The Crown of Wild Olive

  CONTENTS.

  ETHICS OF THE DUST.

  LECTURE I. PAGE

  THE VALLEY OF DIAMONDS 1

  LECTURE II.

  THE PYRAMID BUILDERS 21

  LECTURE III.

  THE CRYSTAL LIFE 31

  LECTURE IV.

  THE CRYSTAL ORDERS 43

  LECTURE V.

  CRYSTAL VIRTUES 56

  LECTURE VI.

  CRYSTAL QUARRELS 70

  LECTURE VII.

  HOME VIRTUES 82

  LECTURE VIII.

  CRYSTAL CAPRICE 98

  LECTURE IX.

  CRYSTAL SORROWS 111

  LECTURE X.

  THE CRYSTAL REST 125

  NOTES 143

  FICTION--FAIR AND FOUL 153

  ELEMENTS OF DRAWING.

  LETTER I.

  ON FIRST PRACTICE 233

  LETTER II.

  SKETCHING FROM NATURE 293

  LETTER III.

  ON COLOUR AND COMPOSITION 331

  APPENDIX: THINGS TO BE STUDIED 403