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AND

THE BEAUTIFUL

IN

Nature, Art, Morals, and Religion,

SELECTED FROM THE WORKS OF

JOHN RUSKIN, A.M.,

AUTHOR OF "MODEEN PAINTERS," "STONES OF VENICE," "POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ART,"
ETC., ETC.

WITH A NOTICE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY

Mrs. L. C. TUTHILL,

AUTHOR OF "HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE," "THE ARTIST," ETO.

NEW YORK:

JOHN WILEY & SON, 535 BROADWAY.

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.

The manner and time uncertain,

The Hills are the Earth's action; the Plains its rest,
Mountains are the bones of the Earth, .

Forms of Mountains, how modified by snow,

The works of the Great Spirit deep and unapproachable,

The color of Mountains,

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,

The glaciers,

Is this the Earth's prime, or is it only the wreck of Paradise?

Influence of natural scenery on character,

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