eived in this country. It was intended, to use the Prince's own words, "To give us a true test and a living picture of the point of development at whi

he public was uneasy at the thought of large numbers of foreigners con

e a thorough revolution here, to murder Victoria and myself, and to proclaim the Red Republic in England; the Plague is certain to ensue from the confluence of such vast multitudes, a

Prince begging, cap in

ows of a poor

emes have borne

x, the matter

, and Commerce s

s health, but the support of Sir Robert Peel and of

gardener's boy in the Duke of Devonshire's service to the positi

worth. It was like a huge greenhouse in shape, nearly one thousand feet long and ninety feet

owds in the streets were immense, and there were some 34,000

aw none of the men of action with whom the Socialists were threatening us. . . . I should think there must have been near three hundred thousand people in Hyde Park at once. The sight among the gree

hat the C?sars ever exhibited a more splendid spectacle. I was quite dazzled, and I felt as I did on entering St Peter's. I wandered

is associated in my mind with all whom I love most. I am glad that the building

riumph,-a glorious and touching sight, one which I shall ever be proud of for my beloved Albert and my

r, age. The invention of machinery had done little or nothing to raise the level of the public taste for what was appropriate and beaut

of the designs in carpets, hangings, pottery, and silks were merely copies, and were often extremely ugly. E

ons. "Thirty or forty years ago, if you entered a cathedral in France or England, you could say at once, 'These arches were built in the age of the Conqueror-that capital belonged to the earlier Henrys.' . . . Now all this is changed. You enter a cathed

, History of Modern St

s age, was the first to point out the value and the method of co

-and all the lecturings, and teachings, and prizes and principles of art, in the world are of no use, so long as you don't surround your men with happy influences and beautiful things. . . . Inform their minds,

and her husband were at the zenith of their fame. . . . Prince Albert was not satisfied to guide the whole affair only from above; he was, in the fullest s

ich a great National Institute might be built. This undertaking (the purchase of the ground) was not carried through without great difficulty and anxiety. The Queen's sy

ll nigh lost hi

t and love stil

rry world all b

ar, thus speaks

that this great undertaking would never have been carried through successfully. He recognized the fact that princes live for the benefit of their people; his desire for the improvement in all classes was nev

but manufacturers were still far from understanding what 'Art' really meant. As an instance of this, one carpet firm sent a carpet to be used as a hanging on which Napoleon

eness by the interest thus created in it, and, where the work was of a purely mechanical nature, and individual skill and judgment were n

w that both rich and poor should have equal opportunities of seeing what improvements had been made throughout

he works of others, and we can never do this till we have realized the difficulties to be overcome. Acting on this principle myself, I have always tried to learn the rudiments of art as much as possible. For instance, I learnt oil-painting, water-col

of the age that, owing to the wholesale introduction of machinery, the designer and maker were nearly always different people instead of being one and the same person. He declared t

movement under William Morris and Walter Crane arose-a movement

utiful furniture and to introduce 'Art in the House.' Morris himself had learnt to be a practic

be used and designs were to be original. They manufactured stained glass, wall paper, tapestry,

thers, formed what was known as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, to instruct public taste in creative work in art and literatu

of producing the best work. He preached the 'rights' of Labour-that high wages for good work was the truest economy in the end, and that beating down the wages of workers does not pay in the long run. He declared that the only education worth having was a 'humane' education-that is, first of all, the building of cha

d that the love of Nature was the gr

o much with us;

nding, we lay w

Nature's works were, to him as to the poe

nto the ligh

e be your

and as well, all three working in co-operation, was nec

, for, like Dickens, he knew how to appeal to the hearts of his readers. He is one of the most picturesque writers in the language, a man of great nobility of character and generous feelings, who had a t