CONTENTS xiii

MINOR RUSKINIANA: Continued:-

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ARTISTS AT DINNER (OCTOBER 1)xxxiii

THE VENETIAN FISH (OCTOBER 8, NOVEMBER 9)xxxv

RAWDON BROWN AND EDWARD CHENEY (VENICE, OCTOBER 11)xxvii

THE TIDES OF VENICE (OCTOBER 12, NOVEMBER 23)15, 16

THE IDENTIFICATION OF SHAKESPEARE’S OTHELLO (OCTOBER 15)353

“THE SEA-STORIES” (OCTOBER 16)xliv

THE DRAWINGS FOR “THE STONES OF VENICE” VOL. II. (OCTOBER 19)lxii

HIGH TIDE IN THE PIAZZA (NOVEMBER 2)xxxvi

THE “VENETIAN AIGUILLE DRU” (NOVEMBER 10)xxxvi

LORD DUFFERIN AT VENICE (NOVEMBER 10)xxxiii

SOCIAL CONTRASTS (NOVEMBER 12)xl

WINTER VIEWS OF THE ALPS FROM VENICE (NOVEMBER 15, 27)5, 6

THE AUSTRIAN GUNS IN VENICE (NOVEMBER 16)422

THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD “TURQUOISE” (NOVEMBER 24)447

THE WAVED FLOOR OF ST. MARK’S (NOVEMBER 24)62

“GEORGE” AS COMEDIAN (NOVEMBER 25)xxix

THE MONKS AND THE CARNIVAL (DECEMBER 21)xxxi

TURNER AND THE CEMETERY ISLAND (DECEMBER 28)38

THE DESTRUCTION OF PICTURES (JANUARY 8, 9, 28)436

“PARADISE REGAINED” (JANUARY 10)112

HOW HE WROTE “THE SEVEN LAMPS” (JANUARY 14, 18)xxxvi, xxxvii

CHARITIES AT VENICE (JANUARY 16)xl

WHAT THE VENETIAN WORK INVOLVED (JANUARY 18)xxxvii

CASTS OF THE DUCAL PALACE (JANUARY 8, 16, MARCH 1, APRIL, 30)466, 467

A VISIT TO VERONA (JANUARY 26)xxxi

A BALL AT MARSHAL RADETSKY’S (JANUARY 27)xxxi

ARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS (JANUARY 31)xxxvii

”THE STONES OF VENICE”: HARMONY OF CONCLUSIONS (FEBRUARY) 1, APRIL 16)346, 352

ABSORBED IN HIS BOOK (FEBRUARY 4)xxxiv

THE DEATH OF PROUT (FEBRUARY 17)301

THE NATURE OF GOTHIC (FEBRUARY 22)180

“THE STONES OF VENICE” AND “MODERN PAINTERS” (FEBRUARY 22, APRIL, 26)207, xlvii

A VENETIAN INTERIOR (FEBRUARY 22)xxx

NEARING THE END OF HIS BOOK (FEBRUARY 25)xxxviii

THE POWER OF TINTORET (MARCH 13)439

LETTERS TO THE “TIMES” ON POLITICS (MARCH 14)xli

THE MAGNIFICENT VERBIAGE OF MILTON (APRIL 4)86

RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES (GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1852)xxxix

LIFE AS AN EBBING OR A FLOWING TIDE (APRIL 14)xxxix

MILTON AND DANTE (APRIL 23)307

“THE STONES OF VENICE” AND THE DUCAL PALACE (APRIL 26)327

A FAVOURITE PASSAGE IN YOUNG (MAY 2)405

LOOKING DOWN INTO ST. MARK’S PLACE (MAY 16)xli

SPRING AT TORCELLO (MAY 24)19

THE ESSENCE OF GENIUS (VERONA, JUNE 2, 1852)xxv

THE AUSTRIAN CHIVALRY (VERONA, JUNE 4)xxxii

A SUNDAY’S REST IN SWITZERLAND (AIROLO, JULY 4)xlii

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