. Vanishing England . kills vegetation and covers the leaves of trees andplants with exhalations. I remember attending at Oxforda lecture delivered by the late Mr. Ruskin. He pro-duced a charming drawing by Turner of a beautiful oldbridge spanning a clear stream, the banks of which wereclad with trees and foliage. The sun shone brightly, andthe sky was blue, with fleeting clouds. This is whatyou are doing with your scenery, said the lecturer, as hetook his palette and brushes ; he began to paint on theglass that covered the picture, and in a few minutes thescene was transformed. Instead of the
. Vanishing England . kills vegetation and covers the leaves of trees andplants with exhalations. I remember attending at Oxforda lecture delivered by the late Mr. Ruskin. He pro-duced a charming drawing by Turner of a beautiful oldbridge spanning a clear stream, the banks of which wereclad with trees and foliage. The sun shone brightly, andthe sky was blue, with fleeting clouds. This is whatyou are doing with your scenery, said the lecturer, as hetook his palette and brushes ; he began to paint on theglass that covered the picture, and in a few minutes thescene was transformed. Instead of the beautiful bridge ahideous iron girder structure spanned the stream, which VANISHING ENGLAND was no longer pellucid and clear, but black as the Styx ;instead of the trees arose a monstrous mill with a tallchimney vomiting black smoke that spread in heavyclouds, hiding the sun and the blue sky. That it whatyou are doing with your scenery, concluded Mr. Ruskin—a true picture of the penalty we pay for trade, progress,. r _ v I m . ft rrw \>*A -y?0 c.
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