LETTERS TO THE WORKMEN AND

LABOURERS OF GREAT BRITAIN

VOLUME III

CONTAINING

LETTERS 73-96

1877, 1878-80-83-84

WITH THE AUTHOR'S INDEX

BY

JOHN RUSKIN

LONDON

GEORGE ALLEN, 156, CHARING CROSS ROAD

NEW YORK: LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1907

"FORS CLAVIGERA": VOLUME VII. (1877): LETTERS 73-84:—

SYNOPSIS OF LETTERS 73-84

LETTER

73. COMMISSARIAT

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xiii

XV

xxix

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79. LIFE GUARDS OF NEW LIFE

80. THE TWO CLAVIGERÆ

81. THE FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN

82. HEAVENLY CHOIRS

83. HESIOD'S MEASURE

84. THE LAST WORDS OF THE VIRGIN

"FORS CLAVIGERA": VOLUME VIII. (1878-1884): LETTERS 85-96:-

SYNOPSIS OF LETTERS 85-96 .

LETTER

85. UNIQUE DOGMATISM (January, 1878).

86. LET US (ALL) EAT AND DRINK (February, 1878)

87. THE SNOW-MANGER (March, 1878)

88. THE CONVENTS OF ST. QUENTIN (March, 1880).

89. WHOSE FAULT IS IT? TO THE TRADES UNIONS OF ENGLAND

(September, 1880)

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398

ADDITIONAL PASSAGES FROM THE MANUSCRIPT Of, and

LETTERS RELATING TO, "FORS CLAVIGERA"

1. PROFIT AND LOSS IN THE IRON TRADE

2. THE DUTIES OF LANDLORDS. THE SHEPHERD, LORD CLIFFord

8. NOTES ON THE LIFE OF SCOTT.

9. STREAMS AND THEIR USE: TRANSLATION FROM PLATO

10. ON THE USE OF MACHINERY: LETTERS TO A MANCHESTER

11. THE DEFINITION OF MONEY: LETTERS TO THE REV. J. P.

565

16. "THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY:" LETTERS TO MR. FREDERIC

570

572

19. "THESE THY CREATURES OF BREAD AND WINE"

. 578

THE FOLLOWING MINOR RUSKINIANA ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS

VOLUME:-

EXTRACTS FROM RUSKIN'S LETTERS TO HIS MOTHER: THE INN AT MAR-
TIGNY (MAY 11 AND 13, 1870)

.

AN UNPUBLISHED LETTER TO THE "TIMES" ON THE EASTERN QUESTION
(DECEMBER 27, 1876)

REMINISCENCES OF, AND CONVERSATIONS WITH, RUSKIN: BY COUNT ZORZI

(VENICE, 1876-1877)

475

45

xvi

EXTRACT FROM A LETTER TO RAWDON BROWN ON HIS GONDOLIER'S DOG

(VENICE, JANUARY 25, 1877)

68

EXTRACTS FROM RUSKIN'S DIARY:-

ON THE MOSAICS OF ST. MARK'S (VENICE, MAY 21, 1877)
ON REVELATION II. 17 (1854)

LETTER TO MR. GEORGE BAKER ON A VISIT TO BIRMINGHAM (Brantwood,

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