BOSTON--NEW YORK--CHICAGO--SAN FRANCISCO HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge In making the following selections, I have tried to avoid the appearance of such a volume as used to be entitled _Elegant Extracts_. Wherever practicable, entire chapters or lectures are given, or at least passages of sufficient length to insure a correct notion of the general complexion of Ruskin's work. The text is in all cases that of the first editions, unless these were later revised by Ruskin himself. The original spelling and punctuation are preserved, but a few minor changes have been made for the sake of uniformity among the various extracts. For similar reasons, Ruskin's numbering of pa…
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