De libris : prose & verse . lightto turn over ancient chests and wardrobes filled withthe flowered frocks and capes of the Jane Austenperiod. As is well known, she corresponded fre-quently with Ruskin, and possessed numbers of hisletters. In his latter years, it had been her practiceto write to him periodically—I believe she said oncea week. He had long ceased, probably from ill-health, to answer her letters ; but she continued towrite punctually lest he should miss the little budgetof chit-chat to which he had grown accustomed. Atanother time—in a pleasant country-house whichcontained many ex
De libris : prose & verse . lightto turn over ancient chests and wardrobes filled withthe flowered frocks and capes of the Jane Austenperiod. As is well known, she corresponded fre-quently with Ruskin, and possessed numbers of hisletters. In his latter years, it had been her practiceto write to him periodically—I believe she said oncea week. He had long ceased, probably from ill-health, to answer her letters ; but she continued towrite punctually lest he should miss the little budgetof chit-chat to which he had grown accustomed. Atanother time—in a pleasant country-house whichcontained many examples of her art—and where shewas putting the last touches to a delicately tintedchild-angel in the margin of a Bible—I ventured tosay, Why do your children always . , . .* Butit is needless to complete the query ; the answeralone is important. She looked at me reflectively,and said, after a pause, Because I see it so. Answers not dissimilar have been given beforeby other artists in like case. But it was this rigid.
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