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MACUGNAGA (1845)359

125. Florence in 1845. 126. Author’s studies-S. M. Novella: Ghirlandajo. 127. Angelico’s Annunciation-San Miniato. 128, 129. Author’s friends: Ralph Durheim and M. Dieudonné-British Embassy-Mr. Millingen. 130. Couttet’s botanical collections. 131. The Val Anzasca. 132. Macugnaga. 133. Lessons learnt in his solitude. 134. Study of Shakespeare. 135. Serious reading begun and thenceforward done abroad-Drudgery of authorship done at home. 137. Shakespeare’s good and evil mingled. 138. Faido and Dazio Grande. 139. With J. D. Harding in Verona and Venice. 140. Author’s love of Verona-Visit to the Scuola di San Rocco-Effect of Tintoret. 141. Author’s interest in the daguerreotype. 142. Sketching in Venice. 143. Mr. Boxall and Mrs. Jameson. 144. Author’s studies of Tintoret’s “Magi.” 145. Nervous fever at Padua. 146. Nyon-Death of John Richardson of Croydon. 147. Homeward by Dijon and Calais: author’s illness; deepened religious feelings; a prayer and its answer: nearness to God. 148. “If only-.”

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149. J. J. Ruskin, ambitious for his son-Denmark Hill-The garden. 150. The house-The Turners-Author’s study. 151. Friends-Edward Matson-Henry Dart. 152, 153, 154. Edmund Oldfield: Camberwell church window. 155, 156. Charles Newton, abroad with author (1851). 157, 158. Preachers: Henry Melvill-Dean Stanley-F. D. Maurice. 159. Author’s state of mind in writing second volume of Modern Painters. 160. Crest and motto-The Ruskin boar’s head-Denmark Hill sucking pig. 163. A letter from Turner-Piglet rhymes.

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164. Publication of Modern Painters (1843). 165. First noticed by Sydney Smith. 166, 167, 168. His lectures on Moral Philosophy: quotations from them. 169. Opinions on Modern Painters-Of George Richmond. 170. Samuel Prout: his letter to J. J. Ruskin. 171. Of the landscapists generally-Their respect for author’s parents. 172. Festal days at Denmark Hill. 173, 174, 175, 176. David Roberts and John Lewis-Artists of to-day. 177, 178. Author’s refusal to enter his father’s business

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