Preface
_ EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY

CHAUNCEY B. TINKER, Ph.D.
Professor of English in Yale College
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 paragraphs is dispensed with.
I have aimed not to multiply notes. Practically all Ruskin‘s own annotation is given, with the exception of one or two very long and somewhat irrelevant notes from _Stones of Venice_. It has not been deemed necessary to give the dat

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