‘BRANTWOOD, CONISTON, LANCASHIRE, _March 3, 1887_. ‘DEAR MISS BEALE,—I shall be most thankful if you can find anything in my books that the girls will like to have in the Magazine: the ivied trunks were sent in no high spiritual but lowly practical intent, simply as the sort of models which you can’t cut and bring in for yourselves, and which, once drawn real size, will teach more than all my talking. ‘I think her librarian cares will be ever so good for my wild flower, and am looking out more fine books for her to-day, chiefly a perfect edit, of Scott’s poetry and Heyne’s beautiful _Virgil_. ‘I am wholly with you in liking Greek better than Latin, but only as added to Latin by clever girls. The entire history of the Catholic Church being in Latin, and half the language of Europe derived from it, I would make every girl who passed through any course of literature begin with understanding her Pater Noster and Te Deum. ‘But I have put a lovely edition of _Hesiod_ aside for next dispatch to the wild librarian. ‘I don’t quite know what the “Kyrle” Society means, but imagine I have stores of things they could put to use.—Ever faithfully yours, J. RUSKIN. ‘Enclosed may be a pretty little gift to any of your good girls.’ * * * * * ‘BRANTWOOD, CONISTON, LANCASHIRE, _March 7, 1887_. ‘DEAR MISS BEALE,—I have put the little volume of poems into my near bookcase at the back of my arm-chair. They look really very nice, and show an extremely high tone in the school. ‘I am going to send you with the Pindar, a beautiful 13th cent. MS., with the Gregorian notes all written to the old Latin songs. I think the College will be proud of it, and your organist interested by it. ‘I shall be delighted to see whatever the teachers care to send me. I have been languid and stupid this spring, or should have written something for the drawing classes before now.—Ever faithfully and respectfully yours, J. RUSKIN.’ * * * * * ‘BRANTWOOD, CONISTON, LANCASHIRE, _March 11, 1887_. ‘DEAR MISS BEALE,—There is no way of enlarging those Kate sketches: they were calculated for the little confusion caused by their smallness, and are not well drawn enough for magnifying. ‘I will send you some prettier ones for framing. I am very glad the books have come safe. The grace and dignity of the engravings in Heyne are of great educational value, and the two MSS. are extremely good of the kind. They cost, curiously, the same price each, £100 or £105,—I forget which.