Letters of John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Letters of John Ruskin to Charles Eliot Norton, Vol. 1 of 2The method to be adopted in editing these letters was not altogether easy to de termine. They might be strung together on a consecutive narrative of Ruskin's life; to this there was the objection that already two excellent biographies existed: one the long and authoritative Life by Mr. W. G. Col lingwood, the other the brief, sympathetic Memoir by Mr. Frederic Harrison.They might be largely illustrated by pas sages from his other writings bearing upon the topics touched upon, and by full accounts of matters merely referred to in them, but this would have been to insert a disproportionate amount of editorial matter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.