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I'KEFACE XV
LETTER I.
Corpus Chiisli College, Oxford.
iTth February, 1870 ■ • . . 3
LETTER n.
Denmark Hill, London, S.E.
25/// February, 1870 .... 4
LETTER I IF.
Geneva,
Sth May, 1870 5
LETTER IV.
Denmark Hill, London, S.E.
1871 6
LETTER V.
Corpus Christi College, O.xford.
2^1 h August, 1872 .... 7
viii CONrENTS.
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I.ETTEK VI.
Brantwood, Coniston, I-ancs.
l()i/i September, 1872 . . . 8
Lia'TER vn.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
yd January, 1874 . . 10
I. K ITER VIII.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
January, 1874 12
I.KITER I.\.
Rome.
yd June, 1874 13
l.EITKR X.
Denmark Hill, London, S.E.
2nd Novf/n/ur, 1874 . . . . i^
LETTER XI.
Denniaik Hill, London, S.E.
1874 r7
LETTER XII.
Denmark Hill, London. S.E.
1874 18
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LETTKR XIII.
Kirby Lonsdale..
Z^th January, 1875 • • • • '9
LETTER XIV.
Heme Hill, London, S. K.
1875 22
LETTER XV.
Aylesbury,
zdth A fay, 1875 24
LETTER XVI.
Aylesbury,
May or June, 1S75 . . . 26
LETTER XVH.
George Inn, .\yles])ury,
June, 1875 2S
LETTER XVIII.
George Inn, Aylesbury,
/une, 1875 29
LETTER XIX.
London,
I'jthjune, 1875 30
X COA'TEN'JS.
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LETTER XX.
Lichfield,
T,oik June, 1875 32
LETTER XXI.
Ijolton Bridge,
4//i February, 1875 .... 33
LETTER XXII.
Brantwood, Coniston. Lanes.
lydjnly, 1876 36
LETTER XXIII.
Brantwood, Coniston. Lanes.
9///. October, 1877 . . . . 37
LETTER XXIV.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
'Jth May, 187S 39
LETTER XXV.
Buck Lin, Malham,
2,rd Alio list, 187S . . 42
LETTER XX\ I.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
\<ith May, 1S79 . -44
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I.ETTKK XXVII.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
February, 1881 46
LETTER XXVI II.
Brantwood Coniston, Lnncs.
idth Fi-bruary, 1S81 . . . 48
l.KTTER XXIX.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
February, 1881 49
LETTER XXX.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
7.2nd March. 1 88 1 . . . 51
LETTER XXXI.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
24//i March, 18S1 . . . -53
LKTIER XXXII.
Brantwood, Coniston. Lanes.
25//! Marcli, 1 88 1 . . . -55
LETTER XXXIII.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
27/// March. iSSi 57
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I.Kl'TER XXXIV.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
\1th May, i88i . . . . -59
LETTER XXXV.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
1881 62
LETTER XXXVL
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
1881 64
LETTER XXXVn.
Oxford,
will June, 1883 66
LETTER XXXVin.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
•Jtkjuly, 1883 68
LETTER XXXIX.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
\stjune, 1884 70
LETTER XL.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
(it h June, 1884 72
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LEITER XLI.
Brantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
^rd February, 1SS5 • • ■ ■ 73
LETTER XLII.
Ikantwood, Coniston, Lanes.
iSt/i January, 1886 . . . 75
rRKl'ACE.
Character and genius, like murder,
" will out." The gentleman to whom
the following letters are addressed was
for some years in frequent business
relations with Mr. Ruskin, as will be
readily seen from the tenour of many of
the letters. But that these are no mere
dry business missives the reader of a
few pages taken at random will promptly
discover. It is not, indeed, in the
nature of Mr. Ruskin to keep up a
correspondence, even concerning what
he desires to buy, and what he no
longer needs and therefore wishes to
sell, without entering ui)on side issues
xvi PREFACE.
and explaining motives. Hence we
obtain, in this primarily business corre-
spondence, glimpses of his views con-
cerning the method of publication
proper for his own adoption, and on
the genius of Sir Walter Scott ; of his
opinions upon Thomas Carlyle and
Mr. Mallock ; and, above all, overflow-
ings of that geniality and good-hearted-
ness, which all who know his nature
will expect. If the letters are too
slight to be offered to the general
public, they are too pregnant to be
allowed to remain in the complete
seclusion of the manuscript state ; and
the editor of tliis little volume is much
beholden to Mr. Ellis for his dis-
interested kindness in allowing his
letters to be printed.
LETTERS.
Note.
The folknuing letters were addressed to
Mr. F. S. Ellis, sotnetime of New Bond Street,
1107V resident at Torquay. They are but the
remnant of a imuh more eonsiderable corre-
spondence, — the main part having been given
a-vay at various times to autograph-collecting
friends.
Some of the dates are only approximate,
having been inserted from memory after a
lapse of years.
PROF. RUSKIN'S
LETTERS TO F. S. ELLIS.
LETTER I.
CiiRPus Christi College,
OXKORP.
February \']th, 1870.
Dear Mr. Ellis,
Will you please send me to Denmark
Hill the best recent edition of Vasari
(the largest print of original better than
many notes), and the best translation
also. I am terribly nervous about
chance of misreading anything.
Ever truly yours,
I. Rl'bKl.N'.
i.i-yrri'.Rs or-
lett]:r II.
Denmark Hii.i..
London, S.E.
February 2^1 Ii, 1870.
Dear Mr. Ellis,
Would you kindly look out for me a
copy of Le Normand and De Witte's
work on Greek vases. You must get
me one from Paris, if one is not to be
had in London.
The Vasaris are very nice; I'm so
glad you were interested about them.
I hope illustrations to Paradise may
get done at last.*
Tennyson is quite fallen — he must
be ill.
Ever most truly yours,
J. RUSKIN.
* A projected edition of Morris's Earthly Pajadise,
with illustrations by Iiurne Jones — a project hitherto
unfulfilled.
JOHN RUSK IN.
LETTER 111.
Gf;Ni:vA,
l\[ay Sl/i, 1870.
Dear Mr. Ellis,
My assistant did quite riglit in avail-
ing himself on my part of your cour-
teous permission to return the De
Witte,* if unsatisfactory ; his judgment
is quite enough for me. Will you in-
form the French house that the book
is for the Art Gallery of Oxford, and
cannot be placed there if ill-executed.
Let the plain copy be sent without
binding, as I wi: h to arrange and bind
it myself.
Most truly yours,
J. RUSKIN.
Mr. F. S. Ellis.
* See the previous letter.
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LETTERS OE
LETTER IV.
Denmark Hilt.,
London, S.E.
[1871.]
Dear Mr. Ellis,
Can you get me Sir I. Newton's
tract on Daniel ?
I am greatly pleased with that book
of portraits that Mr. Green found for
me, — and the edition* of Tale of a Tub
is nice. Can you find out for me, any-
how, if there was an analysis of Fors
C/avigera in the Guardian ?
Truly yours,
J- RUSKIX.
' A copy of the I-'iibt edition of Swift's Tak cf a
Tub.
JOHN Rl'SKLW
lettp:r v.
C<.)Rrus Christj Coi.lkge,
Oxford.
August 25///, 1872.
Dear Mr. Ellis,
Please get me the enclosed, and send
it with the other books bought yester-
day, and the Ottley, when obtained, all
together down to
Brantwood,
Coniston,
Lancashire,
which will now be my address per-
manently.
Ever gratefully yours,
J. RUSKIN.
I want also Lavoisne's C/ironoIogical
and Geological Atlas, Barfield, Wardour
St., 1822, if obtainable.
/,/-./ /'/-.A'-V Of
LETTER YL
Brantwood,
CoNisTON, Lancashire.
Septemba- if)th, 1872.
Dear Mr. Ellis,
I find I want the ist and 27id vols,
of the Earthly Paradise. I had them
complete at Oxford, but only my two
last vols. here.
Thanks, so much, for explanation
about Savonarola.
Tell me how Mr. Green is ?
Any effect produced on customers'
minds yet by our burnt sacrifice ? *
* The enquir>- is a jest — the story is this. Mt.
Ruskin saw in Mr. E hs's possession a fine copy of
Capriccios de Goya (a Spanish artist. 1746 — 1828), ard
justly commented on its hideousness. adding that "it
W.1S only fit to be burnt." Mr. EUis agreed with him ;
and putting the vokinie int^j the empty grate (for it
Was in August), he and Mr. Ruskin set light to it, and
the book was burned to ashes.
J01I.\' RUSKLW 9
Also the best modem French Dic-
tionary, and Kingsley's book on heroes.
Also the oldest, if attainable, and the
best, not modern, edition of (Italian)
Vasari.
Ever truly yrs.,
J. Rlskin.
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LETTER VIL
Br ANT WOOD,
CoNiSTON, Lancashire.
January yd, 1874.
My Dear Ellis,
I am greatly delighted with )-our
letter because, as far as I can guess, it
lets me hope you really can come down
just now ; and I am in a state of dis-
quiet with myself from having nobody
else to speak to, which will make it a
special charity to me if you will, — the
rather that there are very few people
whom T. would ask ; many of my best
friends having angles, which get into
my ribs and hurt me, when we are living
together. But I particularly want you
to come, because I think you will cnjuy
JO} IX RUSK IN. 1 1
a wintiy clay or two (as many as you
can spare, please) in the extreme quiet
of this place, and you always help and
never hurt me.
If this thaw holds, travelling will be
as safe as usual to-morrow ; and if you
can tell me what day you can come, I
will send a carriage for you to the
Windermere Station, which you can
easily reach now by daylight. I will
write however to-morrow what trains
are best. I can't ascertain to-day, for
they change (probably) at the New
Year, and I haven't got the new time-
bill.
Ever very gratefully yours,
J. RUSKIN.
LETTERS OF
LETTER Vni.
Brantvvood,
CoNisTON, Lancashire.
January, 1874.
My Dear Ellis,
Saturday will do delightfully for me.
I trust the weather may be a little in
better humour for you also.
How good of you to go to the " tea-
shop " ; * and I'm so glad of your
report, and must really get up my
signs.
Ever most truly yours,
J. R[uskin].
* This w.as the " tea shop " near Wigmore Street,
where Mr. Ruskin started two of his mother's old
servants in business. (See Fors Clavigera, Nos. 4S
and 67.)
JOHN RUSK IN.
LETTER IX.
Rome.
June yd, 1874.
My Dear Ellis,
I had your kind note, and am heartily
glad you were able to get the books for
my young and old lady friends.
I have been taking a course of Emile
Gaboriau to acquaint myself with
modern Paris : he seems to me to have
a wonderful knowledge of the town and
its evils. As specimens of its average
middle class literature, these novels
generally beginning with a murder, and
having some form of theft, or delicate
form of adultery, for principal subject —
all through, are highly curious. But
from all I see and read we are advanc-
14 LETTERS OF
ing faster to revolutions, and miseries
of the horriblest kind, than I ever
dreamed ; and I have not taken a
cheerful view of matters this many a
day. This Italy is in an unspeakably
fearful and perilous state.
My Oxford men * can, I hope, bear
being laughed at. They are the only
sane ones I know of — but I wish I had
seen the correspondence about them.
Ever yours most truly and obliged,
J. RUSKIN.
Kind regards to Mr. White.
My address is : Poste restarite, Assisi.
* " My Oxford men " ; i.e. some undergraduates
(Mr. Ruskin's disciples at ( )xford) who, about the date
of the letter, had undertaken to make a roadway
throua:h the ha?]ilet of Hinrksey, near Oxfori — upon
Mr. Ruskin's suggestion that they should apply their
physical strength to something yielding a tangible result.
The "correspondence" referred to was simply some
letters in the newspapers (as silly as usual) on the
subject.
JOHN RUSK IN. 15
LETTER X.
Denmark Hill,
London, S.E.
November 2nd, [1874.]
Dear Mr. Ellis,
The Somville * has come, and is
deHghtful.
If / saw my way clearly to every-
thing but the binding, I should not be
much troubled about that. But of
course it " must be thought on." — I
wish we were ready for it.
However, I am fairly at work. I have
resolved to take Chaucer's Dream in-
stead of The Flower and the Leaf, and
I think I can make a very pretty and
' A I rdicli book on Art.
1 6 LETTERS OF
useful introduction to everything out
of it.*
Ever most truly yours,
J. RUSKIN.
F. S. Ellis, Esq.
* This refers to a series of early English reprints, to
be furnished with Introductions by himself, which Mr.
Ruskin at that time contemplated publishing through
jVIr. Ellis. His suggestion that TJic Floiver and the
Leaf'ii, not now esteemed to be by Chaucer caused the
change. Unfortunately the same difficulty applies to
Chaucer's Dream.
jonx Rusk'j.w 17
LETTER XI.
Denmark Hili,,
London, S.E.
[1874.]
Dear Mr. Ellis,
Will you please find and send me the
best authoritative edition of Chaucer.*
I don't mean an early expensive
edition, even if you could find one ;
but the best modern one, what anybody
wishing now to read Chaucer would be
obliged to put up with. Also, I am
perpetually referred in mine to " Du
Cange." I don't know who " Du
Cange " is, but I want him, please, t
Yours most truly,
J. RUSKIN.
* There was no "authoritative " edition of Chaacer
in 1874 — and there is not one to-day.
t L)u Cange Glossariuin ad scriptorcs lucdur el
iii_fuii<e latinitatis, 7 vols. .|to.
!•■
iS Lb:rTI:RS OF
J.KTTJ'R XII.
Denmark Hill,
London, S.E.
[1874.]
Dear Mr. Ellis,
My woodcutter* is, I am sorry to
say, too busy to take more work just
now, except only for Earthly Paradise.
— I will let him work on that.
Ever most truly yours,
J. RUSKIN.
* Mr. Arthur Burgess, whom Mr. Ruskin employed
extensively, believing him to be the only skilful wood
engraver to be found at the time. Mr. Ruskm wrote
a lengthy article upin Burge^^s and his work in The
Century Guild Hobby Horse for April, 1887. Mr
Ellis had asked, and obtained, Mr. Kuskin's consent
for him to work upon the projected illustrated edition
of The Earthly Paradise, but he never did anything
for it.
J OILY RUSKIX. IV
LETTER XIII,
KiRBY LONSDALK.
TJuirsday, January 2^tli, 1 875.
My Dear Ellis,
You never did me a greater kindness
than in sending me these books to
look at. I suppose they are far be-
yond my power in price, — and for that
matter the songs * I should not care to
have, and even the Hogarth t would be
a horror in the house. But yet I
couldn't part with them before I had to
come away, they were full of such in-
tense interest to me.
I never had seriously studied Hogarth
before, — and he and Fielding pull so
splendidly together, stroke and bow.
* A collection of seventeenth century broadside
b.-ill.-ids.
t A collection of Hosartli's prints in various states.
20 LETTERS OF
The songs entirely justify what you
said ; but you see they have one
quahty — to me a very redeeming one —
perfect naturalness and opeimess, while
in modern literature every fine passage
of sentiment is liable to have a lurking
taint in it. At least, these ballads
would do nie not the least harm, while
Tennyson's Vivien would do me much.
— However, I feel rather knocked
down, on the whole, by them.
May I keep them till I go back? If
you want them they can be sent up
at any time (for I left them packed
ready for sending) if you wanted
them.
The Children's books + are — what
you said. But I've kept all but one,
with best thanks for your trouble.
The worst I consider Christina
Rossetti's. I've kept that for the mere
wonder of it ! — how she could — or
X A number of children's books, which Mr. Ruskin
hail retiuested Mr. Eilis to procure for hiin.
JOHN RUSK IX. 21
Artlmr Hughes — sink so low after tlieir
pretty nursery rhymes !
Oh dear — hozv I wish you had bccii
at breakfast this morning at Brant-
wood !
Did the Ferns behave well at all ?
Please don't forget, or change your
mind, about coming in spring with Mrs.
Ellis. You must see the view from my
window yet.*
Always faithfully and gratefully
yours,
J. RUSKIN.
I'm posting up to Oxford. A line
would find me at Post Office, Wakefield.
* During the whole of Mr. Ellis's previous visit, in
Jaiinary 1874, .n fog hung persistently over the kike.'
LETTERS OF
LETTER XIV.
Arthur Severn's ;
Herne Hill,
London, S.E.
[1875.]
My Dear Ellis,
So many thanks for your kind letter,
and sending to Birmingham, &c. Yes,
please get me that Italian economic
book.*
I must keep the publishing of the
Notes t with Allen, not to break the
public impression of my obstinacy ; but
if you would endure the trouble and
petty worries of letting them be sold
from your counter, you should have
* An olil Italian book on the Monti di pieta.
t Notes on the P)i.HeiJ>al Futures in the Royal
Academy., No. vi., 1875.
JOHN RUSK IN. 23
tliem exclusively in London. No — I
can't say that, neither — for if other
booksellers wanted them I could not
refuse ; but I will take no measures for
regular sale except from your counter, —
if you will allow it.
They'll be out next week, very early
I hope.
Ever alTectionately yours,
J. RUSKIN.
May I put, on title—"" G. Allen,
Sunnyside, and F. S. Ellis, 29, New
Bond Street " ?
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LETTER XV
Aylesbury.
May 26th, 1S75.
My Dear Ellis,
I am very glad to have been brouglit
here at this moment ;— the hawthorn,
and buttercups with clover, purple and
gold, being beyond anything I ever yet
dreamed of in England ; and the walks
through it all so heavenly.
By enclosed note you will see that if
I allow ^20 per 1,000, or ^£2 per 100,
I am well guarded as to cost. Then
if you give me ;£'3 loi'. for the
hundred, we have both 30 per cent. — ■
which seems to me pleasant and fair?
And you can do just as you please
JOHi\' RUSK IN. 25
about the booksellers, none shall have
any but you and Allen.
Mrs. Severn is greatly amused by
playing at agency, and has taken orders
for 50 or so. She is to have 100, — the
first parcel of thera sent. Other send-
ings you can order from Jowett* at
your own pleasure, but I am still un-
easy at the idea of the trouble you will
have for so small a matter.
I think Fors for June, though de-
layed for a day or two, won't be a bad
one ; for the biography, simple though
it be, amuses me myself as it comes
into my head, and the correspondence
tickles me.
Always faithfully yours,
J. RUSKIN.
* The Manager at Messrs. Watson and Hazell's
printing works at Aylesbury.
26 LETTERS OF
LETTER XVI.
Aylesbury.
\_May 01- June, 1875.]
My Dear Ellis,
It's immensely good of you under-
taking the book together with Allen.
I've ordered the title-page, with double
publisher, by this post. Such a bother
as the thing has been to me ; — one can't
see the pictures for the crowd, and I
miss some, and over-rate others, again
and again. But there's a nice spicy
flavour in it now, I think — as a whole —
quite a " loving cup " for the Academy.
I get my full revise to-morrow, and send
for press on Monday. You will have
all you want sent you on the same
terms as Allen ; and please, offer it in
JOHN RUSK IN. If
any way you think best to the other
booksellers, and to the public — only
don't advertise in newspapers.
Gratefully yours,
J. R[uskin].
LETTERS OE
LETTER XVII.
George Inn,
Aylesbury.
[/««.', 1875.]
Dear Ellis,
Notes ready, price i^. I hope to be
sent on Friday, — Can't tell the trade
price till to-morrow, but it will be
reasonable, I doubt not. The thing is
bigger than I meant — fifty-six pages.*
Mr. Jowett, Printing Works, Ayles-
bury, will receive all directions from
you. I'm here till Friday.
Ever faithfully yours,
J. R[uskin].
* As a matter of fact the pamphlet consists of Cfty-
nine pages.
JOHN RUSK IN. 29
LETTER XVIII.
[George Inn,
Aylesbury.
June, 1875.]
My Dear Ellis,
At the last moment I discover two
fatal mistakes * in my last sheet of
Notes, and must cancel it, and you
can't have them now till Tuesday. In
case you get your packet, mind you
send none out ; but I hope I've stopped
them. They'll be ready on Tuesday.
Ever gratefully yours,
J. R[uskin].
* Merely misprints, to rectify which the sheet was
cancelled.
30 LETTERS OF
LETTER XIX.
[London.]
June 2Tih, 1875.
My Dear Ellis,
I wonder if I've by any chance lost
a letter of yours, for I haven't had a
single word since the Notes came out —
and I expected some compliments ! —
and am disappointed ! Please send me
just a little line, when you come home
again, to Brantwood ; though I shan't be
there till Wednesday week, I believe, — •
but they'll know where I am.
I left a packet of autographs (the re-
fuse of that nice parcel, which seemed
to me to spoil the rest) in Bond St.
the other day. If they're the least use
to anybody you can put them in auction.
JOHN RUSK IN. 31
or allow me for them ; if not, send them
to care of Arthur Burgess, 73 Mont-
pelier Road, Peckham, S.E.
Always affectionately yours,
J. R[uskin].
LETTERS GF
LETTER XX.
Lichfield.
June 2,0th, 1875.
My Dear Ellis,
I have just seen an article in the
Telegraph on Dr. Schliemann — the ex-
cavator in the Troad — which refers to
his "autobiography." I am intensely
desirous to see this, but fear there may
be no translation.
Can you refer me to any completer
account of the grand fellow than this
absurd Telegraph one ?
Write to Bolton Abbey.
Ever affectionately yours,
J. RUSKIN.
F. S. ElliSy Esq.
JOHN R US KIN.
LP'.T'IER XXI.
Bolton Bridc.k.
july^t/i, 1875.
^1y Dear Ellis,
I am really very glad of your two
delightful letters, this oi June I'iih only
reaching me to-day — and being espe-
cially helpful to me in all ways, but
chiefly in what you say of the short
letter I wrote to The World. It is so
very valuable to me in confirmation of
errors which it has taken me long to
make entirely definite even to myself,
and which I feared would remain more
than disputable to men actively engaged
in business. It is this sympathy with
my ways of thought whicii renders me
always anxious to know if my books
have given you pleasure.
K
34 LETTERS OF
Your letters to-day have brightened
an ah-eady bright forenoon, the first fair
one we have had on our journey ; and a
walk on the moorland, in the upper
reach of ^Vharfdale, has given me more
feeling of return to life than has come
to me since those dark days which you
helped me to bear patiently (except for
your sake) at Coniston.
If at any time you like to follow my,
really not unwise, example in this way
of travelling, and bring Mrs. Ellis to
Coniston to see our fine cascade, you
would really find it little else than one
delightful park-drive all the way, in the
line I have taken — Oxford — Warwick
—Lichfield — Ashbourne — Castleton —
Wakefield — and here. There is nothing
but the actual towns of Sheffield, Wake-
field, and Tweeds to pass of entire ugli-
ness ; the country is beautiful, even
between Wakefield and Leeds ; and the
drive from Castleton commands one of
the finest moorland views in England.
JOHN RUSK IN. 35
I shall certainly ])e at Coniston for
two months from this time, and Mr. and
Mrs. Severn would help rne to make
the visit as pleasant as we could for you
both.
Ever faithfully and gratefully yours,
J. RUSKIN.
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LETTER XXII.
Bkantvvood,
CoNfSToN, Lancashire.
July 2T,rd, 1876.
Dear Ellis,
Alas, I can give you too perfect
satisfaction !
The Loire drawing, of which this
oil is a coi^y, 7uas mine, and is now at
Oxford — where I gave it to the
sciiools.
This copy ought to be traced. It is
a dexterous and most criminal imita-
tion.*
Ever yours in flying haste,
J. RUSKIN.
* This wa"; a (probably) spurious Turner, which had
been offered for sale to Mr. Ellis, in perfectly good faith,
by a Mr. B , once a pupil of Mr. Ruskin's. Its
origin was never traced, and Mr. ICllis declined to
purchase it.
JOHN RUSK IN.
LETTER XX I IT.
Brantwood,
CoNiSTON, Lancashire.
{October ^th, 1S77.]
Dear Ellis,
I have never answered your kind
letter of gentle remonstrance with me,
for asking you to get what could not
be gotten. But I am very glad to
know the rarity of that old German
Bible,* though 1 am very sorry for it,
for its cuts are splendid, — nearly all, I
believe, designed by Holbein ; and
the Apocalypse cuts especially seem to
me originals by Holbein, afterwards
taken and enlarged by Durer. But I
forget all about the dates and relations
* The edition of Froschover, Basle, 1536.
L
38 LETTERS OF
of these two men — and my days grow
shorter and fewer, and I've no time to
look.
You will be sorry to hear of a
trouble I've had this last ten days, in
Mrs. Severn's illness. The danger is
past, her doctor says (and he is a good
one, to whom I am profoundly grate-
ful). But I've had a terrible fright,
and feel now stunned a little, and
giddy, and can't remember dates.
Please can you find for me Sedg-
wick's Letters on Lake district 7
It is a lovely district to day ; cloud-
less, and the lake* an expanse of
boiling blue like the blue of ground
ivy.
Kindest regards to Mr. White. t
Ever affectionately yours,
J. R[uskin].
* Coniston Water.
1 Mr. White, — Mr. Ellis's business partner.
JOHN RUSK IN. 39
LETTER XXIV.
Brantwood,
CoNiSTON, Lancashire.
May ith, 1878.
My Dear Ellis,
I do not doubt your being pleased
to hear, from myself, that I have once
more dodged the doctors ; and hope,
henceforward, with Heaven's help, to
keep them out of the house, — at least
till I lose my wits again.* I'm picking
them up at present, here and there,
like the cock with the pomegranate
grains in the Arabian Nights ; which I
find just now my best "entertain-
ments " — after the spring flowers.
* See note at foot of p. 71 of Letters icpon Subjects of
General Interest from John Rnskin to various Corre-
spondents ; London, privatoly printed, 1892.
40 LETTERS OF
These last have had no " doctoring."
in my wood ; and grow — and do — as
they like exactly ; which I perceive to
be the intention of Providence that
they — and I — s/iould, and propose to
follow their good example as I best
can. Above all, never to write any
business letters, — except when I want
to buy books, or missals ! You haven't
anything in that way, have you, to tell
me of ?
At any rate, will you please at once
set your Paris agents to look out for all
the copies that come up, at any sale,
of Rousseau's Botaniqiie with coloured
plates, 1805 — and buy all they can
get ; t which, on receiving (if ever a
kind Fors sends some) you will please
forward to Allen's forthwith, to be
kept in store for a St. George's Guild
school-book.
Pm not allowed to write letters
t Mr. Ellis was unable to obtain any copies of
Rousseau's Bolanique - so far as his memory serves him.
JOHN R US KIN. 41
by Joan* yet ! — but shall coax her to
let this one go, now it's written ; and
am ever
Affectionately yours,
J. RUSKIN.
Mind, this order for Rousseau is
quite serious. I am working on
Proserpina steadily, and that edition is
out and out the best elementary botany
existing.
* Mrs. Arthur Severn.
LETTERS OF
LETTER XXV.
Buck Inn,
Malham.
August 7,rd, 1878.
Dear Ellis,
I was very heartily sorry not to see
you again before leaving town, to
assure you how much I was pleased
with Jones's work, * and much else
derivative from it, in the Grosvenor. I
shall be compelled to disturb my peace
among the hills here by giving Master
Mallockt his' pickle in next Nineteenth
Century.
Will you kindly get this book for
me, and send it here : The Earth, by
* Mr. Burne-Jones's Golden Stairs.
t Mr. W. H. Mallock, author of The New Re-
public, &c.
JOHN RUSK IN. 43
Elise'e Rdclus ! and, if it is getable, I
want a nice copy of James Forbes's
Travels ifi the Alps sent to my godson
Phil. Burne Jones, at the Grange.
Ever your affectionate
J. RUSKIN.
44 LETTERS OF
LETTER XXVI.
Brantwood,
CoNisTON, Lancashire.
May igt/i, 1879.
Dear Papa * Ellis,
How are you ? and what are you
about ? Cataloguing, or buying ? You
happy creature. And I hav'nt bought
a bit of MS. this six months ! and
have left your account unpaid, hav'nt
I ? Please just send me brief word
what it is, and I'll remit.
But I write to ask about enclosed
gentleman's MS., which I left with you
for your opinion. Can you give me
* This appellative originated from a remonstrance
Mr. KUis had addressed to Mr. Ruskin, on his declared
intention of denuding himself of his entire fortune and
property— an intention which appeared to be perfectly
serious.
JOHN RUSK IN. 45
any price for it? If so, please write
to the owner, and make your offer.
And, I want a nicely bound edition
of Scott's mixed prose and poetry, if
there is one ; but especially of Paul's
Letters.
And, I shall have a great lot of old
books to sell, now I've done witii
Oxford. Would you manage it for
me ?
And I am always,
Your affectionate and obedient,
J. RUSKIN.
46 LETTERS OF
LETTER XXVII.
Brantivood,
CoNisTON, Lancashire.
February, 1881.
My Dear Ellis,
I've been speechless with indignation
since you let go that Guy Mafinering
MS,,* but suppose I must forgive papa
Ellis, — especially since I want some-
thing of him !
Please, will you get me a good
edition of Julian the Apostate. I find
I've got to read him, at least a good
lot of him, very carefully, before I can
do a sentence more of The Bible of
Amiens !
* The MSS. of Sir Walter Scott's Guy Manturing
and St. Ronati's Well were sold by auction in 1881 ;
liut as they went for a higher price than Mr. Elhs
considered they were worth, he would not buy them
for Mr. Ruskin.
JOHN RUSK IN. 47
Gibbon quotes the Leipsic edition
at the beginning of the 24th chapter
(vol. iv. of my Gibbon). But any big
print will do, and don't be long, for
I'm dying to be at him.
Ever your much injured, but dutiful,
J. R[uskin].
^S LETTERS OF
LETTER XXVin.
Brantwood,
CoNisTON, Lancashire.
February idth, i88r.
Dear ' Papa ' Ellis,
I've a particular reason for writing
to you to clay — especially because I am
really angry with you for being so
much of a Papa; and I have seen
that you were quite right, and I'm en-
tirely and deeply grateful to you. And
yet I'm going to be as extravagant as
ever at heart, but can't tell you now.
Ever your affectionate
John Ruskin.
JOHN RUSKIN. 49
LETTER XXIX.
Brantwood,
CoNisTON, Lancashire.
February [i88l].
Dear Papa Ellis,
Wh)-, am not la" boy " ? — and
shouldn't I like to be more of one
than I am ! And I wish your old
head was on my young shoulders.
What on Earth do you go missing
chance after chance like that for ! I'd
rather have lost a catch at cricket than
that St. J^onati's. Do please get it
anyhow for me this once. I can't
telegraph — the nasty people won't let
me send a man — and — there's the bell
ringing for dinner !
so LETTERS OF
Seriously, my dear Ellis, I do want
you to secure every Scott manuscript
that comes into the market. Carte
bla?iche as to price — / can trust your
honour ; and you may trust, believe
me, my solvency. But I am deeply
grateful for the more than kind feeling
which checks you in our bids. Go
calml)', but unflinchingly, in next time
— and never fear, for
Ever your loving,
Son George.
JOHN RUSKIX. 51
LETTER XXX.
Brantwood,
CoxiSTON, Lancashire.
Tuesday, March 22nd, 18S1.
My Dear Papa Ellis,
I have just found yours of date Feb.
11th, — which I suppose I must have
packet away in a confused parcel of
other things, just before a nasty attack
of that overwork illness I had three
years ago, came on again.
I'm well through it, I hope ; but the
St. Ronaiis Well MS. will be a wonder-
ful balsam to my wounded soul, and
more or less broken head. Send it on
instantly, if you've got it. Of course I
can trust my good old papa Ellis about
price, &c.
52 LETTERS OF
Answer this, or please let Mr. ^Vhitc
answer, to me, at once.
Ever your grateful and affectionate,
John Ruskin.
Hand shaky a little, just yet, — no-
thing wrong really with head or heart,
thank God !
JOHN RUSKIA'. 53
LETTER XXXI.
Brantwood,
CoMSTON, Lancashire.
Thursday, March 2^th, 1881.
Dear Papa Ellis,
Your telegram last night gave me
pleasant sleep; and your letter this
morning, eager anticipation of the
parcel by this afternoon's rail. There
will be no question about my keeping
the MS., — but my reason for espe-
cially Avishing to possess this one, is
widely otiier than you suppose.
I cannot but confess myself much
mortified that (whether as my papa, or
my — may I say — admirer? in literary
effort) Papa Ellis should never have
read my classification of Scott's novels
54 LETTERS OF
in my essays on Fictio?i in the Ni7te-
teenth Century !
You will there see that St. Ronan's
Well is marked as pre-eminently char-
acteristic of the condition of clouded
and perverted intellect under which
Scott suffered, at intervals, ever since
his first attack of gout in the
stomach. These two attacks of mine
have been wholly on the brain —
and, I believe, conditions merely of
passing inflammation. But the pheno-
mena of the two forms of disease are
intensely important to me, in relation
to my future treatment of myself.
I am buying Scott's and other manu-
scripts, observe now, for my future
Museum; and shall without hesita-
tion add to the Scott series when any
addition is possible.
Ever gratefully and
affectionately yours,
J. RUSKIX.
F. S. Ellis, Esq.
JOHN RUSK IN. 55
LETTER XXXII.
Brantwood,
CoNisTON, Lancashire.
March 2i,/h, i88l.
My Dear Ellis,
There is no doubt of my keeping
the MS.,* unless I get sold up, books
and all. It is more amazing to me
than I can tell you to find it as steady
as the others in the hand — even the
part he had to re-write to please his
accursed printer. I hope your box
and key will come safe back to you.
Did you get a letter from me a
month back, asking you to look out
for a dainty old Iliad, of some good
large type, for me ?
• The autograph manuscript of one of Sir WaUer
Scotl's novels— probably IVoodslock.
56 LETTERS OF
Please, also, I want to know the
best large type edition now extant of
Carlyle's earlier books, — chiefly the
Past aftd Present. Also of Richard-
son's Clarissa; and of Miss Edge-
worth's Orinond (or Harringtofi and
Or?nond), and Helen.
Ever your grateful " scapegrace,"
J. R[uskin].
JOHN RUSK IN.
LETTER XXXIII.
Brantwood,
CONISTON, LaNXASHIRE.
March zith, 1881.
Mv Dear Papa Ellis,
I am more grateful than you could
at all believe for your thought for me.
I am so desolate in this world, that
the sense of any one's really watching
over me, and caring about me in a
useful way, is like balm and honey.
But you needn't be anxious. I will
tell you by the first or second day's
post, this coming week, exactly what I
am doing, and why. These books are
really bought for the Sheffield or other
St. George's Museums ; and I, with
one foot — and perhaps one knee — in
58 LETTERS OE
the grave, have only to catalogue and
describe them. But, I daresay, I shall
be able to stand on one leg, and keep
my head above ground yet awhile ; —
only you really needn't care how much
I'm worth at the Bank — where the wild
thyme does not blow !
Yes, I was fuort'ified — deaf/iihed —
by your never having seen those Scott
letters ! I thought everybody read the
Ni7ieteenth Century, and that these
papers on Fiction would be matter of
gossip all over Town ! Such my
vanity ! and I haven't heard a word of
them from any human soul !
Ever your affectionate (but much
crushed),
J. R[uskin].
JOHN RISK IN. 59
LETTER XXXIV.
BRAMWU(_)f),
CoxiSTON, Laxcashiri:.
May ijt/i, 1 88 1.
My Dear Ellis,
I am exceedingly delighted by your
kindness in sending me these drawings.
I shall send over to the station this
afternoon for them : and, as I doubt
not they will be there at latest by the
six train, I shall be able to examine
and dispatch again to-morrow, quite
easily.*
* The drawings referred to were two designs or cups
or chalices — supposed to be by Holbein, and so
described by Mr. Reid, Keeper of the Prints at the
British Museum.
They were included in an immense illustrated copy of
Walpole's /V/wi't'rj— enlarged into i8 vols, f.ilio, by a
Mr Bull, a friend of Walpole's Mr. A. C. Swinburne
had inherited the volumes, with others of a like kind.
6o l.ETTllRS OF
I can tell Holbein at a glance, and
so, it seemed to me, could Mr, Reid,
whose judgment I have found fine and
trustworthy beyond any person's I
know, in his own branch of Art —
(more's the pity ! he got hold of the
best sepia drawing by Turner in the
world !) And if he wished to bid, I've
no doubt the drawings are all right,
and that I shall return them with carte
blanche to you.
I shall keep the lovely edition of
Sidonis,* with sincerest thanks for all
your good help lately. I am daily in
expectation of the finish of the lawyers
with a bit of business, which ended,
you shall have cheque for St.
Ro7iai{ s,\ and all, at once.
They were sold at Sotheby's in i83o, and bo'ight by
Mr. Ellisfor£i,8oo. The volumes were then broken up,
and the contents sold by auction as separate drawings
and prints. 'J'he two drawings in question were bought by
Mr. W. Mitchell, a well-known collector, who esteemed
them to be genuine examples of Holbein. They were
probably re-sold with the rest of his drawings at Berlin,
about 1890 or i?qi.
* Sidonii Apollinaris Opera, folio.
t The autograph MS. nf.SV. Ronnii's ]\',-ll.
JOIIX IWSKJX. 6i
I am doing as good work as ever, /
think, at Amiens.^ The second
chai)ter will have some bits more in
the old Stones of Vefiia manner, than
I've troubled myself to write lately.
Ever affectionately and gratefully
yours,
J. RUSKIN.
* The Bible of Amiens, Chap. 2, Under the Dra-
chenfels. pulilished in Dec. 1S81.
6: LETTERS OF
LETTER XXXV.
IjRANTWOOD,
CONISTOX, Lancashirk.
[i88r.]
Dear Eltjs,
I only send you the last of the
Scott papers \ * for I can't find the first ;
and the middle ones won't read right
without it (the readers, fool enough,
complained that it would !). Please you
must get for me— and read, if you like,
first — Numbers 43, SeJ>f. 1880,
42, Aiig: 1880, and, I
believe, 40, Jime^ 1880. But please
find out; and send me this one back
when you've read what you can of it
* Fiction, Fair and Foul, which appeared in the
Xinetcentli Century.
JOHX RUSKJN. 63
— and the others with the //nV, when
you've read what you like of it,~whicli
I hope you will, some.
Ever your affectionate,
J. R[lskix]
64 LirriiiRs i)i-
LETTER XXXVI.
Brantwood,
coniston, i.ancashirr.
[1881.]
My Dear Ellis,
Please send me these Carlyle
Reininisceuces. I'm up reading them
now, and that rascally article of Mrs.
Wedgwood's has put my bristle up, —
and I must give her a hiding — some-
where — short and sweet. The comic
thing is, that the three sentences of
Carlyle's she quotes above, are the only
ones worth ])rintingin the entire article.
That on Coleridge is superb.
Please (to save me the trouble of
writing another note) can you, in regu-
lar way of business, get a copy of my
JOHN RUSK IN. 65
Prout Notes with illustrative photos,
from over the way. I gave mine
away, thinking I'd half a dozen — -but
no such luck.
Ever your affectionate,
J. R[usKix].
66 LETTERS OF
LETTER XXXVII.
Oxford.
June 11///, 1883.
Dear Papa Ellis,
I am so very glad to know you like
that Fors, especially that part of it. I
know that my illnesses have greatly
weakened the physical grasp of the
brain, so that I can never more write
things rich in thought like the preface
to Grwim ; but I believe the general
balance and truth of thought are still
safe — or even safer than before the
strain.
Yes, there is a new world coming —
God knows what ! But there's a hand-
ful of good seed coming up, every here
and there.
JOHN RUSK IN. 67
If these books of mine would be any
good at Whitelands College, send them
there. If not, get what price they'll
fetch.
Ever affectionately yours,
J. RUSKIN.
F. S. Ellis, Esq.
63 LETTERS OF
LETTER XXXVIII.
Brantwood,
CoNiSTON, Lancashire.
July -Jth, 18S3.
Dear Ellis,
I am so ashamed of never having
answered your delightful letters — but
I've been more busy than is good for
me, necessarily, as one always finds if
one is busy at all. And then I did not
know you were going to stay so long
at the country place.
I am very happy in your patience
with the Scott papers, — very happy in
the loan of your lovely Missal, — very
happy in being able to covet missals,
and take pride in my own work, once
more. And very happy shall I be
JOHN RUSK IN. 69
when I can shake hands again in that
dehghtful Hbrary and chat-room of
yours.
And this is all I can say to day — else
I shall miss the post again !
Ever your affectionate and grateful,
T. RUSKIN.
70 LETTERS OF
LETTER XXXIX.
Brantwood,
CoNisTON, Lancashire.
June 1st, 1884.
Dear Ellis,
May I give the name of the writer
of enclosed bit * for next jFors corre-
spondence ? It would be of weight in
driving down the sentence about Scott,
which is of extreme importance and
value.
I send you an old book, which has
been inherited by my washerwoman !
* This was a printed extract from a letter of Mr.
Ellis's regarding the condition of a certain English
village. The consent asked was freely given, though
with a modification of some of the expressions Mr. Ellis
had originally used.
JOHN RUSK IN. 71
Can you impress her mind with rever-
ence for Hterature by giving her a few
shiUings for it ?
Ever affectionately yours,
J. R[uskin].
72 LETTHRS OF
LETTER XL.
Brantwood,
CoNisTON, Lancashire.
June 6tJi, 1884,
Dear Ellis,
I am so very sorry you liave been
ill, I never dreamed of such a thing.
Take care now ; I shall be anxious till
you write again to say you're going on
well. — To think of my having forgiven
the Hamilton business like this ! *
I'll cut out all the vice. — Your last
letter still more valuable — is, I think,
quite safe and general.
Your loving,
J. R[uskin].
■" Mr. Riiskin was, or professed to be, grievously
hurt and offended with Mr. Ellis for liaviiig negociated
tlie purchase of the Hamilton Manuscripts for the
Berlin Museum.
JOHN RUSK IN.
LETTER XLI.
Brantwood,
COMSTON, LaNCASHIRK.
Fehrita7y yd, 1885.
Dear Ellis,
We're both brutes for never asking
after each other, — and you wait a bit
before you thank me for being the
first to speak, for it's forced by a bit of
business, which will be best told you
by my secretary. Don't look down
upon her for being a girl. She's got
nice business ways, and will save you
a lot of trouble in writing gossip : and,
besides, tell me all about j^/^, and you
all about me, — and the business con-
cerns her a little. It's about some
old Bibles of her uncle's. Will you
u
74 LETTERS OF
please write to her, Miss Anderson,
46, Warwick Gardens, and tell her where
she could see you, — or will Mr. "White
kindly make an appointment for her if
Mr, Ellis is out of town.
Meantime, if you care to know it,
I'm pretty well, and pretty busy, and
rather pleased with my work ; and am,
Affectionately yours,
J. RU.SKIN.
F. S. Ellis, Esq.
JOfiN RUSK IN. 75
LETTER XLII.
CoMSTox, Lancashire.
Janiiaiy 18//1, 18S6.
Dear Ellis,
Your pathetic note has lain beside
me. I could not at first answer, for I
was very ill, — but this sweet spring
sunlight on the moor cheers me, and
makes me feel as if we both might
rejoice in spring days again. But I am
recovering very slowly from the de-
pression of this last illness, and can
only say, that I am ashamed of having
been sad.
But please write and tell me you
also are gaining, and wliat the illness
76 LETTERS OF JOHN K(LSKIN.
was which has taken you from the
work in which you seemed so happy.
Ever affectionately yours,
J. RUSKIN.
F. S. Ellis, Esq.
ERRATUM.
rn,c;e 51, line 3 — for Packet read Packtd.
INDEX.
I \ n K X.
Academy Notes, No. vi.
' A nice spicy flavour in it,' 25.
Publishing to be kept with Allen in order
'not to break the public impression of
my [J. R.'s] obstinacy,' 22.
Mr. Ellis to ' have them exclusively in
London,' 23.
Financial arrangements for, 24.
Mrs. Severn to have 100, 25.
'Stick a bother the thing has been to me,'
26.
' Quite a loving cup for the Academy,'
26.
Not to be advertised in the ncvvspaperSj
27.
The last sheet of, cancelled, 29.
' Two fatal mistakes ' discovered, 29.
Mr. Ruskin ' expected some compliments,'
30.
Amicus, The Bible of, 46, 61.
Anderson, Miss, Mr. Ruskin's Secretary, 74.
Arabian Nights, The, 39.
Ballads, a collection of seventeenth century
broadside, 19.
Bible, The. The edition of Basle, 1536, 37,
Bible of Amiens, The, 46, 61.
8o IXDKX.
Burgess, Arthur.
Article upon in Century Guild Hobby
Hoise, 18, note.
'The only skilful wood-engraver of the
time,' 18.
To engrave Burnc Jones's designs for The
Earthly Paradise, 18, and note.
Autographs to be sent to, 30.
Burne Jones, E., his illustrations to Morris's
Earthly Paradise, 4.
Mr. Ruskin much pleased with his Golden
Stairs, 42.
Capriecios de Goya — story of its burning by
Mr. Ruskin and Mr. Ellis, 8.
Carlylc, Thomas, 64.
His Past and Present, 56.
Castleton, ' the drive from, commands one of
the finest mooiland views in England,' 34.
Century Guild Hobby Horse, The.
Mr. Ruskin's article upon Arthur Burgess
in, 18, note.
Chaucer.
His Dream, 15.
His Flo'uer and the Leaf, 15.
Both ' not esteemed to be by Chaucer,' 16.
Chaucer, 'best authoritative edition of
wanted, 17.
Clarissa (Richardson's), 56.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 64.
Coniston Water.
'An expanse of boiling blue like the blue
of ground ivy,' 38.
De Witte's work on (heek Vases, 4.
Do. wanted for the Art Gallery at
Oxford, 5.
INDEX. 81
Dream (Chaucer's). Proposed reprint of, with
Introduction by Mr. Rusl<in, 15.
'Not esteemed to be by Chaucer,' 16.
Du Cange, Glossarinm ad Scriptorcs Medice et
infitna Latinitatis, 1 7 note.
Diirer.
Holbein's Bible, cuts enlarged by, 37.
Earthly Paradise, Thei^N. Morris's), illustra-
tions to by Burne-Jones, 4.
First and Second Vols, of wanted, 8.
Arthur Burgess to engrave illustrations
for, 18, and note.
Edgworth, Maria, 56.
Ellis, Mr. F. S.
His 'letters have brightened an already
bright forenoon,' 34.
First addressed as ' I'apa ' Ellis, 48.
Fiction Fair and Fotd, 54, 62.
P'ielding.
' He & Hogarth pull so splendidly to-
gether,' 19.
Flower and the Leaf, The (Chaucer's').
' Not esteemed to be by Chaucer,' 16.
Forbes, James.
His Travels in the Alps to be sent to
Phil. Burne-Jones, 43.
Fors Clavigera, 66, 70.
An analysis of in the Guardian, 6.
Referred to, 12 note.
Fors Clavigera {iox Jttnc, 1875).
' Won't be a bad one "... ' The correspond-
ence tickles nie,' 25.
82 INDEX.
Gabnviau, I'.mile.
Mr. Ruskin ' takins; a course of,' 13.
His novels ' highly curious,' 13.
Oiblion, 47.
Golden Stairs. Burne Jones's Picture.
Mr. Ruskin much pleased with it, 42.
Green, Mr., 6, 7.
Grimm, T- R's preface to, 56.
Guardian, The — an analysis of Fors Clavigcra
in, 6.
Guy Manneriiig, the MS. of, 46.
Mr. Ruskin ' speechless with indignation '
since Mr. Ellis let it pass, 46.
Sold by auction in 1881, 46 note.
Hamilton Manuscripts, The.
Mr. Ruskin 'grievously hurt and of-
fended ' with Mr. Ellis for negotiating
the purchase of, 72.
Hincksey — near Oxford, 14.
Hogarth, William.
' He & Fielding pull splendidly together,'
A collection of his prints 'would be a
horror in the house,' 19.
J. R. ' never seriously studied' him before,
19.
Holbein.
Bible cuts designed by, 37.
Two designs for cups, 59.
J. R. ' can tell him at a glance,' 60.
Elughes, Arthur, 21.
Iliad, a dainty old, 55.
Italy — in a fearful and perilous state, 14.
INDEX. 83
Joan — Sec Severn, Mrs. Arlhiir.
Jowett — Manager at Messrs. Watson and
Hazell's printing works at Aylesloury,
25, 28.
Julian the Apostate.
A ' good edition wanted,' 46.
To be read very carefully for The Bible of
Amic7is, 46.
Kingsley, Charles. Ilis book on Heroes, 9.
Lavoisne's Chronological and Geological Atlas
wanted, 7.
Loire, The, a spurious Turner drawing, 36.
Mallock, W. H.
To receive ' his pickle ' in the Niiietcenth
Century, 42.
Manuscripts (Scott's and others).
Purchased for future Museum, 54-
Mitchell, Mr. W., 60.
Monte di Field, an old Italian book on,
wanted, 22.
Morris, Wm., his Earthly Paradise, 4, 8.
Nineteenth Century, The.
Raskin's articles in, 54.
Notes on the Principal Pictttres in the Royal
Academy, 1875.
See Academy Notes, No. vi.
Notes on Samuel Proitt, 65.
' Oxford men, my,' their ainatettr roadway
making, 14.
84 INDEX.
Fast and Pi-escnt (Carlyle's), 56.
Piud's Letters (Scott's), 45.
Proserpina.
Being worked upon steadily, 41.
Prout, Samuel, 65.
Reid, Mr., Keeper of Trints at the British
Museum, 59.
His 'judgment fine and trustworthy,' 60.
Reminiscences, Carlyle's, 64.
Richardson, Samuel.
His Clarissa, 56.
Roadway making, attempted by Mr. Ruskin's
Oxford ])upils, 14.
Rossetti, Christina, 20.
Rousseau's Botaniqjte.
Copies to be bought for a St. George's
Guild school book, 40.
' The best elementary botany existing,'
41.
Royal Academy, Notes on the Principal Pictures
in the, 1875.
See Academy N'otcs, No. vi.
Rusk in, John.
Feels ' stunned a little, and giddy, and
can't remember dates,' 38.
' Picking them [my wits] up, here and
there, like the cock with the pomegran-
ate grains in the Arabian Nights,' 39.
' Hav'nt bought a bit of MS. this six
months,' 44.
' Going to be as extravagant as ever at
heart,' 48.
' Nothing wrong really with head or
heart,' 52. »
INDEX. 85
Savonarola, 8.
Scliliemann, Dr.
Mr. Ruskin ' intensely desirous ' to see
the Telegraph article on Dr. S.'s Auto-
biography, 32.
Scott, Sir Walter.
His Paul's Inciters, 45.
His 'mixed prose and t^oetry wanted,'
45- . , c
The MSB. of his Guy A/aimenng a.nd SL
A'o/mn's ^^//sold by auction in 1881,
46 uofe.
His 'clouded and perverted intellect, '54.
His illness contrasted with Ruskin's, 54.
Every MS. to be secured, 50.
' Without hesitation add to the Scott
series,' 54.
Severn, Mrs. Arthur, 35, 41.
'Greatly amused by playing at agency,'
25-
Her illness of 1877, 38.
Sombille (French book on Art), 15.
.SV. Konaii's IVcll.
Sold by auction in iSSi, 46 note.
The MS. of, 46, 49, 54.
' Will be a wonderful balm to my
wounded soul,' 51.
Stones of Venice, The, 125.
Swift, Jonathan. Bis Tale of a Tub, 6.
Swinburne, A. C, 59.
Tale of a Tub (Swift's), the First edition of, 6.
Tennyson, Alfred, ' must be ill,' 4.
'quite fallen,' 4.
His Vivian ' would do me mucli harm,'
20.
86 INDEX.
'J'he Bible of Amiens, 46, 61.
The World, Mr. Ruskin's letter to, 33.
Travelling, Mr. Ruskin's way of, 34.
Turner (J. M. W.).
A spurious drawing by, 36.
Vasari, 3, 4, 9.
Vivian (Tennyson's).
'would do me much harm,' 20.
Walpole's Painters, 59,
Wedgwood, Mrs., 64.
White, Mr. (Mr. Ellis's business partner)
14, 38, 52.
W^hiteland's College, 67.
IVoodstoek, The MS. of, 55
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