Miscellaneous Holograph Fragments

  • Reference
    • GB 133 Eng MS 1255
  • Dates of Creation
    • c 1862-1897
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • various sizes. 11 items;

Scope and Content

Comprises:

  • (a) number 1, fragment (1 page) of the text of Essays on Political Economy, published in Frazer's Magazine, 1862-3 (begins C. Critic Law determines...; and ends imperfect which are by much the), and containing variants from the published text;
  • (b) number 2, Ariadne Florentina, draft (2 pages) of the Advice to Lectures IV-VI as issued in 1876, and containing variants from the published text;
  • (c) number 3, A Joy for Ever, page-proof of thePreface (pp. vii-viii) to the 1880 edition, with corrections (begins The title of this book, ...; and ends imperfect and in logical sequence);
  • (d) numbers 4-6, Praeterita, fragment (1 page) of the text of volume 1, chapter X (begins Insert in 343. So little, indeed,...; and ends cut of his jerkin), together with a letter by Agnew Severn stating that he has enclosed one of the latest autographs Ruskin ever wrote (1897) and a bit of the original manuscript of Praeterita;
  • (e) numbers 7-11, miscellaneous notes respecting art, industry and economic theory (n.d.).

Acquisition Information

Purchased by the John Rylands Library from Emily Driscoll of New York, dealer in autographs and manuscripts, in September 1959.