Parents and children, relation of, ii. 145. Paris, fortifications of, ii. 114; in Franco-Prussian war, ii. 25; theatres of, ii. 194. Parliament, ii. 140; of 1868, ii. 133; debate on Denmark, ii. 27; on Turner bequest, i. 86; Houses of, ii. 175 (note), 176. Partnership of masters and men, ii. 69, and note. Patmore, Coventry, i. 60 (note), ii. 168, 171 (note). Paton, Waller, R.S.A., i. 74, and note. Patriotism, ii. 4 (note), ii. 144. Peebles _v._ Plainstanes. (See Scott.) Penelope and her servants (see Homer, Od. xxii.), ii. 102. Penrith, letter from, i. 147. "Percy's Reliques" quoted, i. 77 (note). Permanence, the blessing of a fixed life, ii. 101. Perseus, i. 162. Perugino, i. 44 (note), 117, 120, note, and 121. Peter, St., ii. 8. Petroleum, ii. 136. Pharpar and Abana, ii. 10. Phidias and Titian, i. 142, 162. Φρασσω, ii. 178. "Pickwick" referred to, ii. 97. Pictures,--and artists, letters on, i. 111; arrangement of in a gallery, i. 42, 43, 50; cleaning of, i. 41; galleries, fatigue of visiting, i. 42, 51; glazing of, i. 41, 47, 48; are great books, i. 48, 49 (note), 69, 103; London atmosphere, effect of on, i. 38; modern appreciation of, i. 55; novelty of a purpose in, i. 69; popular idea of, i. 73; preservation of, i. 39, 49; restoration of, i. 47; purchase of, i. 55; common tendency of, i. 72; tone left by time on, i. 39; touches on, value of last, i. 47; must be understood as well as seen, i. 70; value of studies for, i. 52; vanity in possessing, i. 127; worth buying, worth seeing, i. 42, 48, 92. (See also National Gallery.) Pictures referred to, see National Gallery, Louvre, and under the names of artists. Piedmont, a view of, ii. 11. "Pilgrim's Progress" referred to, i. 66. Pisa, ii. 117. Plato, quoted, i. 16, 183; ii. 206; and justice, ii. 53. "Plight," ii. 178. Plummer, John, letter on "Supply and Demand," ii. 43, 44 (note). Po, delta of, ii. 116; embankments for, ii. 112. Pocock, Mr. T., ii. 140. Poetry, disregarded in this age, i. 18; and painting allied, i. 19; principles of criticism of, ii. 169; better read than recited, ii. 180; requisites for enjoyment of, i. 18; of Turner's pictures, _ib._ Poets, modern, ii. 171 (note). Pointsmen, under-payment of, ii. 88. Poland and Russia, ii. 16. Pole, Geffrey, his "Xenophon," ii. 102 (note). Political Economy, list of letters on, ii. 35; and morality, how connected, ii. 42, 43; primal fallacy of modern, ii. 65; Ruskin, Mr., and his definition of, ii. 83 (84-87); scope of his economy, ii. 99; shelter the first question in, ii. 105, 106; true and false, ii. 99. Politics, list of letters on, ii. 1; bewilderment of Mr. Ruskin at, ii. 3; the path in, ii. 7, 8; tone of modern, ii. 14; in youth, ii. 141.