The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-07
4. ereat Critic and Political
Economist Reviewed.
~. Il. Il. Governs ANALYSIS.
!. xss.res which Made His Person.
- apa Independence Of Char
~sesr-Hsvx HE influence went 60
~..aleras OF Human Life Rather
go to Art, and He became .
x~evevgh Disciple OF Carlyle.

-, y,r,sktn. Art Critic, Prose Poet
r.JsgIeal Economist was the theme
n - third lecture by the Rev. Fl. II.
- ~ Collins hail last evening. After
sc.s reference TO the recent death OF
s<srtn. Mr.. Gowen went on TO describe
- rnanv-sIded appeal TO the admiration
a Expectation 81 men,
80 InAuenccs which went TO the making
= = Sig personality were described under
:. three heads OF -Hercdity." Home
Sys,ning'' and individually"
.The hereditary Influences on Ruskin
~. scottish, az is the case Of so many
sv-st writer's Of the century" said Mr..
E.Isn. 'Tu his home training his moth
~ influence was marked. She regarded
=, how not as a toy, but as a trust. and
I. - birth dedicated him to God, and
n.rxeff 10 hss training. Hts own indeper-
avnee OF character was illustrated in his
-.sfhod OF learning to read and write.
$500 isnuences IN his carly life came
shro,,rh HIS travels with his father and
srofber. packed away on n portmanteau
: the cArriaee. In this way he gained his
rat love for natural scenery, and fer
S6untains In particular"
raetoFs important IN determining his fu-
tara career were described. such rs the
sr,senfation to him ON his fourteenth
rrtbday Of Rogers Italy with Turner's
vlsneftcs" He admired the poetry. but
m passionateiy In love with the draw
~, and became Turner's champion from
shzt day.
Rusktn's oxford Lsfe.
His Oxford lffe was then taken up. and
n sccssnt given OF his defense Of Turner
euaSBst the critics. Then came a break
n DOWN in health and the consequent
ps116d Of travel In Switzerland and Italy.
shicA had such powerful effect In Civ
hg breadth OF experience and maturity of
alignment.
II went back TO Oxford and soon be-
zane "A Graduate OF Oxford" under
Which signature no wrote tho FIRST volume
4 Modern Painters" The purpose OF
sAIs work was described. and an account
oven Of hts reception by the public The
appearance ~ the other volumes was also
poken of-voiumes OF endless variety Of
svbjects and Of brilliant style.
kInterpediate work. such az. that AZ tho
National gallery. In connection with tho
sorting and cataloguinG OF Turner's in
miInsrable drawings. had for a while the
stention OF the lccturer, and he then de-
rnbed the two great works, ''rhe Seven
Esqps OF Architecture" and ''rhe Stones
II Venice"
A1Aen came the transitional period in
KMHn's life. a period marked by his
of the Pre-Raphaelite move
aeat and by his association with Kings
NJ and Maurice in the Working Mems col
~ In London. This latter movement led
% his devotion theuceforth TO the prob
tms Of Human life. rather than to the
Hvoiems of art Thenceforth men were
~ than temples, and, influenced! partly
y Emerson, IN became thorough going
me4ple % Carlyle. playing the part of
EhbAA to'the formers Elijah.
}sA Evidence of HIS Change.
The evidence of this changs OF attitude
~ shown by the appearance of works
'uch as Time and Tide and Unto This
|Anf. works full OF suggestions, some
lines far too Ideal. for social reform. At
his time. also. he IVES associated with
much educational work. and from his ex-
Geriencc In connection with Wilmington
Aan and other girls schools. wrote Sc
'2ue ana Liltes." ''Ethies of the Dust"
md other works In more extended
'phNre he labored as Shade professor of
ius arts at Oxford. attraating enormous
numbers Of students to his lectures, and
asang tho enthusiasm % the undcrgrada-
A,es for practical work OF many kinds.
TIE period Of semi-retirement was next
'aken up, | including Rusklns various
'chsmes for social betterment. such as the
Company OF st. George. the Tea Shop and
such, in which schemes ne sunk most OF
Als large fortune.
The lecture concluded with a summary
q Rnskin's chief characteristics as poet,
= artist and as man. His pseudo psssim-
~. his indefatigability. hts demands OF
aosses work from others, his religion and
nn politics. his tender humanity ard other
ssins were briefly dealt with, and the
'sRf effects Of tho teaching Of ethe
s',sfeA Ruskin," illustrated by various
Instances OF his Widespread and whole