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lxxxiv BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Chapter II. (Part 2). July 1885. Text, pp. 41-74.

” III. ( ” 3). July 30, 1885. Text, pp. 75-108.

” IV. ( ” 4). September 29, 1885. Text, pp. 109-138.

” V. ( ” 5). October 28, 1885. Text, pp. 139-172.

” VI. ( ” 6). November 17, 1885. Text, pp. 173-204.

” VII. ( ” 7). December 4, 1885. Text, pp. 205-244.

” VIII. ( ” 8). January 21, 1886. Text, pp. 245-274.

” IX. ( ” 9). February 9, 1886. Text, pp. 275-306.

” X. ( ” 10). February 18, 1886. Text, pp. 307-344. With this chapter the following “Advice” was circulated:-

“Please note that each volume of Præterita will consist of twelve chapters, instead of ten as originally intended.”

Chapter XI. (Part 11). March 6, 1886. Text, pp. 345-390.

XII. ( ” 12). April 1, 1886. Text, pp. 391-432. With this Part were issued the half-title, title, and Contents for Vol. I. These “Contents” gave the titles of the chapters only.

Volume II.-Chapter I. (Part 13). May 14, 1886. Text, pp. 1-34.

” II. ( ” 14). May 14, 1886. Text, pp. 35-68.

” III. ( ” 15). May 24, 1886. Text, pp. 69-106.

” IV. ( ” 16). June 10, 1886. Text, pp. 107-144.

” V. ( ” 17). July 9, 1886. Text, pp. 145-184.

” VI. ( ” 18). October 22, 1886. Text, pp. 185-222.

The following “Advice” was inserted in this Chapter:-

“Mr. Ruskin, finding it impossible in the present state of his health to touch proofs of engravings, has determined that the Plate of the Castle of Annecy referred to on page 193 [§ 109] shall be given later on, in illustration of another section of Præterita.”

Chapter VII. (Part 19). October 22, 1886. Text, pp. 223-262.

” VIII. ( ” 20). November 27, 1886. Text, pp. 263-294.

” IX. ( ” 21). January 1, 1887. Text, pp. 295-334.

” X. ( ” 22). March 15, 1887. Text, pp. 335-372. With this chapter a steel engraving, “The Old Dover Packet’s Jib,” was given, facing p. 339: see now Plate XXIX. p. 415.

Chapter XI. (Part 23). June 9, 1887. Text, pp. 373-420.

XII. ( ” 24). November 8, 1887. Text, pp. 421-442.

With this chapter were issued the half-title, title, and Contents for Vol. II.

Volume III.-Chapter I. (Part 25). May 19, 1888. Text, pp. 1-46. With this chapter, in the large-paper copies only, a steel engraving (drawn by Ruskin, engraved by G. Allen), “The Castle of Annecy,” was issued, its absence from the octavo copies being explained by the following “Publisher’s Notice” upon an inserted slip:-

“Owing to the defective quality of the steel, which only developed itself in process of printing, and the consequent early wearing of the Plate, the illustration (‘The Castle of Annecy’) can only be introduced into the 4to (large paper) edition of Præterita, Chapter 25. But

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