The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation

Authors

John Ruskin M.A.

Files

Description

Written from discussions with children at a school, this book is presented as dialogues between an old lecturer and a group of schoolgirls, discussing the life lessons of mineralogy. In the preface, the author states that his purpose in writing these lectures, "...was merely to awaken in the minds of young girls, who were ready to work earnestly and systematically, a vital interest in the subject of their study." The dialogue topics are: "The Valley of Diamonds," "The Pyramid Builders," "The Crystal Life," "The Crystal Orders," "Crystal Virtues," "Crystal Quarrels," "Home Virtues," "Crystal Caprice," "Crystal Sorrows," and "The Crystal Rest."

Publication Date

1866

Publisher

John Wiley & Son

City

New York, NY

Keywords

schoolgirls, mineralogy, lectures, Christian lectures, crystals, crystallization

Rights

No Copyright - United States

Subject

Christian education of girls; Mineralogy--Juvenile literature; Minerals--Religious aspects; Schoolgirls; John Wiley and Sons, Inc. publication

Recommended Citation

Ruskin, John M.A., "The Ethics of the Dust: Ten Lectures to Little Housewives on the Elements of Crystallisation" (1866). Mother Home & Heaven. 66.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/motherhomeheaven/66