1848. _Yeast_ (the hard lives of the
agricultural labourers). 1850. _Alton Locke_ (life and labour of the
city poor).
[Footnote 7: The Prince Consort was a great admirer of the works of
Charles Kingsley, which, he said, in speaking of _Two Years Ago_,
showed "profound knowledge of human nature, and insight into the
relations between man, his actions, his destiny, and God." The Queen
was also one of his admirers, and in 1859 she appointed him one of
her chaplains. Later on he delivered a series of lectures on history
to the Prince of Wales.]
CHARLES READE (1814-84). 1856. _It is Never too Late to Mend_ (life
in an English prison). 1863. _Hard Cash_ (an exposure of bad
administration of lunatic asylums).
JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900). 1859. _The Two Paths_. 1862. _Unto this
Last_. 1871. _Fors Clavigera_. (In the last-named book Ruskin
describes the scheme of his St George's Guild, an attempt to restore
happiness to England by allying art and science with commercial
industry.)
CHAPTER VII: _The Children of England_
"From the folding of its robe, it brought two children; wretched,
abject, frightful, hideous, miserable. . . . They were a boy and a
girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish; but prostrate, too,
in their humility. . . . 'They are Man's,' said the Spirit, looking
down upon them. 'And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers.
This boy is Ignorance.
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