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passages noted as omitted above are included (though one or two references, but not all, to other parts of the work are left out). The supplementary passages given in ed. 2 above, are not included. The Kelmscott edition was set up from the 1886 edition of the complete work, and some misprints which crept into that issue are repeated: see list of variations in ch. vi. in the “Varić Lectiones” below. Two misprints peculiar to the Kelmscott may also be noted. On p. 26, lines 11 and 12, the last letters are wrongly spaced; and on p. 56, last line, “God” is printed with a small “g.”

Fourth Edition (1899).-The title-page of this edition, which includes the preface by William Morris, is as follows:-

The | Nature of Gothic | A chapter from | The Stones of Venice| By | John Ruskin | With a preface by | William Morris | George Allen, Sunnyside Orpington | and | 156, Charing Cross Road, London | 1899 | [All rights reserved]

Crown 8vo, pp. 4+80. On p. v. is the following “Note”:-”To avoid confusion, the original numbering of the woodcuts is retained.” Preface, pp. vii.-x. The imprint, on reverse of the title-page and at the end is “Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. | Edinburgh & London.” Issued in grey wrappers, with the following title (enclosed in a plain ruled frank, and with the initial letters of “The,” “Nature” and “Gothic” printed in red):-”The Nature | of Gothic | By | John Ruskin | London | George Allen,” | and outside the frame “One Shilling Net.” Two thousand copies were printed.

This edition was a page for page reprint of the complete ch. vi. in the small complete edition of The Stones of Venice.

The fourth edition was reprinted in 1900 (1000 copies). Some copies are put up in green cloth (price 1s. 6d.) lettered on the back “Ruskin | The | Nature | of | Gothic.”

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Varić Lectiones.-The following is a list of various readings shown by a collation of all the editions of The Stones of Venice, vol. ii. Those of importance are noted under the text, and to them a reference only is here given. The list does not include variations in spelling, nor alterations in references caused by different pagination:-

Advertisement. For additional words in ed. 1, see p. ix.

Ch. i. § 1, 18 lines from the end, 4th and later eds. misread “splash” for “plash.” “Travellers’ Edition” (all issues) reads “plash.”

Ch. ii. § 1, line 2, small complete ed. reads “nearer” for “near.”

Ch. iii. § 18, line 6, all eds. after ed. 1 misread “marble” for “marbles”; § 23, line 4, all previous eds. read “Plate 4” for “Plate 3”; § 28, line 19, eds. 1-4 incorrectly referred to Plate V. instead of Plate IV.

Ch. iv. § 2, last line but one, for “veduta” all previous eds. read “vedutta”: Ruskin marked the correction in his copy for revision; § 3, last line but one, ed. 1 reads “Geminian”; eds. 2-4, “Gemanium”; small complete ed.,

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