LETTERS TO THE WORKMEN AND

LABOURERS OF GREAT BRITAIN

VOLUME II

CONTAINING

LETTERS 37-72

1874, 1875, 1876

BY

JOHN RUSKIN

LONDON

GEORGE ALLEN, 156, CHARING CROSS ROAD NEW YORK: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

"FORS CLAVIGERA": VOLUME IV. (1874): LETTERS 37-48:-

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xiii

XV

xxiii

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5

38. "CHILDREN, HAVE YE HERE ANY MEAT?”

62

79

90

106

125

145

44. THE SQUIRREL CAGE.

45. MY LORD DELAYETH HIS COMING. THE BRITISH SQUIRE

46. THE SACRISTAN

47. MINOS RETAINED. THE BRITISH JUDGE

48. THE ADVENT COLLECT

"FORS CLAVIGERA": VOLUME V. (1875): LETTERS 49-60:-

"FORS CLAVIGERA": VOLUME VI. (1876): LETTERS 61-72:-

THE FOLLOWING MINOR RUSKINIANA ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS

VOLUME:-

THE STREETS OF LONDON: A LETTER TO THE "PALL MALL GAZETTE"

(DECEMBER 28, 1871)

xvi

A LESSON IN Baking: Letter to Mrs. Arthur Severn (FeBRUARY 1873) 256

THE PEASANTS OF UPPER WHARFEDALE: LETTER TO MR. C. H. WOODD

(DECEMBER 29, 1873)

EXTRACTS FROM RUSKIN'S DIARY:-

66

RE-READING THE STONES OF VENICE (FEBRUARY 27 AND MARCH 3,

1874).

66

THE REDGAUNTLET

46

1874) 188

"" "FORS

(ST. MARTIN'S, OCTOBER 12, 1874)

READING "FORS" TO CARLYLE (APRIL 1875)

ETRUSCAN AND GREEK JEWELLERY AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM (MARCH 3,

LETTERS TO RAWDON BROWN, GIVING COMMISSIONS TO SIGNOR CALDARA,

VENICE :-

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583

584

A POOR MAN'S COPY OF "UNTO THIS LAST": LETTER TO MR. GEORGE

ALLEN (1874).

218

94

MISTAKES IN "FORS": LETTER TO RAWDON BROWN (ROME, MAY 6, 1874)

GIOTTO'S FRESCOES AT ASSISI: LETTER TO DR. JOHN BROWN (JUNE 27,

1874)

"AN ERA OF TRUE CIVILIZATION : LETTER TO A CORRESPONDENT (1875). 271

THE ACCOUNTS OF THE ST. GEORGE'S GUILD: LETTER TO MR. WILLIAM

WALKER (APRIL 6, 1875)

A LITTLE GIRL AND HER GARDEN AT ABINGDON : LETTER TO LADY MOUNT-

TEMPLE (OXFORD, NOVEMBER 16, 1875)

THE IMITATION OF CHRIST: LETTER TO MRS. HILLIARD (1876).

A GIFT TO THE ST. GEORGE'S MUSEUM: LETTER TO MR. HENRY WILLETT

(OXFORD, MARCH 13, 1876).

A LETTER TO COVENTRY PATMORE ON "FORS CLAVIGERA" (1876)

CARPACCIO'S PICTURES: LETTER TO MR. JAMES REDDIE ANDERSON (VENICE,

JANUARY 3, 1877).

PRIZE ROSES: LETTER TO A CORRESPONDENT

LETTER FROM CARLYLE ON "FORS CLAVIGERA" (NOVEMBER 6, 1875).