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A compiled guide presenting an organized listing of the writer's major publications, each entry accompanied by tables of contents, chapter headings, and representative passages to aid navigation. Material ranges from polemical lectures and analytical essays on art and architecture—examining tone, color, chiaroscuro, space, sky, and vegetation—to poetical and shorter narrative pieces and instructional texts on drawing. Volumes and sections are grouped by title and number, offering readers a structural overview and selected extracts that illustrate key themes and methods across the corpus.

TIME AND TIDE

BY WEARE AND TYNE

TWENTY-FIVE LETTERS TO A WORKING MAN OF SUNDERLAND ON THE LAWS OF WORK



CONTENTS

  PAGE
  Preface ix
LETTER  
I. Co-operation 1
  The two kinds of Co-operation.—In its highest sense it is not yet thought of.  
II. Contentment 4
  Co-operation, as hitherto understood, is perhaps not expedient.  
III. Legislation 7
  Of True Legislation.—That every Man may be a Law to himself.  
IV. Expenditure 11
  The Expenses for Art and for War.  
V. Entertainment 13
  The Corruption of Modern Pleasure.—(Covent Garden Pantomime.)  
VI. Dexterity 18
  The Corruption of Modern Pleasure.—(The Japanese Jugglers.)  
VII. Festivity 20
  Of the Various Expressions of National Festivity.  
VIII. Things Written 22
  The Four Possible Theories respecting the Authority of the Bible.  
IX. Thanksgiving 27
  The Use of Music and Dancing under the Jewish Theocracy, compared with their Use by the Modern French.  
X. Wheat-Sifting 32
  The Meaning, and Actual Operation, of Satanic or Demoniacal Influence.  
XI. The Golden Bough 38
  The Satanic Power is mainly Twofold: the Power of causing Falsehood and the Power of causing Pain. The Resistance is by Law of Honor and Law of Delight.  
XII. Dictatorship 41
  The Necessity of Imperative Law to the Prosperity of States.  
XIII. Episcopacy and Dukedom 45
  The Proper Offices of the Bishop and Duke; or, "Overseer" and "Leader."  
XIV. Trade-Warrant 51
  The First Group of Essential Laws.—Against Theft by False Work, and by Bankruptcy.—Necessary Publicity of Accounts.  
XV. Per-Centage 54
  The Nature of Theft by Unjust Profits.—Crime can finally be arrested only by Education.  
XVI. Education 59
  Of Public Education irrespective of Class distinction. It consists essentially in giving Habits of Mercy, and Habits of Truth. (Gentleness and Justice.)  
XVII. Difficulties 66
  The Relations of Education to Position in Life.  
XVIII. Humility 68
  The harmful Effects of Servile Employments. The possible Practice and Exhibition of sincere Humility by Religious Persons.  
XIX. Broken Reeds 73
  The General Pressure of Excessive and Improper Work, in English Life.  
XX. Rose-gardens 78
  Of Improvidence in Marriage in the Middle Classes; nd of the advisable Restrictions of it.  
XXI. Gentillesse 83
  Of the Dignity of the Four Fine Arts; and of the Proper System of Retail Trade.  
XXII. The Master 88
  Of the Normal Position and Duties of the Upper Classes. General Statement of the Land Question.  
XXIII. Landmarks 93
  Of the Just Tenure of Lands; and the Proper Functions of high Public Officers.  
XXIV. The Rod and Honeycomb 101
  The Office of the Soldier.  
XXV. Hyssop 108
  Of inevitable Distinction of Rank, and necessary Submission to Authority. The Meaning of Pure-Heartedness. Conclusion.  

APPENDICES.

APPENDIX   PAGE
I. Expenditure on Science and Art 119
II. Legislation of Frederick the Great 120
III. Effect of Modern Entertainments on the Mind of Youth 124
IV. Drunkenness as the Cause of Crime 124
V. Abuse of Food 126
VI. Regulations of Trade 128
VII. Letter to the Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette 130





THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE

LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING

The Study of Architecture

By John Ruskin



CONTENTS.

 
SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE.
  PAGE
Preface 5
 
Introduction 9
CHAPTER I.
The Lamp of Sacrifice 15
CHAPTER II.
The Lamp of Truth 34
CHAPTER III.
The Lamp of Power 69
CHAPTER IV.
The Lamp of Beauty 100
CHAPTER V.
The Lamp of Life 142
CHAPTER VI.
The Lamp of Memory 167
CHAPTER VII.
The Lamp of Obedience 188
 
Notes 203
 
LECTURES ON ARCHITECTURE AND PAINTING.
Preface 213
Lecture I. 217
Lecture II. 248
        Addenda to Lectures I. and II. 270
Lecture III. Turner and his Works 287
Lecture IV. Pre-Raphaelitism 311
        Addenda to Lecture IV. 334
 
THE STUDY OF ARCHITECTURE.
An Inquiry into the Study of Architecture 339

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

 
SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE
PLATE   PAGE
I. Ornaments from Rouen, St. Lo, and Venice 33
II. Part of the Cathedral of St. Lo, Normandy 55
III. Traceries from Caen, Bayeux, Rouen and Beavais 60
IV. Intersectional Mouldings 66
V. Capital from the Lower Arcade of the Doge's Palace, Venice 88
VI. Arch from the Facade of the Church of San Michele at Lucca 90
VII. Pierced Ornaments from Lisieux, Bayeux, Verona, and Padua 93
VIII. Window from the Ca' Foscari, Venice 95
IX. Tracery from the Campanile of Giotto, at Florence. Frontispiece.
X. Traceries and Mouldings from Rouen and Salisbury 122
XI. Balcony in the Campo, St. Benedetto, Venice 131
XII. Fragments from Abbeville, Lucca, Venice and Pisa 149
XIII. Portions of an Arcade on the South Side of the Cathedral of Ferrara 161
XIV. Sculptures from the Cathedral of Rouen 165





UNTO THIS LAST AND OTHER ESSAYS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY

By John Ruskin

CONTENTS.

PART I.

PAGE
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ART 7
Lecture I. 11
    1. Discovery 23
    2. Application 28
Lecture II. 46
    3. Accumulation 46
    4. Distribution 65
Addenda 86
   Note 1.—"Fatherly Authority" 86
"  2.—"Right to Public Support" 90
"  3.—"Trial Schools" 95
"  4.—"Public Favour" 101
"  5.—"Invention of new wants" 102
"  6.—"Economy of Literature" 104
"  7.—"Pilots of the State" 106
"  8.—"Silk and Purple" 107

PART II.

PAGE
UNTO THIS LAST 117
Essay  
    I.—The Roots of Honour 127
    II.—The Veins of Wealth 143
    III.—"Qui Judicatis Terram" 156
    IV.—Ad Valorem 173

PART III.

PAGE
ESSAYS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY[A]  
I.—Maintenance of Life: Wealth, Money and Riches 207
    Section 1. Wealth 214
        "       2. Money 219
        "       3. Riches 222
II.—Nature of Wealth, Variations of Value, The National Store, Nature of Labour, Value and Price, The Currency 225
III.—The Currency-holders and Store-holders, The Disease of Desire 252
IV.—Laws and Governments: Labour And Riches 278

 

[A] These Essays were afterwards revised and amplified, and published with others under the title "Munera Pulveris."





THE EAGLE'S NEST

TEN LECTURES ON THE RELATION OF NATURAL SCIENCE TO ART

GIVEN BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, IN LENT TERM, 1872

By John Ruskin



CONTENTS

LECTURE I.  
February 8, 1872.  
  Page
THE FUNCTION IN ART OF THE FACULTY CALLED BY
  THE GREEKS oio?a 		1
LECTURE II.  
February 10, 1872.  
   
THE FUNCTION IN SCIENCE OF THE FACULTY CALLED BY
  THE GREEKS oio?a 		25
LECTURE III.  
February 15, 1872.  
   
THE RELATION OF WISE ART TO WISE SCIENCE 46
LECTURE IV.  
February 17, 1872.  
   
THE FUNCTION IN ART AND SCIENCE OF THE VIRTUE
  CALLED BY THE GREEKS ouonio?ic 		74
LECTURE V.  
February 22, 1872.  
   
THE FUNCTION IN ART AND SCIENCE OF THE VIRTUE
  CALLED BY THE GREEKS a?oan?a?a 		89
LECTURE VI.  
February 24, 1872.  
   
THE RELATION TO ART OF THE SCIENCE OF LIGHT 114
LECTURE VII.  
February 29, 1872.  
   
THE RELATION TO ART OF THE SCIENCES OF INORGANIC
  FORM 		138
LECTURE VIII.  
March 2, 1872.  
   
THE RELATION TO ART OF THE SCIENCES OF ORGANIC
  FORM 		161
LECTURE IX.  
March 7, 1872.  
   
INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY EXERCISES IN PHYSIOLOGIC
  ART. THE STORY OF THE HALCYON 		188
LECTURE X.  
March 9, 1872.  
   
INTRODUCTION TO ELEMENTARY EXERCISES IN HISTORIC
  ART. THE HERALDIC ORDINARIES 		225





RUSKIN RELICS

By W. G. Collingwood

Author Of "The Life Of John Ruskin

With Fifty Illustrations By John Ruskin And Others



CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
I. Ruskin's Chair 1
II. Ruskin's "Jump" 13
III. Ruskin's Gardening 29
IV. Ruskin's Old Road 45
V. Ruskin's "Cashbook" 63
VI. Ruskin's Ilaria 83
VII. Ruskin's Maps 105
VIII. Ruskin's Drawings 119
IX. Ruskin's Hand 133
X. Ruskin's Music 149
XI. Ruskin's Jewels 165
XII. Ruskin's Library 179
XIII. Ruskin's Bibles 193
XIV. Ruskin's "Isola" 213
Index 299

ILLUSTRATIONS

Page
Ruskin's Study at Brantwood 5
Brantwood Harbour in the Seventies 17
Coniston Hall and Boathouse 18
Ruskin's "Jump" adrift off Brantwood 19
The Ruskin Museum, Coniston 22
Trial Model for the Jumping Jenny 25
The Waterfall at Brantwood Door 33
Ruskin's Reservoir, Brantwood 37
Ruskin's Moorland Garden 41
On Ruskin's Old Road, between Morez and Les Rousses, 1882 53
Lake of Geneva and Dent d'Oches under the Smoke-cloud 57
The Gorge of Monnetier and Buttresses of the Salève, 1882 61
Mont Blanc clearing; Sallenches, Sept. 1882 67
The Head of the Lake of Annecy 71
The Mont Cenis Tunnel in Snow, Nov. 11, 1882 75
A Savoy Town in Snow, Nov. 1882 79
The Palace of Paolo Guinigi, Lucca 87
Ilaria del Carretto; head of the Effigy 91
Thunderstorm clearing, Lucca 95
The Marble Mountains of Carrara from the Lucca Hills 99
Ruskin's first Map of Italy 108
Geology on the Old Road, by John Ruskin 109
Sketch of Spain, by John Ruskin 112
Physical Sketch of Savoy, by John Ruskin 113
The History of France, by John Ruskin 117
Early Journal at Coniston, by John Ruskin 137
Ruskin's Handwriting in 1836 139
Ruskin's Handwriting in 1837 141
Notes for "Stones of Venice," by John Ruskin 143
Ruskin's Handwriting in 1875 145
Ruskin's Piano in Brantwood Drawing-room 153
John Ruskin in the Seventies, by Prof. B. Creswick 157
At Marmion's Grave; air by John Ruskin (two pages of Music) 160
"Trust Thou Thy Love," facsimile of music by John Ruskin 163
Gold as it Grows 169
Native Silver, by John Ruskin 170
Page from an early Mineral Catalogue, by John Ruskin 171
Letter on Snow Crystals, by John Ruskin 174
Diamond Diagrams, by John Ruskin 175
Ruskin's Swiss Figure 185
His "Nuremberg Chronicle" and Pocket "Horace" 189
The Bible from which John Ruskin learnt in Childhood 197
Sermon-book written by Ruskin as a Boy 199
Greek Gospels with Annotations by Ruskin 201
King Hakon's Bible, owned by Ruskin 203
An Illuminated Page of King Hakon's Bible 207
Lady Mount Temple, portrait by Edward Clifford 217
Lady Mount Temple, chalk drawing by G. F. Watts, R.A 221
Lady Mount Temple, 1886 223
Lady Mount Temple, 1889 224