Praeterita - Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life (Paperback)

1885. Ruskin, the greatest Victorian bar Victoria, was an artist, scientist, poet, environmentalist, philosopher, and the preeminent art critic of his time. His last disappointment in love over Rose la Touche contributed to a mental breakdown causing him to spend his last years in seclusion at Brantwood on Lake Coniston, where he wrote Praeterita, an unfinished account of his early life. Contents: The Springs of Wandel; Herne-Hill Almond Blossoms; The Banks of Tay; Under New Tutorships; Parnassus and Plynlimmon; Schaffhausen and Milan; Papa and Mama; Vester Camenae; The Col de la Faucille; Quem Tu, Melpomene; Christ Church Choir; and Roslyn Chapel. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.