Red Book. 9.5 × 15.2 cm. 42 leaves.
Collation
	“Harry and Lucy,” Vol. 1: Title (inside front endboard) +  “Frontispiece,” [Plate] “1,” [“Harry and Lucy,” Vol. 1]  (1r) + pp. (starting on 1v)  1–29, [30–31] (missing), 32–43, 44[a], 45, 44[b] (i.e., a second p. 44 given for what should be p. 46), 47, 48[a], 49[a], 48[b], 49[b] (i.e., p. 48 and p. 49 given twice], 50–59, 80–86 (numbering of a p. 87 skipped), 88–106 + “Heights of Wisdom, Depth of Fools” [Miscellaneous Drawing, MS I] (inside back endboard).
	A loose leaf (not counted in the collation) was inserted between the title page and 1r; it holds a clipping from Poems (8o, 1891) describing MS I, along with brief remarks possibly in the hand of Alexander Wedderburn. It is not clear whether, for this purpose, an existing notebook leaf was used (e.g., whether Ruskin’s “frontispiece” originally began on 2r, following this leaf), or whether a piece of paper was trimmed to the Red Book’s size and inserted here. The latter is more probable, since similar insertions in other Red Books (e.g., MS III) certainly formed no part of the original notebook.
	Despite Ruskin’s erratic page numbering, no leaves appear to be missing, except for pp. 30–31, which cause a gap in the text. This missing leaf probably included a “plate,” [Plate 4, “Harry and Lucy,” Vol. 1]. The leaf containing plate 5, “Lucy’s Drawing Room,” [Plate] “5,” [“Harry and Lucy,” Vol. 1”] (pp. 36–37) was likewise torn out, although this leaf was reattached, using a glued, perforated sticker (since the tear line fits the remaining stub, this leaf was evidently not moved here from elsewhere). The gummed strip used to mend this leaf—resembling the edge of a sheet of postage stamps—is similar to one put to a similar use in proof sheets for Poems (1891) by W. G. Collingwood (RF MS 70), so one might infer that he had a hand in the preservation of MS I, an inference coincident with his preparing the first bibliography of these manuscripts, the “Preliminary Note on the Original MSS. of the Poems” (Poems [4o, 1891], 1:261–67; Poems [8o, 1891], 1:262–68).
	Ruskin’s erratic page numbering up through page 50 probably arose from his attempt to correct earlier misnumbering. Erased earlier numbering remains visible starting on the present p. 21 (“19” is the erased number, an error since p. 19 had already appeared) and continuing consecutively through p. 49[b] (i.e., the second p. 49). Since the latter was written over top of “47,” it appears that, at about this point, Ruskin realized an error, went back to the present p. 21, and began renumbering; however, he made some new errors and possibly deliberately repeated pp. 48–49 in an attempt to bring his numbering in sync with following pages. The erratic numbering after p. 50 appears to have resulted from Ruskin writing “80” for “60,” and carrying on without correction. The missing p. 87 is probably a mere oversight.