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Title: The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)

Author: John Ruskin

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Language: English

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The Complete Works of John Ruskin

Volume VII

STONES OF VENICE

VOLUME I

[Illustration: VENICE.
FROM A PAINTING BY
J. M. W. TURNER.]

Library Edition

The Complete Works of John Ruskin

STONES OF VENICE

VOLUMES I-II

National Library Association
New York Chicago

THE
STONES OF VENICE

VOLUME I.

THE FOUNDATIONS

PREFACE.

In the course of arranging the following essay, I put many things aside
in my thoughts to be said in the Preface, things which I shall now put
aside altogether, and pass by; for when a book has been advertised a
year and a half, it seems best to present it with as little preface as
possible.

Thus much, however, it is necessary for the reader to know, that, when I
planned the work, I ha