Preface
_ EDITOR‘S PREFACE
"Turner‘s _Harbors of England_," as it is generally called, is a book which, for various reasons, has never received from readers of Mr. Ruskin‘s writings the attention it deserves. True, it has always been sought after by connoisseurs, and collectors never fail with their eleven or twelve guineas whenever a set of Artist‘s Proofs of the First Edition of 1856 comes into the market. But to the General Reader the book with its twelve exquisitely delicate mezzotints--four of which Mr. Ruskin has declared to be among the very finest executed by Turner from his marine subjects--is practically unknown.
The primary reason for this neglect is not far to seek. Since 1877 no new edition of the work has been published, and thus it has gradually passed from public knowledge, though still regarded with lively interest by those to whom Mr. Ruskin‘s words--particularly words written in further unfolding of the subtleties of Turner‘s art--at all times appeal so

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