AND THE BEAUTIFUL IN Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion, SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF JOHN RUSKIN, A.M., AUTHOR OF "MODERN PAINTERS," "STONES OF VENICE," "POLITICAL ECONOMY Of art," NEW YORK: 1867. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by WILEY & HALSTED, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. II. The peculiar adaptation of the Sky to the pleasing and teaching of The intense blue of the Sky after rain, The Campagna of Rome by evening light,. The manner and time uncertain, The Hills are the Earth's action; the Plains its rest, Forms of Mountains, how modified by snow, The works of the Great Spirit deep and unapproachable, Mountain flowers, The use of Mountains, a. Give motion to water, b. Maintain a constant change in the currents of air, c. Change the soils of the Earth, The influence of the higher Mountains, . Fribourg in Switzerland, Ascent of the Montanvert from the valley of Chamouni, Is this the Earth's prime, or is it only the wreck of Paradise? Influence of natural scenery on character, |