ÿWPC* ïG[Q´Œðå¯êø£Û“qËðKŠÐ_YŸÈ=ûÍz[º1´½ÊãM‡’ÒôRf¤áßLq/·—¨ZGL5 Ï]\(žK‡†%•ëyYêˆ=:³ñ-n7¿2ðm¬póD¡™Éa{7ȇ¹óHe³1,³Ã¬7º¿cn!ÛÚŽ ”¡¦Àϼ> ¯?+j¼Óõ=°ÿÅ¡x]úŽ)‡÷äƒm‘&÷kË!ÙMB¥ë5+ñ{YžŽŒ±«ÌÖ}n‚O@k½B)ŸÏÎM$ç25FZÿd¿¾Æ¾tÙ#íî=Žë¾eĽœiÎóõœnI< ”LÆDæÂ¿k6nÞ(gJÀ¼àu ÌuÑíÉ}}N8r+V!”Tt€bð¸‘isÈ;$„{-ïþ®.»Sÿ)ÓBä3“ˆ4u¯öЀiáå–ìK–¬‰F[Ðs™š›Õï7µ¦Ì #!šUN» %  0(n­7w ä4î m˜HP LaserJet 4,ü,,,,,ü0(=”Ò <‹6Goudy Old Style Regularõ($¡¡«<þ6X9`(CourierXôxþ6X@ɹ`7ûX@·q,ü=3|xÿU‹ÿÀÀÀÝ ƒ!ÝÝ  Ýññà@DD(ìà1836ˆÌà@óóìàòòSee€also€nos.€196,€203,€208„15.óóˆÐ xÈ ÐÌ216.€"Chronicles€of€St.€Bernard"€(prose),€1836€or€1838(?),€MS€XB;€printed€òòWorksóó€1:522„51.Ð X Ðà  àThis€incomplete€attempt€at€a€framing€tale€and€series€of€tales€(only€the€frame€and€part€of€one€tale€wereÏcompleted)€has€always€been€ascribed€to€1836€on€the€evidence,€it€appears,€of€"The€Ascent€of€the€Great€St.€Bernard"€(no.Ï209)€having€certainly€been€written€during€the€Continental€tour€of€1835€or€after€the€return€from€that€tour€in€late€1835.€ÏThe€brief€prose€fragment€preceding€no.€209€in€MS€VIII,€no.€208,€appears€to€have€provided€a€germ€for€the€descriptiveÏwriting€in€the€frame.€€Moreover,€the€frame€draws€generously€on€observations€of€the€St.€Bernard€made€in€the€travelÏdiary,€no.€202.€€Certainly,€the€"Chronicles"€certainly€cannot€have€been€fair„copied€earlier€than€1836,€since€its€paper€isÏwatermarked€with€that€year.Ìà  àHowever,€a€later€date€seems€likely.€€First,€the€paper€is€identical€to€that€used€for€the€final€copy€of€Ruskin's€essayÏon€music€and€painting,€no.€270,€€ascribed€to€1838,€and€both€pieces€are€fair„copied€in€a€format€unique€among€theÏjuvenilia„„close€script€on€very€large€folios€of€foolscap€(see€the€description€of€MS€XB€in€App.€A).€€Second,€the€model€forÏthe€"Chronicles,"€never€previously€remarked,€was€òòTales€of€the€Great€St.€Bernardóó€by€the€Reverend€George€Croly,€ofÐ  ð  Ðwhich€the€framing€device€Ruskin€imitates€and€adapts€in€interesting€ways.€€Although€Croly's€òòTalesóó€were€first€publishedÐ h¸  Ðin€1828€(3€vols.,€Henry€Colburn),€they€might€have€come€to€Ruskin's€attention€when€published€in€a€new€edition€ofÏ1838,€and€in€any€case€Croly's€fiction€is€unlikely€to€have€interested€the€Ruskins€prior€to€their€introduction€to€the€authorÏhimself.€€The€earliest€reference€to€their€hobnobbing€with€the€eloquent€divine€and€man€of€letters€is€contained€in€JohnÏJames'€letter€to€W.€H.€Harrison€of€January€1839€(òòRFLóó€657„58€n.€3),€although€the€letter€does€not€preclude€a€somewhatÐ ˆØ Ðearlier€introduction.€€Finally,€and€most€interesting,€in€the€frame€itself,€Ruskin€divides€his€own€personality€and€interestsÏamong€several€characters„„the€Romantic€view„seeking€narrator,€the€prosaic€geologist€and€equally€technical„mindedÏsketcher,€and€a€touring€Oxonian.€€The€latter,€whose€teasing€and€punning€banter€resembles€the€jargon€Ruskin€usedÏwith€his€Oxford€pals,€could€not,€I€think,€have€been€portrayed€prior€to€Ruskin's€own€matriculation€in€January€1837.€ÏThus,€while€the€hard€evidence€allows€for€the€"Chronicles"€to€be€situated€no€later€than€their€earliest€possible€date€ofÏ1836,€the€other€evidence€suggests€a€date€of€at€least€two€years€later.ÌÌ217.€"A€dream€of€her€came€in€my€sleep,"€January„February,€MS€VIII;€unpublished.Ìà  àIf€one€must€consider€a€slight€possibility€that€"Leoni,"€no.€212,€could€initially€have€been€inspired€by€VeniceÏand€then€adapted€or€dedicated€to€John's€love€for€Adle€Domecq,€this€no.€217€and€succeeding€poems,€a€series€followingÏthe€prose€tale,€were€certainly€written€as€love€poems€in€Adle's€honor.€€The€Domecq€daughters€were€left€in€Margaret'sÏcare€at€Herne€Hill,€while€Pedro€Domecq€and€John€James€traveled€for€orders.€€The€visit€lasted€at€least€from€JanuaryÏthrough€February,€according€to€Collingwood€(òòLife€and€Work€of€John€Ruskinóó,€2€vols.€[London:€Methuen,€1893],€p.Ð °  Ð228)€and€to€Cook€and€Wedderburn€(òòWorksóó€2:16€n.€2).€€The€impact€of€Ruskin's€infatuation,€which€he€says€hit€him€likeÐ xÈ! Ða€blow,€is€noticeable€in€the€change€from€his€earlier€trenchant€opposition€to€sentimental€verse€and€preference€forÏsatirical€writing€in€the€vein€of€Byron's€òòDon€Juanóó€(see€nos.€113,€136).€€Not€all€the€poems€in€the€series€are€love€poems,Ð  X# Ðbut€they€are€dateable€by€their€sequence€in€MS€VIII.ÌÌ218.€"Jacqueline,"€January„February,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:4„5,€òòWorksóó€2:449.Ð `"°& Ðà  àSee€note€to€no.€217.ÌÌ219.€"Come€Water€the€Flowers,"€January„February,€MS€VIII;€unpublished.Ìà  àSee€note€to€no.€217.€€The€refrain€of€this€ballad€concludes€"on€the€graves€of€the€dead."ÌÌ220.€"Chamois€Hunter's€Song,"€January„February,€MS€VIII;€unpublished.Ìà  àSee€note€to€no.€217.ÌÌ221.€"She€lays€her€down€in€beauty's€light"€["Good€Night"],€January„February,€probably€before€February€8,€MS€VIII;Ïprinted€òòPJRóó€2:8„9,€òòWorksóó€2:17.Ð 0*€%0 Ðà  àSee€note€to€no.€217.€€Entitled€not€in€ms.€but€in€the€privately€printed€òòPoemsóó€of€1850€and€assigned€to€"age€16,"Ð ø*H&1 Ði.e.,€before€February€8.€€While€John€James's€reasons€for€setting€this€date€cannot€be€recovered,€and€his€memory€may€wellÏhave€been€faulty€by€1850,€one€has€no€choice€but€to€accept€his€judgment,€if€it€is€supported€by€the€sequence€in€MS€VIII.€ÏBecause€the€poem's€speaker€complains€that€his€beloved€"cannot€hear€my€breathed€`Good€Night,'€/€I€cannot€send€it€o'erÏthe€sea,"€Collingwood€assumed€that€the€poem€"evidently€refers€to€a€later€time"€after€Adle's€return€to€France,€"though€itÐ .h)5 Ðoccurs€before€`The€Last€Smile'"€(no.€222)€in€MS€VIII€and€òòPoemsóó€of€1850,€a€poem€that€he€took€to€be€ð ðwritten,€orÐ ° Ðsupposed€to€be€written,€on€the€day€after€Mdlle.€Domecqððs€departure.ðð€€To€explain€the€sequence,€Collingwood€argues,Ï"it€was€not€by€any€means€the€author's€invariable€practice€to€write€poems€at€the€actual€time€when€they€were€suggested;Ïand€`The€Last€Smile'€may€have€been€written€many€days€after€the€`yesternight'€whose€events€it€narrates"€(òòPJRóó€2:347).€€ItÐ X Ðseems€just€as€reasonable,€however,€that€in€"Good€Night"€Ruskin€was€anticipating€Adle's€return€to€France„„a€distanceÏthat€would€protect€him€from€humiliation,€after€all„„and€that€both€this€poem€and€the€next€were€written€while€theÏDomecqs€still€remained€at€Herne€Hill.ÌÌ222.€"She€sat€beside€me€yesternight"€["The€Last€Smile"],€January„February,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:7,€òòWorksóó€2:18.Ð ð @ Ðà  àUntitled€in€ms.;€titled€in€òòFriendship's€Offeringóó€for€1837.€€Follows€no.€221€in€ms.,€and€bitterly€looks€back€onÐ ¸   Ð(or€anticipates)€Adle's€recent€departure,€although€in€the€fiction€of€the€poems€no.€221€would€logically€follow€no.€222.€ÏIn€any€case,€nos.€221€and€222€are€closely€associated€in€theme€and€probably€in€time€(see€note€to€no.€221),€although€no.Ï222€is€called€"òòaetat.óó€17"„„i.e.,€after€February€8„„in€the€òòPoemsóó€of€1850.€€But€this€could€refer€to€the€poem's€publication€inÐ `  Ðlate€1836€in€òòFriendship's€Offeringóó.Ð Ø(  ÐÌ223.€"On€Adle,€by€Moonlight,"€January„February,€no€known€ms.;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:6,€òòWorksóó€2:16.Ð h¸  Ðà  àòòPoemsóó€of€1850€places€this€after€no.€221€and€assigns€likewise€to€age€16.€€No€manuscript€was€known€to€CookÐ 0€  Ðand€Wedderburn.ÌÌ224.€Rhyming€letter€to€John€James,€February€27,€MS€XI;€printed€òòRFLóó€321„25.Ð ˆØ ÐÌ225.€"Swiss€Maiden's€Song,"€February„May,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:10„11,€òòWorksóó€2:450.Ð h Ðà  àTitled€in€ms.,€where€it€follows€no.€222.€€Nos.€222„23€are€the€last€for€which€there€is€any€justification€for€datingÏbefore€Ruskin€turned€seventeen€on€February€8.€€Nos.€225„29€fall€in€sequence€followed€by€no.€232,€which€can€beÏassigned€to€May.ÌÌ226.€"Oh€she€was€like€the€light€of€ruby€red,"€February„May,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:12,€òòWorksóó€2:451.Ð P Ðà  àSee€note€to€no.€225.€€Collingwood€combined€this€six„line€poem€with€no.€233€and€called€the€result€"AlpineÏGlow,"€but€there€is€no€reason€to€associate€the€poems,€which€are€widely€spaced€in€the€ms.ÌÌ227.€"Swiss€Peasant's€Song,"€February„May,€MS€VIII;€unpublished.Ìà  àSee€note€to€no.€225.ÌÌ228.€"Hast€thou€not€seen€how€the€Iris€is€set"€["The€Iris"],€February„May,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:13,€òòWorksóó€2:452.Ð xÈ! Ðà  àSee€note€to€no.€225.€€Entitled€by€Collingwood.ÌÌ229.€"On€yonder€mountain's€purple€crest"€["The€Alpine€Lake"],€February„May,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:21,€òòWorksóóÐ Ð $ Ð2:458.Ìà  àSee€note€to€no.€225.€€Entitled€by€Collingwood.ÌÌ230.€ð ðOh,€such€a€day!„„it€would€appearðð€[a€rhyming€letter€to€John€James],€March€31,€MS€X;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:14„20,€òòWorksóóÐ ð#@( Ð2:453„57,€òòRFLóó€358„63.Ð ¸$ ) ÐÌ231.€"Congratu„„,"€May€10,€MSS€IA,€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:22„24,€òòWorksóó€2:459„60,€òòRFLóó€369„71.Ð H&˜!+ Ðà  àDated€and€entitled€only€in€presentation€copy,€MS€IA;€a€penciled€date€adjoining€the€MS€VIII€draft€is€not€inÏRuskinððs€hand.€Occupying€a€different€part€of€MS€VIII€than€the€sequence€of€Adle€poems,€as€if€Ruskin€wanted€to€keepÏthe€topics€separate,€this€birthday€ode€for€John€James€was€inserted€following€no.€214€and€before€no.€241€was€started„„aÏspace€that€might€well€have€been€filled€out€of€sequence.€The€draft€in€MS€VIII€has€one€less€stanza€than€the€fair€copyÌÌ232.€"Evening€in€company„„May€18,"€May,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:25„26,€òòWorksóó€2:461„62.Ð ø*H&1 Ðà  àRuskin's€title.€€See€note€to€no.€225;€this€poem,€which€follows€no.€229€in€ms.,€places€a€cap€on€the€series€I€haveÏascribed€to€February„May.€€No.€232€is€followed€by€nos.€233„40,€which€must€date€from€late€May€or€afterward„„perhapsÏquite€an€extensive€time€afterward€(see€no.€240).ÌÐ .h)5 Ð233.€"Her€voice€has€ceased€to€joy,€her€look€to€bless,"€late€May€or€afterward,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:12,€òòWorksóó€2:451.Ð ° Ðà  àSee€note€to€no.€232.€€These€twelve€lines€form€the€second€half€of€the€poem€that€Collingwood€unjustifiablyÏpatched€with€no.€226€to€form€what€he€called€"Alpine€Glow."€ÌÌ234.€"Her€sisters€words€were€soft€and€low"€["On€Adle"],€late€May€or€afterward,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:27„28,€òòWorksóóÐ Ð  Ð2:463„64.Ìà  àCollingwood's€title.€€See€note€to€no.€232.€€The€editors€punctuate€the€second€word€as€"sisters',"€but€the€ms.Ïshows€no€apostrophe€to€indicate€singular€or€plural.ÌÌ235.€"Oh,€she€is€gone,€fair€Cadiz'€daughter,"€late€May€or€afterward,€MS€VIII;€unpublished.Ìà  àMisdated€as€February€in€òòWorksóó€2:539,€presumably€due€to€the€subject,€but€see€note€to€no.€232.Ð € Ð  ÐÌ236.€"With€fingers€light€the€lingering€breezes€quiver"€["Nature€Untenanted"],€late€May€or€afterward,€MS€VIII;€printedÏòòPJRóó€2:29„30,€òòWorksóó€2:466.Ð Ø(  Ðà  àSee€note€to€no.€232.€€Collingwood,€who€entitled€the€poem,€claims€this€was€"written€during€a€short€visit€toÏRichmond€in€July."€€While€the€poem's€descriptions€fit€well€enough,€no€evidence€of€which€I€am€aware€confirms€theÏmonth€or€locale.ÌÌ237.€"It€was€upon€the€breeze€of€home€that€it€came€forth€to€meet,"€late€May€or€afterward,€MS€VIII;€unpublished.Ìà  àMisdated€February€in€òòWorksóó€2:539.€€See€notes€to€nos.€232€and€236.Ð ˆØ ÐÌ238.€"Twas€but€a€moment's€falter„„it€is€gone"€["A€Moment's€Falter"]€late€May€or€afterward,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòWorksóóÐ h Ð2:465.Ìà  àSee€note€to€no.€232.€€Entitled€by€Cook€and€Wedderburn.ÌÌ239.€"In€winter€thou€camest,€thou€madest€to€rejoice"€["Song"],€late€May€or€afterward,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:31,€òòWorksóóÐ 8ˆ Ð2:467.Ìà  àSee€note€to€no.€232.€€Entitled€by€Collingwood.ÌÌ240.€ð ðMemoryðð€["The€summer€wind€is€soft€and€kind"],€late€May€or€afterward,€MS€VIII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:97„98,€òòWorksóóÐ X¨ Ð2:80.Ìà  àUntitled€in€ms;€titled€for€publication.€See€note€to€no.€232.€€Misdated€1838€in€òòPJRóó€and€òòWorksóó,€apparently€dueÐ è8 Ðto€its€late€publication€in€òòThe€London€Monthly€Miscellanyóó€for€February€1839€(see€note€to€no.€262).€Included€in€òòPoemsóóÐ °  Ðof€1850.€€This€is€the€last€of€the€shorter€Adle€poems,€the€rest€of€MS€VIII€being€taken€up€with€the€verse€drama,€no.€241,Ïalso€associated€with€Adle€(the€four€stanzas€of€no.€240€are€closely€written€double€column€in€the€last€remaining€half„¼page,€before€running€up€against€the€already€written€section€[òòdóó]€of€MS€VIII;€see€app.€A).€€It€is€possible€that€this€laterÐ  X# Ðseries€of€Adle€poems,€nos.€232„40€span€the€entire€second€half€of€1836€and€even€into€1837,€since€the€next€AdleÏpoem,€no.€249,€dates€from€the€early€months€of€1837.€€Alternatively,€all€of€Ruskin's€amorous€energies€in€the€second€halfÏof€the€year€were€consumed€in€no.€241.ÌÌ241.€"Marcolini"€(verse€drama),€about€May€through€December,€MS€VIII;€brief€selections€printed€€òòPJRóó€2:32„33,€andÐ ð#@( Ðprinted€in€full€òòWorksóó€2:474„516.Ð ¸$ ) Ðà  àIn€òòPraeteritaóó€Ruskin€could€"remember€nothing€more€of€that€year,€1836,€[after€Adle's€departure]€than€sittingÐ €%Ð * Ðunder€the€mulberry€tree€in€the€back€garden,€writing€my€tragedy"€(òòWorksóó€35:182).€€The€Shakespearean€drama€wasÐ H&˜!+ Ðbegun€sometime€after€his€father's€May€birthday€ode,€which€it€follows€in€MS€VIII,€and€by€December€24€he€could€reportÏ"getting€on€with€the€third€act€of€my€Tragedy"€(òòRFLóó€389).€€The€ms.€ends,€however,€with€act€three.Ð Ø'(#- ÐÌ242.€"To€What€Properties€in€Nature€Is€It€Owing€that€the€Stones€in€Buildings,€Formed€Originally€of€the€FrailestÏMaterials,€Gradually€Become€Indurated€by€Exposure€to€the€Atmosphere€and€by€Age,€and€Stand€the€Wear€and€Tear€ofÏTime€and€Weather€Every€Bit€as€Well,€in€Some€Instances€Much€Better,€than€the€Hardest€and€Most€CompactÏLimestones€and€Granite?"€(prose),€July€25,€no€known€ms.;€printed€òòWorksóó€1:197„200.Ð À+'2 Ðà  àA€contribution€to€the€òòMagazine€of€Natural€Historyóó€(vol.€ix,€no.€65€[September€1836],€pp.€488„90),€and€datedÐ ˆ,Ø'3 Ð"Herne€Hill,€July€25,€1836."ÌÐ .h)5 Ð243.€"Observations€on€the€Causes€which€Occasion€the€Variation€of€Temperature€between€Spring€and€River€Water"Ï(prose),€September€2,€no€known€ms.;€printed€òòWorksóó€1:201„5.Ð xÈ Ðà  àA€contribution€to€the€òòMagazine€of€Natural€Historyóó€(vol.€ix,€no.€66€[October€1836],€pp.€533„36),€and€datedÐ @ Ð"Herne€Hill,€September€2,€1836."ÌÌ244.€"A€Reply€to€`Blackwood's'€Criticism€of€Turner"€(prose),€October€1,€MS€VII;€printed€òòWorksóó€3:635„40.Ð ˜è Ðà  àFor€the€circumstances€giving€rise€to€this€germ€of€òòModern€Paintersóó,€see€òòWorksóó€1:xxxiii,€3:xviii„xix,€and€theÐ ` ° Ðeditors'€notes€to€the€reprinting.ÌÌ245.€ð ðMy€dearest€Richard€/€I€hope€you€will€not€(moved€by€the€delayðð€[a€rhyming€letter€to€Richard€Fall],€about€OctoberÏ29,€MS€VII;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:36„40,€òòWorksóó€2:470„73.Ð € Ð  Ðà  àNot€in€Ruskin's€hand,€and€not€dated€in€ms.,€but€dated€by€Collingwood€from€internal€evidence€(see€òòPJRóóÐ H ˜  Ð2:349).ÌÌ245a.€"The€Broken€Chain,"€fall,€no€known€ms.€of€earlier€parts,€but€see€MS€IA;€printed€òòPJRóó€2:166„236,€òòWorksóó€2:124„80.Ð  ð  Ðà  àIf€Ruskin's€memory€was€correct,€this€poem€was€begun€at€about€this€time,€and€Parts€I€and€II€completed€by€earlyÏ1839,€when€he€submitted€the€fragment€for€publication€in€òòFriendship's€Offeringóó€(òòWorksóó€2:124€n.€1;€a€letter€by€JohnÐ 0€  ÐJames€to€Harrison€[Bem€L5]€of€January€26,€1839,€refers€to€the€poem).€€Parts€III„V€were€published€over€the€next€threeÏyears€after€the€1839€publication.€Included€in€òòPoemsóó€of€1850.Ð À ÐÌ246.€"Does€the€Perusal€of€Works€of€Fiction€Act€Favourably,€or€Unfavourably,€on€the€Moral€Character"€(prose),€MSÏXIB,€early€December;€printed€òòWorksóó€1:355„75.Ð h Ðà  àThe€fair€copy,€MS€XIB,€was€not€available€to€Cook€and€Wedderburn,€who€reprinted€from€the€edition€of€1893.€ÏThis€was€a€response€to€a€question€set€by€the€Reverend€Thomas€Dale,€who€taught€Ruskin,€first€in€1834€as€a€day€scholarÏat€a€school€in€Grove€Lane,€Camberwell,€then€probably€from€1835€at€Dale's€new€home€in€Lincoln's€Inn€Fields,€as€wellÏas€at€King's€College,€London,€in€1836,€where€Dale€also€lectured€on€English€literature€(òòRFLóó€299€n.€2,€326€n.€1,€357„58Ð 8ˆ Ðn.€1).€€The€theme€was€due€on€December€8€(see€òòRFLóó€372,€386),€and€John€responded€in€such€"very€magnificent€style"Ð P Ðthat,€he€assured€his€father,€"no€doubt€horrified€and€electrified€[Dale]€by€the€coup€d'oeil€of€my€theme"€(òòRFLóó€386„87).€Ð È ÐFor€Dale's€disapproval€of€fiction€and€his€presumed€horror€at€Ruskin's€defence,€see€òòRFLóó€390€nn.€1€and€3,€and€òòWorksóóÐ à Ð1:357„58€n.€2.ÌÌ247.€Rhyming€letter€to€John€James,€December€30,€MS€XI;€printed€òòRFLóó€397„99.Ð è8 Ðà  àA€New€Year's€address,€written€to€Ruskin's€father€while€John€James€was€traveling.€€The€letter€inspired€JohnÏJames€to€compare€his€son€to€Byron,€as€a€"Good€Genius"€version€of€the€poet's€"Evil€Genius"€(òòRFLóó€404„5).€ññ