WPCO  !*YRosf:yjcAїS-%OmB)/hDv'TV9 twq*6$_at=l wJ1t%&6\>qQљfikj&9 p5u RӪ|u]c ͳ!B,.Cҝt {@vԢVP >3e0S1H́lDU3c5#뀼1CɰU" *@jםxLm RI)7#>a,JgeM@!E?vH฽CvGxi٩RM"N36ڌӊ% @(+Y2 ˻*iƞ3#R~L!%nŧ\K4z;M0tQ'bP # %qNw 0:yUP^ w4'6 m8Fax 0%($USUS.,- AZ8Arial Unicode MS Regular8; Wb;:i+003|xU !USUS.,  _  SeeProvenance:Sharp.Inoneofhisfewremarksaboutprovenanceinhisnoteson  hiscollection(_PML_ԀMA3451),F.L.SharpcommentsthatJoan_Severn_Ԁpaid 105forMS_IB_Ԁat  Sothebys.Thisissomewhatinaccurate,accordingto_Dearden_,[privatecommunication,but  alsobookon_Whitehouse_Ԁcollection?].AtthetimeofMargaretRuskinsdeathin1871,Ruskin  gaveMS_IB_Ԁtohisvalet,F.Crawley,anditpassedinturntoCrawleyssoninlaw.Itnext  emergedinaSothebyssalecatalogfor3!8December1900(lot1015)butwasbought ~  privately,priortothesale,byArthur_Severn_,for 105,thusreturningMS_IB_Ԁto_Brantwood_. t  ThesecircumstancesaccountforthecommentintheLibraryEditionthat theexistenceof j  [MS_IB_]wasnotknownat_Brantwood_ԀtillafterRuskinsdeath,andthereforewasomittedfrom `  Poems(1891)(Ruskin,Works,2:530n.2). V     MS_IB_ԀdiffersfromtheothermanuscriptspossessedbyJoan_Severn_"MSVII,MSIX, L  MSX,andMS_XA_"whichcontainthemajortourpoems,andwhichweregivendirectlytoher B  byRuskin.Themanuscriptscharmissufficientjustification,andJoanmayhaveknownabout 8  itsassociationwithGrimmsGermanPopularStories,illustratedby_Cruikshank_:in1869, .~  Ruskinpublishedaprefacetoaneweditionofthisbook(Ruskin,Works,19:231!39),and $t  JoanownedacopyinscribedbyRuskin(_Dearden_, _Haddon_ԀC.AdamsBequest???,315!16). j Beyondthis,therewasanefforttogatherinallmanuscriptsandlettersat_Brantwood_Ԁforthe ` LibraryEdition,andJoanmayhaveparticularlybridledataformerservantsfamilyputtinga V personalgiftbyRuskinupforpublicauction.Thepriceof 105isnotable,comparedtothe L  260paidfortwelvejuvenilenotebooksin1930. B   Subsequently,themanuscriptwasnotincludedintheSothebyssalesof1930!31,so 8 eitheritwassoldbeforeorduringthe_Brantwood_Ԁdispersalsaletoalocaldealerandthento . Sharp,oritwasacquiredbySharpdirectlyfrom_Brantwood_ԀorfromViolet_Severn_. $   Themoreintriguingstory,whichwecanprobablynolongerrecover,isRuskins  thinkingingivingthisboyhoodproductiontohisvaletinmemoryofhismother.Fromthestart,  Margaretmusthaveliked ThePuppetShow,as,in1831,anxiousto stophisrhyming,she   beggedhimtoturntosomethingelsetotakeexercise[,]copy_Crookshanks_Ԁ[sic]&c&c  (RuskinFamilyLetters,224).(Itisnoteworthythatthehandmadebookhadbeenpreserved  withaprofessionalbindingsometimepriortothesales;seeDescription.)_Ruskins_Ԁfeelings  mayhavebeenmixed,however,sincethemanuscriptalsothereforerepresentedMargarets   preferenceforhisobsessivecopyingofGeorge_Cruikshank_sillustrationsforGermanPopular ! Storiesoverhisoriginalpoeticinvention.