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North Otago Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 6058, 21 May 1886, Page 4

It iv said thut the love stories of men of genius po£/J€s>.; a peculiar nttriction ior the liumin mcc. Probably iUr 14u.°kin is actun'ed by this idea iv a vory full account of lii-i early love passages which ho is giving to the world in ft series of rcmini BCinctH entitled "Prre'erita." The firs peril young' Rmkisi w;ih expose! to, who 1).»«1 hciJn luou^lit up in tho bevcrcj-t school of English 'I'oryism and Evangeli-ci.lif-in. wiia an extreme one. His lather hud a Spanish business connection with a Monsieur Domccq iv the wine trade, and on tho occasion ot a visit to England he broupht his imir dm -.'liters, all beautiful, romautic, ami Catholic, to Btay at llcrne Hill. An Mr Ituskin puts it, in one day he was thrown, in Inn "unaccomplished simplicity, into the fiery furup.ee, or fiery cross ol torn? four girls," and reduced to "white ashes"! It was the eldest girl, however, on whom he concentrated his devotion. But as Mr ltuskiu chiefly wooed his nustrfss by entertaining her with his views upon the " Spanish ArtnaiJa, the Battle of Waterloo, and the doctrine of TransubßtaniiatioD," tho ardor was not reciprocal. Temporarily brokenhearted, Mr Ituskin consoled bi jiboll by pouring out bis soul iv verse.