ÿWPC* Ny(¹ƒ°¢=¢Pæ*Øô¢“slõü^-Öä“ùaãGzeBTxr1ØÀv®Ÿü’HXäF!w:7q œšM[vD'WÑhm&ÿ°A@ÕN^TÊ'² ”¤TpC¡¥ñýÞ¥:ópCÐÄ®Ã^-À}¼¤[ ;/¶5¼ú^»ºÊ+!Ó©7½z: CrìðŠ™ÊšÓ23Õ•éj²Ùðâ¦$!BÐ2* ìË®%;¼è| ç.0rö¹ÝDÂÝß«Åpºœ{+„@ Å*¿ Ëæ©÷É"Õ,Þ(Ý¡""rˆ2—TÙ,Õ˜‘S(µÈÀ­ŒÇâ‹¢¥˜­ÿÕcàV¿\’5&ØËh£ü{k0víÌü wží+˜˜¸56Ý…®7ÿ|]Ì}UÓ¦íOá¼<'íWáðuB8ÿ¼bæÇ£ÏËÝN²:´$O§!¤-‘ئ!—0 #!šUN» %  0(n­7w ä4î m˜HP LaserJet 4,ü,,,,,ü0(=”Ò <‹6Goudy Old Style Regularõ($¡¡«<þ6X9`(CourierXôxþ6X@ɹ`7ûX@·q,`=„3|xÿU‹ÿÀÀÀÝ ƒ!ÝÝ  Ýññ1834Ìà@ìàòòSee€also€nos.€98,€173,€180„82.óóˆÐ xÈ ÐÌ186.€Mineral€list,€after€February€8,€MS€IIIA€(endboard);€unpublished.Ìà  àEach€item€is€followed€by€a€reference€to€an€unnamed€source,€which€Viljoen€identifies€as€vols.€II€and€III€of€deÏSaussure's€òòVoyages€dans€les€Alpesóó.€€Ruskin€received€the€book€for€his€fifteenth€birthday€(see€òòWorksóó€35:121).Ð ˜è ÐÌ187.€"The€Vintage,"€February,€MS€VIII;€unpublished.Ìà  àAmid€later€draft€for€no.€180,€Ruskin€began€work€on€this€poem€about€a€restive€cask€of€champagne€that€picks€aÏquarrel€with€calmer€port€and€sherry,€John€Jamesððs€trade€wines.€Inserted€following€the€first€part€of€this€untitled€draft€areÏnos.€188€and€192,€begun€before€February€22,€followed€by€the€rest€of€no.€187,€designated€by€Ruskin€as€ð ðContinuationÏof€Vintageðð„„hence,€the€presumptive€title€for€both€sections.Ìà  àWith€its€opening€descriptions€of€Continental€harvests,€ð ðThe€Vintageðð€was€certainly€suggested€by€the€tourÏsequence,€no.€180,€and€a€more€direct€narrative€link€between€the€poems€may€have€been€intended.€At€the€end€of€theÏprose€section€of€no.€180€entitled€ð ðThe€Rhineðð€by€the€editors€(òòWorksóó,€2:368),€Ruskin€sets€the€stage€for€a€narrator€toÐ  ð  Ðrelate€lore€from€the€ð ðhaunted€groundðð€of€the€Rhine€valley„„a€promise€that€is€not€fulfilled€in€the€prose€draft.€ð ðTheÏVintageðð€relates€nothing€about€what€seems€specifically€promised€by€the€Rhine€passage„„ð ðthe€gambols€of€brownies€fairiesÏgnomes€and€all€other€fashionable€hobgoblinsðð€(MS€VIII,€pp.€67r„v)„„but€ð ðThe€Vintage,ðð€along€with€ð ðThe€CrystalÏHunterðð€(no.€188),€are€the€only€narrative€poems€that€òòcertainlyóó€are€written€contemporaneously€with€the€tour€poem,€no.Ð À Ð180.€There€are,€however,€other€candidates,€as€well,€for€Ruskinððs€promised€Rhineland€fairy€story;€see€nos.€188€and€213.Ìà  àPoems€about€wine€were€on€Ruskinððs€mind.€He€drafted€a€drinking€song€for€the€previous€New€Yearððs,€no.€185a,Ïand€his€upcoming€birthday€address€to€John€James,€no.€192,€would€contain€wishes€for€a€good€vintage.€It€is€possible€thatÏð ðThe€Vintageðð€was€initially€meant€as€a€birthday€poem€and€then€replaced€by€no.€188.ÌÌ188.€ð ðThe€Crystal€Hunter,ðð€February„May,€MSS€IA,€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€1:167„74,€òòWorksóó€2:388„93.Ð pÀ Ðà  àDrafted€in€MS€VIII;€fair„copied€and€accompanied€by€no.€192€in€MS€IA,€where€dated€May€1834.€This€birthdayÏpoem€for€John€James€is€probably€what€John€had€begun€by€February€22,€when€he€reported€a€ð ðGeological€poemðð€asÏð ðknocked€up€on€the€humps€and€bumps€of€the€road,€and€brought€to€a€standstillðð€(òòRFLóó€280).€The€draft€in€MS€VIII€doesÐ È Ðshow€significant€variants€from€the€MS€IA€fair€copy,€especially€near€the€start€of€the€poem;€and,€when€RuskinÏrenumbered€a€stanza€in€draft€and€inserted€another,€he€gave€up€on€his€line€numbering€in€the€margin,€no€longerÏconfident€of€his€drafting.Ìà  àAs€discussed€in€connection€with€ð ðThe€Vintageðð€(see€no.€187),€at€the€end€of€the€prose€section€of€no.€180Ïentitled€ð ðThe€Rhineðð€by€the€editors€(òòWorksóó,€2:368),€Ruskin€promises€to€relate€lore€from€the€ð ðhaunted€groundðð€of€theÐ °  ÐRhine€valley„„a€promise€left€unfulfilled€immediately€following€the€prose€draft.€The€editors€suggest€that€Ruskin€may€haveÏbeen€hatching€a€version€of€òòThe€King€of€the€Golden€Riveróó.€While€there€is€no€evidence€that€Ruskin€already€had€his€fairyÐ @" Ðtale€in€mind,€themes€that€will€prove€significant€for€òòKingóó€do€emerge€in€ð ðThe€Crystal€Hunterðð:€the€story€of€a€hidden,Ð  X# Ðmarvelous€valley,€whose€riches€are€elusive€and€in€some€way€conditional€on€the€spirit€of€the€hunter„„although€here€theÏconditions€appear€more€psychological€than€moral.Ìà  àð ðThe€Crystal€Hunterðð€can€be€read€for€thematic€connections€with€òòKingóó€quite€apart€from€the€more€immediateÐ `"°& Ðtextual€question„„whether€this€poem€is€the€story€announced€at€the€end€of€the€Rhine€passage.€As€a€story€aboutÏChamouni€rather€than€about€the€Rhine€valley,€and€as€one€containing€none€of€the€promised€ð ðgambols€of€browniesÏfairies€gnomes€and€all€other€fashionable€hobgoblinsðð€(MS€VIII,€pp.€67r„v),€the€only€persuasive€qualification€offered€byÏð ðThe€Crystal€Hunter,ðð€as€by€ð ðThe€Vintage,ðð€is€its€near€contemporaneous€composition€with€the€prose€passage.€See€no.Ï213€for€a€poem€whose€content€corresponds€much€more€closely€with€the€narrative€promised€in€the€Rhine€passage,Ïalthough€the€poemððs€dating€is€questionable.ÌÌà  àòòStz.€1,€l.€3,€Worksóó€By€the€ribbed€rock€or€the€frozen€sea?]€By€dark€ribbed€rock€or€by€frozen€sea,€òòMS€VIII,€whichÐ  (ð#. 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