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                          THE COMPLETE WORKS

                                  OF

                              JOHN RUSKIN

                             VOLUME XXIII

                          ARROWS OF THE CHACE

                             VOLUMES I-II




                          ARROWS OF THE CHACE

                                 BEING

                            A COLLECTION OF
                           SCATTERED LETTERS

               PUBLISHED CHIEFLY IN THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS

                               1840-1880

                              VOLUME II.

                   LETTERS ON POLITICS, ECONOMY, AND
                         MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

"I NEVER WROTE A LETTER IN MY LIFE WHICH ALL THE WORLD ARE NOT WELCOME
TO READ IF THEY WILL."

                                 _Fors Clavigera_, Letter 59, 1875.




CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.


                                                                    PAGE
  CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE LETTERS CONTAINED IN VOL. II.              x

  LETTERS ON POLITICS AND WAR:

      The Italian Question. 1859.
          Three letters: June 6                                        3
                         June 15                                       8
                         August 1                                     13

      The Foreign Policy of England. 1863                             15

      The Position of Denmark. 1864                                   17

      The Jamaica Insurrection. 1865                                  20

      The Franco-Prussian War. 1870.
          Two letters: October 6                                      22
                       October 7                                      25

      Modern Warfare. 1876                                            29

  LETTERS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY:

      The Depreciation of Gold. 1863                                  37

      The Law of Supply and Demand. 1864.
          Three letters: October 26                                   39
                         October 29                                   40
                         November 2                                   43

      Mr. Ruskin and Professor Hodgson. 1873.
          Two letters: November 8                                     44
                       November 15                                    46

      Strikes _v._ Arbitration. 1865                                  48

      Work and Wages. 1865.
          Five letters: April 20                                      50
                        April 22                                      52
                        April 29                                      54
                        May 4                                         59
                        May 20                                        62

      The Standard of Wages. 1867                                     65

      How the Rich spend their Money. 1873.
          Three letters: January 23                                   66
                         January 28                                   67
                         January 30                                   68

      Commercial Morality. 1875                                       70

      The Definition of Wealth. 1875                                  71

      The Principles of Property. 1877                                71

      On Co-operation. 1879-80.
          Two letters: August, 1879                                   73
                       April 12, 1880                                 73


  MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS:

    I.  THE MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAYS.

      Is England Big Enough? 1868                                     79

      The Ownership of Railways. 1868                                 81

      Railway Economy. 1868                                           83

      Our Railway System. 1865                                        88

      Railway Safety. 1870                                            89


   II.  SERVANTS AND HOUSES.

      Domestic Servants--Mastership. 1865                             93

      Domestic Servants--Experience. 1865                             95

      Domestic Servants--Sonship and Slavery. 1865                    96

      Modern Houses. 1865                                            104


  III.  ROMAN INUNDATIONS.

      A King's First Duty. 1871                                      111

      A Nation's Defences. 1871                                      113

      The Waters of Comfort. 1871                                    115

      The Streams of Italy. 1871                                     116

      The Streets of London. 1871                                    119


   IV.  EDUCATION FOR RICH AND POOR.

      True Education. 1868                                           123

      The Value of Lectures. 1874                                    124

      The Cradle of Art. 1876                                        125

      St. George's Museum. 1875                                      126

      The Morality of Field Sports. 1870                             127

      Drunkenness and Crime. 1871                                    129

      Madness and Crime. 1872                                        130

      Employment for the Destitute Poor and Criminal Classes. 1868   131

      Notes on the General Principles of Employment for the
            Destitute and Criminal Classes (a Pamphlet). 1868        132

      Blindness and Sight. 1879                                      139

      The Eagle's Nest. 1879                                         140

      Politics in Youth. 1879                                        141

      "Act, Act in the Living Present." 1873                         141

      "Laborare est Orare." 1874                                     142

      A Pagan Message