Arrows of the Chace, vol. 1/2

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Ruskin John. Arrows of the Chace, vol. 1/2

AUTHOR’S PREFACE

EDITOR’S PREFACE

LETTERS ON ART

I. ART CRITICISM AND ART EDUCATION

[From “The Weekly Chronicle,” September 23, 1843.] “MODERN PAINTERS;” A REPLY

[From the “Artist and Amateur’s Magazine” (edited by E. V. Rippingille), January, 1843, pp. 280-287.] ART CRITICISM

[From “Nature and Art,” December 1, 1866.] ART-TEACHING BY CORRESPONDENCE

II. PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY

[From “The Times,” January 7, 1847.] DANGER TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY.33

[From “The Times,” December 29, 1852.] THE NATIONAL GALLERY

[From “The Times,” January 27, 1866.] THE BRITISH MUSEUM

[From “The Leicester Chronicle and Mercury,” January 31, and reprinted in “The Times,” February 2, 1880.] ON THE PURCHASE OF PICTURES

III. PRE-RAPHAELITISM

[From “The Times,” May 13, 1851.] THE PRE-RAPHAELITE BRETHREN

[From “The Times,” May 30, 1851.] THE PRE-RAPHAELITE BRETHREN

[From “The Times,” May 5, 1854.] “THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.”

[From “The Times,” May 25, 1854.] “THE AWAKENING CONSCIENCE.”

[From “The Liverpool Albion,” January 11, 1858.] PRE-RAPHAELITISM IN LIVERPOOL

[From “The Witness” (Edinburgh), March 27, 1858.] GENERALIZATION AND THE SCOTCH PRE-RAPHAELITES

IV. TURNER

[From “The Times,” October 28, 1856.] THE TURNER BEQUEST

[From “The Times,” July 9, 1857.] THE TURNER BEQUEST AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY

[From “The Literary Gazette,” November 13, 1858—partly reprinted in “The Two Paths,” Appendix iv.] THE TURNER SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS85

[From “The Times,” October 21, 1859.] THE TURNER GALLERY AT KENSINGTON99

[From “The Daily Telegraph,” July 5, 1876.] TURNER’S DRAWINGS

[From “The Daily Telegraph,” July 19, 1876.] TURNERS DRAWINGS

[From “The Times,” April 25, 1876.] COPIES OF TURNER’S DRAWINGS

[From “The Times,” January 24, 1871.] “TURNERS,” FALSE AND TRUE

[From “The Life of Turner,” by Walter Thornbury.] THE CHARACTER OF TURNER.111

V. PICTURES AND ARTISTS

[From the “Catalogue of the Exhibition of Outlines by the late John Leech, at the Gallery, 9 Conduit Street, Regent Street.” 1872.113] JOHN LEECH’S OUTLINES

[From “The Architect,” December 27, 1873.] ERNEST GEORGE’S ETCHINGS

[From “The Times,” January 20, 1876.] THE FREDERICK WALKER EXHIBITION

VI. ARCHITECTURE

[From “The Oxford Museum,” by H. W. Acland and J. Ruskin. 1859. pp. 44-56.] GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE AND THE OXFORD MUSEUM.119

[From “the Oxford Museum,” pp. 60-90.] Gothic Architecture and the Oxford Museum

[From “The Witness” (Edinburgh), September 16, 1857.] THE CASTLE ROCK

[From “The Witness” (Edinburgh), September 30, 1857.] EDINBURGH CASTLE

[From “The Daily Telegraph,” December 22, 1871.] CASTLES AND KENNELS

[From “The Daily Telegraph,” December 25, 1871.] VERONA v. WARWICK

[From “The Daily Telegraph,” January 19, 1871.] “NOTRE DAME DE PARIS.”

[From “The Pall Mall Gazette,” March 16, 1872.] MR. RUSKIN’S INFLUENCE: A DEFENCE

[From “The Pall Mall Gazette,” March 21, 1872.] MR. RUSKIN’S INFLUENCE: A REJOINDER

[From “The Liverpool Daily Post,” June 9, 1877.] MODERN RESTORATION141

[From “The Kidderminster Times,” July 28, 1877.] RIBBESFORD CHURCH

LETTERS ON SCIENCE

I. GEOLOGICAL

[From “The Reader,” November 12, 1864.] THE CONFORMATION OF THE ALPS

[From “The Reader,” November 26, 1864.] CONCERNING GLACIERS

[From “The Reader,” December 3, 1864.] ENGLISH VERSUS ALPINE GEOLOGY

[From “The Reader,” December 10, 1864.] CONCERNING HYDROSTATICS

[From “Rendu’s Theory of the Glaciers of Savoy,” Macmillan, 1874.] JAMES DAVID FORBES: HIS REAL GREATNESS.177

II. MISCELLANEOUS

[From “The Artist and Amateur’s Magazine” (edited by E. V. Rippingille), February 1844, pp. 314-319.] REFLECTIONS IN WATER.183

[From “The London Review,” May 16, 1861.] THE REFLECTION OF RAINBOWS IN WATER.194

[From “The Proceedings of the Ashmolean Society,” May 10, 1841.] A LANDSLIP NEAR GIAGNANO

[From “The Athenæum,” February 14, 1857.] THE GENTIAN.197

[Date and place of original publication unknown.] ON THE STUDY OF NATURAL HISTORY

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Some words are needed by way of a general note to the present volumes in explanation of the principles upon which they have been edited. It is, however, first due to the compiler of the Bibliography of Mr. Ruskin’s writings,1 to state in what measure this book has been prompted and assisted by his previous labors. Already acquainted with some few of the letters which Mr. Ruskin had addressed at various times to the different organs of the daily press, or which had indirectly found their way there, it was not until I came across the Bibliography that I was encouraged to complete and arrange a collection of these scattered portions of his thought. When I had done this, I ventured to submit the whole number of the letters to their author, and to ask him if, after taking two or three of them as examples of the rest, he would not consider the advisability of himself republishing, if not all, at least a selected few. In reply, he was good enough to put me in communication with his publisher, and to request me to edit any or all of the letters without further reference to him.

I have, therefore, to point out that except for that request, or rather sanction; for the preface which he has promised to add after my work upon the volumes is finished; and for the title which it bears, Mr. Ruskin is in no way responsible for this edition of his letters. I knew, indeed, from the words of “Fors Clavigera” which are printed as a motto to the book, that I ran little risk of his disapproval in determining to print, not a selection, but the whole number of letters in question; and I felt certain that the completeness of the collection would be considered a first essential by most of its readers, who are thus assured that the present volumes contain, with but two exceptions, every letter mentioned in the last edition of the bibliography, and some few more beside, which have been either printed or discovered since its publication.

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Rev. F. Temple.

Perhaps I had better add what to you, but not to every one who considers such a scheme of education, would be palpable—that the main value of it would be brought out by judicious involution of its studies. This, for instance, would be the kind of Examination Paper I should hope for in the Botanical Class:

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