Fors Clavigera Letters 37 72

Author : John Ruskin
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365247180
Total Pages : 836 pages
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Download or read book Fors Clavigera, Vol. 2 written by John Ruskin and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fors Clavigera, Vol. 2: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain; Containing Letters 37-72, 1874, 1875, 1876 Several Of the earlier Letters in this volume are written, it will be seen, from Italy, Where Ruskin spent several months in 187 4. The influence Of his sojourn at Assisi was particularly marked, both in causing some revision of his estimate of Italian art, and in quickening his spiritual life. These impressions are noted by him in Fons,1 and have been discussed in an earlier Introduction.2 The sketch of the Sacristan's Cell at Assisi, introduced into the present volume (plate II.) was made at this time. The development of Ruskin's schemes in connexion with St. George's Guild appears in the Letters themselves, and the subject is further dealt with in Vol. XXX. One or two minor enterprises, to which incidental reference is made in the present volume, may, however, here be noted. One of these, which belongs to an earlier date, was an endeavour to exhibit an ideally clean street pavement, in the centre of London, in the pleasant environs of Church Lane, St. This modern instance Of cleansing Augean stables was to be the first Labour Of St. George, as Ruskin explained in the following letter to the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette (december 28. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.