Book contents
- Frontmatter
- GENERAL PREFACE TO THIS EDITION
- EARLY PROSE WRITINGS
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME
- 1 “THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE; OR THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE NATIONS OF EUROPE CONSIDERED IN ITS ASSOCIATION WITH NATURAL SCENERY AND NATIONAL CHARACTER” BY KATA PHUSIN (1837, 1838)
- 2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOUDON'S “MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY” (1834, 1836), AND OTHER NOTES ON NATURAL SCIENCE
- 3 FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOUDON'S “ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE” (1838, 1839), WITH A PAPER FROM LOUDON'S EDITION OF REPTON'S “LANDSCAPE GARDENING” (1840)
- 4 ESSAY ON THE RELATIVE DIGNITY OF THE STUDIES OF PAINTING AND MUSIC, AND THE ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM THEIR PURSUIT (1838)
- 5 LEONI; A LEGEND OF ITALY (1836)
- 6 THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER (1841)
- 7 THREE LETTERS AND AN ESSAY. BY JOHN RUSKIN, 1836—1841 FOUND IN HIS TUTOR'S DESK
- 8 LETTERS TO A COLLEGE FRIEND (1840—45)
- APPENDIX
- Plate Section
7 - THREE LETTERS AND AN ESSAY. BY JOHN RUSKIN, 1836—1841 FOUND IN HIS TUTOR'S DESK
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- GENERAL PREFACE TO THIS EDITION
- EARLY PROSE WRITINGS
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION TO THIS VOLUME
- 1 “THE POETRY OF ARCHITECTURE; OR THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE NATIONS OF EUROPE CONSIDERED IN ITS ASSOCIATION WITH NATURAL SCENERY AND NATIONAL CHARACTER” BY KATA PHUSIN (1837, 1838)
- 2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOUDON'S “MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY” (1834, 1836), AND OTHER NOTES ON NATURAL SCIENCE
- 3 FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOUDON'S “ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE” (1838, 1839), WITH A PAPER FROM LOUDON'S EDITION OF REPTON'S “LANDSCAPE GARDENING” (1840)
- 4 ESSAY ON THE RELATIVE DIGNITY OF THE STUDIES OF PAINTING AND MUSIC, AND THE ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED FROM THEIR PURSUIT (1838)
- 5 LEONI; A LEGEND OF ITALY (1836)
- 6 THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER (1841)
- 7 THREE LETTERS AND AN ESSAY. BY JOHN RUSKIN, 1836—1841 FOUND IN HIS TUTOR'S DESK
- 8 LETTERS TO A COLLEGE FRIEND (1840—45)
- APPENDIX
- Plate Section
Summary
[Bibliographical Note.—These “Letters and an Essay” were published in 1893, crown 8vo, pp. xxii.+93. The title-page was as follows:—
Three Letters And ∣ ;An Essay. By John Ruskin ∣ 1836—1841.
Found in his Tutor's ∣ Desk. ∣ “And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.” ∣ Published by George Allen, ∣ London and Orpington. MDCCCXCIII.∣
It was stated that “This little book is published, with permission, for the benefit of Mailing Abbey, and the preservation of its ancient buildings”. The published price was Three Shillings (also some copies on hand-made paper, large post 8vo, 6s.). An “Editor's Preface,” by Helen Pelham Dale (grand-daughter of Canon Dale, to whom the letters were addressed), occupied pp. vii.-xv.; and “Publisher's Notes” pp. xvii.-xxii. The editor also supplied the quotation (from Longfellow's “My Lost Youth”) on the title-page. The information given in the Preface and Notes is here embodied in the Introduction and footnotes. The numbering of the paragraphs is added in this edition. The original MSS. from which the Essay and Letters were printed in 1893 are now dispersed in various collections, and the present editors have not had access to them. For Introductory Notes, see above, pp. xxxiii. and xlix.]
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- The Works of John Ruskin , pp. 355 - 398Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010First published in: 1903