The sun., 1910-12-10

of the tpennlns- ar m IN. works or tho
hobIert poets "a man II ths Aorf who's.
scarcity WAS deplured by Mathew Arnold
IN the course ~ h- reflections upon "a
nation Il phIh-rlur- a." worked FOR
nm" consecutive years without one hoh-
day- 20 paw ~ th" debts IT his own very
different father Though h" was "A man
ON n" means gwen 10 eN' 'ravaganc.- IN
providing hr- environments h" was abb"
:" have a luxurious hnm" tn Which to re-
turn m IN" la's afternoons for an evening
of quiet pl.a-ur" More particularly
10 this lr'l" paradls" the wine mere hant
returned AT halt past four, and a. soon a.
h" returned h.' dIn"d and subsequently,
iarto"k "f tea under tn. whIiehrart
cherry where hl- VII. and son Joined HIM
lh" VIII II" evening when the weather was
sufficiently warm wa- spent in the garden
custom that ought to h. followed "a,
widely a. pO-Sibl" 80 that Young John
ku~kn SAW u great deal NOR. of the
charms and tn" wonders of the sky. of
h,rd- and Of flowers than most dwell"rs
IN IN" suburbs
In" first journey To Italy IL noted the
Journey performed in the golden wear OF
1888, when Ruskin wss ~ and the mem
orl"s of IN" traveller are quoted wher"
h" records that AZ Stras-burg he was
Already wis" enough TO feel the Cathedr i
s'if and lronworky" hut R,iskIn had
prodlGious JOY in what he saw ~"
loved the continent of Europe The book
saws. All his hfr Ruskin continued 10
reali2" how great the other European
nations really were. He did not attemp,
Ia patronlle the countrvmcn of Gnerhr
and Botti"ell. because he himself belonged
to nation whose navvIes are highly fed
and which IL the mother Of parlaments
H" oven imagined that 10 know what
bottICelll meant. To he able Ia copy low
lEgly sInEl" anemone from the meadow
in hls Srring' was better than ~ build
tn" largest warships in the world Bur
RusSln dIsiaIneSi to know what a Whistler
-Noc'urre' meant Tn. great critics
observation Will br remembered 1
hav" seen and heard much of Cockney
lmpud.nCc before now. hut newer "N-
p.Ct"d To hear a CoSconh asking two hun
dred gu'n"lS for hlnSinE pot of pant
IN tn" publC's face Tn" hooks calls
Whistler an Irish h-ParIsian
As we were looking through thls hook
"" think that what We least expected
of this city. but very curiouSly AT paE"
1874. i'll "a passage describing Ruskin'- ways
OF intellectual activity about tn" tim.
If IN" war between Franc. and Germany
the .lssav.rat ion faced u He often goes
10 tho daily newspapers for nspIrat ion.
h" reads of th. death Of Col James Fisk".
{ h. famous New York Alderman and man
ages 10 spend great deal Of space and
time IN comparing hun with Sir John
HawAwOod. the Anglo-l'alIan adven-
tur"r The commodore Of IN" Fall River
linz. uf steamboats, was Intensely glamour
ou- and modern. and h.. Us" that RuskIn
made of hIm must have been Ia -lay him
again "" do not remember that his
bother Aldermen took any notice of his
d-nl-.'
Th. truuhl.. was THAI here w.r. too
many OF those objectionable things TO
-lav They wer" Pui'" UN"rpuw"rIng
IN their gross Iutru-ion- lna-much A.
Ru-kIn preferred a luggrr 20 "A turbin"
steamer and u -tageCuLCh 10 limited
vest Ihul. train It will b- undrrst ood how
b" could he --ntIm"n'allv approved hut
could not he practically supported Also
how Will. profoundly engaged IN looking
back h- was bound q b- dis
a-t rou-ly shocked by the a-s-rtIve and
inevitable matters INTO which h" con-
-'antlv hurr.d