Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from An Introduction to the Writings of John Ruskin
Tms selection from Ruskin' s writings is intended primarily for the use of students: students whether in the school, the college, or the great University of the World. There are many volumes of passages from Ruskin chosen for their beauty, or for their bearing on some special theme: it is believed that no collection has existed which aimed to present a suggestive summary of all the varying phases of his work, and to initiate the serious student into the most valuable portions of his thought. Yet there is perhaps no author more helpful, not only for the intrinsic beauty and value of his writ ings, but for his vital relation to the most interesting parts of the life of the century. And, if the function of the middleman is ever legitimate in literature, it is surely legitimate in the case of a writer like Ruskin; for the very voluminousness of his works stands be tween him and popular knowledge.
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