New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21

originality OF its thoughts the audacity Of its
dogmatisn- Some Of lis passages exceedingly
eloquent prose poems-an Industrious, clever trav-
elleTs diary thrown into prose rhythms.' as The
London Atheneum'' characterized them. Another
and much enlarged edition OF the book appeared in
two volumes. the title page having been reduced 70
simply Modern Painters and the second volume
being & treatise ''Of the Imaginative and
Theoretic Faculties" In 1856 were published the
third and fourth volumes Of the series. being re-
Epectively entitled 'Of Many Things and Noun
tain Beauty" The fifth and last volume appeared
tn 1850. and composed OF treatises 'fOf Leaf
Beauty" "O1 Cloud Beauty" ''Of Ideas Of Rela-
ton" etc The last three volumes contained many
elapsed between the publication Of the first and
that Of the last volume OF this work and during
this period the author had spent much time in
Venice and in many Of the European capitals.
MODERN PAINTERS"
The Modern Painters" its author said In his
preface. declared the perfectness and eternal
beauty Of the work of God, and tested all work OF
man by concurrence with subsection 10 that at
differs" Mr. Ruskin added, from most books. and
has chance OF being. in some respects. better for
the difference that II has not been written either
for fame or for or for conscience sake. but
Of necessity Modern Painters" however did
not escape criticism for there those
who denounced Il the most misleading work OF
its kind IN modern literature. The Edinburgh Re
view" was especially severe. for It noted in the
book an entire absence of masculine judgment.
failure Of the logical faculty. and strange pro-
pensity mistake the illusions fancy for the
laws OF reality and the principles of truth The
reception Of the work was generally hostile.
In 1879 Mr.. Rusl1n published the Seven Lamps OF
Architecture" and in 1s51-53 The Stones of Ven
ice both works illustrated by himself These were
studies OF medieval architecture. and aimed at
reform OF the modern practice OF that art Ad-
rnirers admired still more-the adverse critics be-
came stin angrier. Miss Bronte declared Mr.. Rus
kin 70 he "a consecrated Priest Of the Abstract and
IDEAL" and The London Quarterly Review found
fn his new work ''aI qualities Of premature
age-its coldness callousness and contraction
gether with "a blind rhodomOntade Of reasoning
and a reckless vfrulence OF language almost
paraIeled the annals Of literature" In 1851 Mr..
Ruskn began a series OF Examples OF the Archi-
lecture OF Venice from his designs. OF this
only three parts were published. although twelve
were promised. Notes the Construction Of
Sheep Folds appeared the year This was
book upon church doctrine and discipline. Burton,
in his Book Hunter says wagg1shly that he
has been informed that the work had considera-
bic among the Murland farmers. whose recep-
tion OF Il not catering" In 1851 also
printed Mr.. Ruskins pamphlet Pre- phaelitism,"
n which he his admiration Of the school,
which he considers in some respects the result OF
his writings That pretty child's book, The
King OF the Golden River" was written in Is41 but
published until 1851 Mr.. Ruskin's Opening
OF the Crystal Palace appeared in 1854: his 'Lect
ures on Architecture and Painting in 1855; his
+Giotto and His Works in Padua" 1875. In
The latter year he began the publication g series
o. Notes Some Of the Principal Pictures Ex-
hoited al the Rooms Of the Royal Academy and
the Society Of Painters on Water-Colors." These
were continued until 1853. The Notes on the Turner
Gallery al Marlborough House" published in
Iso'- These rather surprised the public by thefr
structures upon Turner. IN whose praise Ruskin had
heretofore been 50 decided. The Political Economy
q Art and The Elements OF Drawing were
also published in 1857. These are collected IN the
edition OF the Complete Works published in New
York in fifteen volumes In 1853 Mr. Ruskin delv-
cred lectures on Gothic Architecture in Edinburgh
where ne gave no little offence by the bluntness Of
his criticism upon some OF the modern buildings of
that city
CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD PROFEsSORsHIPS
In 1851 Mr.. Ruskin was apno,nted Rede Lecturer
on Art il Cambridge and received from the Univer-
Sly the degree Of Ii. D. Two years later ne be-
came siaoe Professor OF the Fine Arts at Oxford 10
WHICH cnair ne was Reelected In March, 1916 In
4s'I ne MADE donation Of $4,000 10 endow q mas
tersnip OF drawing in the Taylor galleries in the
University Of Oxford. HIS inaugural address at
Sahlpr1dge was printed IN 1855 and went Immediate
~ 10 second edition Mr.. Ruskin published great
number OF pamphlets and small books many Of
mem addressed 10 workingmen and advocating the
writer's peculiar theories OF political economy and
eAics- Among them were The Political Economy
q Ar" KS; The Two Paths 1853; Sesame and
Lilies" 1864 The Ethics OF the Dust 1859. The
crown OF Wild Olive" 1866; THE oxford Lectures
On Art 1910; THE Eagles Nest" and "Aratra Pen
,sS1-las-. lsZ. and "Artadne Florenttna 1874 In
fEOtdes Agrestes." being selections from his
was he itsg qpishea under his own edtorship. He
snst capacity he furnished Walter T,1ornbI1T With
Tr1bstsd 81 iEr NE OF that ertist He also