9

VERONA AND ITS RIVERS.12

CATALOGUE

SECTION I. Nos. 1 to 7. LOMBARD

SECTION II. Nos. 8 to 38. GOTHIC

SECTION III. Time of "THE MASTERS."

CHRISTIAN ART AND SYMBOLISM.15

A PREFACE

ART SCHOOLS OF MEDIÆVAL CHRISTENDOM.17

A PREFACE

THE EXTENSION OF RAILWAYS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT.19

A PROTEST

THE STUDY OF BEAUTY AND ART IN LARGE TOWNS.21

NOTES ON NATURAL SCIENCE

INQUIRIES ON THE CAUSES OF THE COLOR OF THE WATER OF THE RHINE.24

FACTS AND CONSIDERATIONS ON THE STRATA OF MONT BLANC, AND ON SOME INSTANCES OF TWISTED STRATA OBSERVABLE IN SWITZERLAND.27

OBSERVATIONS ON THE CAUSES WHICH OCCASION THE VARIATION OF TEMPERATURE BETWEEN SPRING AND RIVER WATER.—By J. R.31

METEOROLOGY.33

ON TREE TWIGS.34

ON THE FORMS OF THE STRATIFIED ALPS OF SAVOY.35

THE RANGE OF INTELLECTUAL CONCEPTION PROPORTIONED TO THE RANK IN ANIMATED LIFE.36

A THEOREM

LITERATURE

FICTION, FAIR AND FOUL

FICTION, FAIR AND FOUL.62. II

FICTION, FAIR AND FOUL. III.73

[Byron]

FICTION, FAIR AND FOUL. IV.88

Postscript

FICTION, FAIR AND FOUL. V.98

THE TWO SERVANTS

FAIRY STORIES.110

ECONOMY

HOME, AND ITS ECONOMIES.111

USURY.124. A REPLY AND A REJOINDER

USURY.132. A PREFACE

THEOLOGY

NOTES ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHEEPFOLDS.137

PREFACE (CALLED "ADVERTISEMENT") TO THE FIRST EDITION

PREFACE TO THE SECOND (1851) EDITION

PREFACE TO THIRD (CALLED SECOND) EDITION

NOTES, ETC., ETC

THE LORD'S PRAYER AND THE CHURCH.153

LETTERS

I.154

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XI

EPILOGUE

THE NATURE AND AUTHORITY OF MIRACLE.174

AN OXFORD LECTURE

AN OXFORD LECTURE.178

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114. Chairman. Has your attention been turned to the desirableness of uniting sculpture with painting under the same roof?—Yes.

What is your opinion on the subject?—I think it almost essential that they should be united, if a National Gallery is to be of service in teaching the course of art.

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You would therefore consider that the more central the situation, putting all other points out of consideration, the greater advantage it would be to the public?—Yes; there is this, however, to be said, that a central situation involves the crowding of the room with parties wholly uninterested in the matter—a situation more retired will generally be serviceable enough for the real student.

Would not that very much depend upon its being in a thoroughfare? There might be a central situation which would not be so complete a thoroughfare as to tempt persons to go in who were not likely to derive advantage from it?—I think that if this gallery were made so large and so beautiful as we are proposing, it would be rather a resort, rather a lounge every day, and all day long, provided it were accessible.

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