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Project Gutenberg's Selections From the Works of John Ruskin, by John Ruskin This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Selections From the Works of John Ruskin Author: John Ruskin Release Date: February 28, 2005 [EBook #15200] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SELECTIONS FROM RUSKIN *** Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Keren Vergon, and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Riverside College Classics SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF JOHN RUSKIN EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY CHAUNCEY B. TINKER, Ph.D. _Professor of English in Yale College_ BOSTON--NEW YORK--CHICAGO--SAN FRANCISCO HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1908 BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Riverside Press CAMBRIDGE--MASSACHUSETTS PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. PREFACE In making the following selections, I have tried to avoid the appearance of such a volume as used to be entitled _Elegant Extracts_. Wherever practicable, entire chapters or lectures are given, or at least passages of sufficient length to insure a correct notion of the general complexion of Ruskin's work. The text is in all cases that of the first editions, unless these were later revised by Ruskin himself. The original spelling and punctuation are preserved, but a few minor changes have been made for the sake of uniformity among the various extracts. For similar reasons, Ruskin's numbering of paragraphs is dispensed with. I have aimed not to multiply notes. Practically all Ruskin's own annotation is given, with the exception of one or two very long and somewhat irrelevant notes from _Stones of Venice_. It has not been deemed necessary to give the dates of every painter or to explain every geographical reference. On the other hand, the sources of most of the quotations are indicated. In the preparation of these notes, the magnificent library edition of Messrs. Cook and Wedderburn has inevitably been of considerable assistance; but all their references have been verified, many errors have been corrected, and much has of course been added. In closing I wish to express my obligation to my former colleag
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