Excerpt from The Works of John Ruskin, Vol. 2 These considerations, together with typographical convenience, have governed the arrangement of the present volume. Its contents may roughly be placed under two heads: (a) pieces which were published on their merits at the beginning of Ruskin's literary career; (6) pieces which were published after he had become famous in other fields of literature, on account of the interest re ected upon them by those achievements. This division corresponds with the circumstances under which the several pieces were originally published. The volume consists of 'three parts and an appendix. Part I. Is a reprint of the Poems collected in 1850, with Ruskin's sanction, by his father from the various periodicals, etc., in which they had originally appeared. Part II. Consists of a few Verses of Later Years. Part III. Consists of the juvenilia. These were first printed in 1891, with his general consent, but at the discretion and on the selection of the editor to whom the task was entrusted. In an appendix, Ruskin's edition of Dame Wiggins of Lee (1885) is reprinted, together with some other nursery rhymes which were published in the Poems, 1891. It will thus be seen that a reader desiring to study Ruskin's verses only from the biographical point of view should first read Part III., and then return to Parts I. And II. The early verses are Often of great interest, and in some ways of greater interest than many of the later pieces. But for reasons already stated, this volume gives precedence to the more mature poems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."