The Journal of the Ruskin Reading Guild.

A MAGAZINE OF LITERATURE, ART, AND

SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY.

"The fair tree Igdrasil of Human Art can only flourish when its dew is Affection,
air Devotion, the rock of its roots Patience, and its sunshine God."

The Laws of Fésole, RUSKIN.

EDITED BY

WILLIAM MARWICK,

ASSISTED BY

KINETON PARKES.

VOLUME II.

OCTOBER TO DECEMBER, 1890.

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Britton, J. J. A Battue (Poem)

Burstall, Sara A.

Firth, Mrs. Julia.

John Shakespere and Mary Arden (Poem) .

Studies in Contemporary Poetry: Emily Hickey .

Rillington: A Recollection of English Country Life
Address on Art, at Dundee, Oct. 29th, 1890

The late Patrick Allan-Fraser of Hospitalfield

Gladstone, Rt. Hon. W. E.

Hay, George, F.S.A. Scot.

Hunter, Margaret. Ancient Classical Drama
Mack, James Lorne. Correspondence

Marwick, William. The Last Laird of Monkbarns and his Bequests to the Nation

Robinson, Margaret. Marie Bashkirtseff's Studio

Rose, Henry. Social Problems: Socialism and the Teaching of Mr. Ruskin 74, 105

Symonds, J. Addington. Waiting (Poem)

Walters, J. Cuming. In King Arthur's Capital

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Correspondence.

Deus et Populus: Letter to Professor Blackie. By J. L. Mack

"On Humanity's Service ": Professor Ruskin on Education.

Real and the Ideal in Literature, The. By Kineton Parkes

Rillington: A Recollection of English Country Life. By Julia Firth

Studies in Contemporary Poetry: Emily Hickey. By Sara A. Burstal

Last Laird of Monkbarns, The, and his Bequests to the Nation. By W. Marwick

and G. Hay

Notes.-Ruskin Society of London, Art for the People

The Reading Guild Handbook. Ruskin Bibliography, Part VI.

Notes and News.-An Educational Experiment.

Dr. Bayne on Ruskin

A Picture by Mr. Ford Madox Brown.

The Poems of John Ruskin. Poor People's Christmas

John Shakespere and Mary Arden. 1563. By J. J. Britton

Poor People's Christmas. By the Hon. Roden Noel

Waiting. (Heart and Head converse together). By John Addington Symonds

Ruskiniana: Letters not republished in "Arrows of the Chace."

October. ON POLITICS, AND, IN PARTICULAR, ON THE IRISH QUESTION.

1. Ceasing to be English. Sandgate, Jan. 9, 1888 .

2. Mr. Ruskin on the Situation. Feb. 19, 1885. M. de Lesseps on the Soudan

3. Gordon and Carlyle. Feb. 24, 1885

4. Mr. Ruskin on the Irish Question. Jan. 4, 1886.

5. National Penance. May 29, 1886

6. A Political Ideal.

June 26, 1886

7. "The Irish Green Book."

Sandgate, Jan. 13, 1888

8. Mr. Ruskin on Home Rule. Jan. 16, 1887. Sydney Smith on "Ireland'
9. Leadership. Jan. 7, 1887 .

10. Mr. Ruskin on Trafalgar Square. Trafalgar Square, Dec. 7, 1887

November. RELATING TO BOOKS AND THEIR WRITERS.

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1. The Bible. St. Mark's Day, 1886 (Easter Sunday)

2. Books which have Influenced Me. I., 14th May. II., June 3, 1887

3. Advice to a Friend (W. J. Stillman, in Century Magazine, 1887) about 1851

4. Charles Dickens. Sandgate, Jan. 4, 1888 .

5. Novels and their Endings. Sandgate, Jan. 15, 1888

6. Scott and Scotsmen. Whit-Tuesday, 1887.

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10. "The Crown of Wild Olive." I., 20th Nov. 1866