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The influence of John Ruskin (1819-1900), both on his own time and on artistic and social developments in the twentieth century, cannot be over-stated. He changed Victorian perceptions of art, and was the main influence behind 'Gothic revival' architecture. As a social critic, he argued for the improvement of the condition of the poor, and against the increasing mechanisation of work in factories, which he believed was dull and soul-destroying. The thirty-nine volumes of the Library Edition of his works, published between 1903 and 1912, are themselves a remarkable achievement, in which his books and essays - almost all highly illustrated - are given a biographical and critical context in extended introductory essays and in the 'Minor Ruskiniana' - extracts from letters, articles and reminiscences both by and about Ruskin. This thirty-fifth volume contains Praeterita, Ruskin's autobiography, and Dilecta, his own published selection of his letters.
Contents
Introduction; Bibliographical note; Part I. Praeterita, Vol. I: 1. The springs of Wandel; 2. Herne Hill almond blossoms; 3. The banks of Tay; 4. Under new tutorships; 5. Parnassus and Plynlimmon; 6. Schaffhausen and Milan; 7. Papa and mama; 8. Vester, Camenae; 9. The col de la Faucille; 10. Quem tu, Melpomene; 11. Christ Church choir; 12. Roslyn chapel; Praeterita, Vol. II: 1. Of age; 2. Rome; 3. Cumae; 4. Fontainebleau; 5. The Simplon; 6. The Campo Santo; 7. Macugnaga; 8. The state of Denmark; 9. The feasts of the Vandals; 10. Crossmount; 11. L'hotel du Mont Blanc; 12. Otterburn; Praeterita, Vol. III: 1. The Grande Chartreuse; 2. Mont Velan; 3. L'Esterelle; 4. Joanna's care; Part II. Dilecta: Preface; 1. Reminiscences of Turner; 2. The History of the 'Temeraire'; 3. The author's genealogy; Appendix.
