Note 2 — THE EYES BUSY ON THINGS ABOUT US.
Reading edition
“Ruskin.” In addition to what was said of him in the Notes in The Chautauquan for April, the following is given: His books upon art are the most eloquent and original ever written. His “Modern Painters” was revolutionary in its spirit, and roused the hostility of conservative art lovers. Its design was to prove the superiority of modern landscape painters, and particularly Turner, over the old artists. Its high merits gave it a fixed place in literature.