REPORTS FROM THE SECTIONS, 195 
Ruskin, one of his most devoted worshippers, described 
“Snowstorm” as “a mass of soapsuds and white ”; and 
ith, whilst highly eulogizing his early works, held that his latest 
ctions were as insane as the people who admired them. 
‘The tendency of the criticisms I have referred to shows us that 
» shoul 
or. Rocks alter in apparent shape as the light changes; 4 
h of mist creeps stealthily, and shows you a chasm you never 
yesterday ; a sunbeam falls, and a giant crag leaps out 
Clouds can never be 
er saw in a looking-glass, and it may be safely affirmed 
