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boards, lettered in gilt up the back-“Two Letters-John Ruskin, 1890”; 40 copies on Whatman’s hand-made paper, and four on vellum.

Another privately-printed volume, again dealing with the Notes, has the following title-page:-

John Ruskin | and | Frederick Denison Maurice | on | “Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds,” | Edited by | Thomas J. Wise. | London: | Privately Printed | 1896.

Small 4to, pp. 52. On p. 5, “This is to certify that of this book thirty copies only have been printed.” No imprint. The Editor’s Preface occupies pp. 9-12; this consists for the most part of extracts from the “Forewords” by Dr. Furnivall, above described. Maurice’s letter to Furnivall, criticising “Sheepfolds” (March 25, 1851) is there given at length (pp. 13-22); Ruskin’s letter of March 30 follows (pp. 22-28); then, Maurice’s rejoinder of April 4 (pp. 28-40); Ruskin’s letter of “Easter Sunday” and “April 25” (pp. 41-45); Maurice’s letter closing the correspondence (pp. 45-50); and finally, Ruskin’s letter to Furnivall of March 17 (pp. 50-52, here pp. 569-570). On the last page is a further extract from Furnivall’s “Forewords.” So much of Maurice’s letters as is necessary to understand Ruskin’s replies is here given (see pp. 561, 565, 568), the extracts being supplementary to those included in the volume last described.

The text of Ruskin’s Letters, as printed in the later volume, shows many slight variations from that given in the earlier. Dr. Furnivall printed his book from transcripts, into which numerous variations in minor matters of punctuation, paragraphing, etc., had crept. Also on p. 563 here, five lines from the bottom, the words “whom you think such dreadful sinners” had dropped out. Mr. Wise’s book followed the original letters, and his text is reprinted here. A name, however, which Dr. Furnivall had left blank (p. 564 here), and which Mr. Wise printed, is here again left blank; the case referred to may be identified in the House of Lords’ Journals, for May 28, 1850.]

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