166 THE MENDEL JOURNAL 



compassed only by doleful phantoms, or by spectral 

 vacancy." On the other hand, he describes the 

 influence of Scottish scenery upon its people in 

 these words : " You will find, upon reflection, that 

 all the highest points of the Scottish character are 

 connected with impressions derived straight from 

 the natural scenery of their country." Can " Sky 

 Blue Philanthropy " express itself in clearer 

 language than that ? In a sense, Ruskin was right. 

 It is the inherent desires of the Indian people which 

 have created their special type of art, of which their 

 temples are but symbols. It is the inborn emotional 

 character of the Highlander that he loves to contem- 

 plate the majestic and rugged hills of his native 

 country, and to find his thoughts expressed by 

 the art of his country in the ballads of 

 Burns and the novels of Scott. That is the 

 only real " connection " between scenery and 

 human impressions. But that is quite a 

 different thing to supposing that the vision of Craig 

 Ellachie can convert the congenital race of " street 

 arabs " of the slums of Glasgow into respectable and 

 useful citizens. That piece of extreme social folly 

 was reserved for the Glasgow Parish Council and for 

 potential officials who sought some plausible pretext 

 to create new salaried appointments. 



