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Ðvol.€5:€1853€€€€vol.€4:€1853€(bd.€1889)Ð Þ&."# Ðvol.€6:€1857„58„59„61€€€€vol.€5:€1858„61,€1867€(bd.€1889)Ð Ø'(#$ Ðvol.€7:€1862„63€€€€€€vol.€6:€1862„63€(bd.€1889)Ð Ò("$% ÐÌFirst,€it€is€clear€that€the€present€first€volume€holds€the€original€volumes€1€and€3,€as€well€as€1859€lettersÐ Æ*&' Ðthat€apparently€had€never€been€bound€prior€to€1924.€This€disposition€is€confirmed€by€the€volume€stillÐ À+'( Ðcontaining€a€typescript€table€of€contents€for€the€1827„44€letters€and€poems,€a€typescript€that€differsÐ º, () Ðmarkedly€from€a€handwritten€table€of€contents€for€the€1847„51€letters€and€from€a€page€divider€(no€tableÐ ´-)* Ðof€contents)€for€1859.€Presumably,€the€typescript€and€holograph€tables€of€contents€date€from€theirÐ ° Ðoriginal€respective€volumes.Ð ªú Ðà  àAs€for€the€other€slight€discrepancies€between€the€two€lists,€they€seem€unlikely€to€have€arisenÐ ¤ô Ðfrom€any€actual€redisposition€of€the€contents€of€the€original€volumes€2€and€4„7€after€1889.€RegardingÐ žî Ðvolume€2,€the€Library€Edition€list€fails€to€mention€letters€after€1845€though€1850,€because,€I€imagine,Ð ˜è Ðthose€letters€are€from€John€James€to€Ruskin€and€not€€from€Ruskin€to€his€parents€€(òòWorksóó,€38:205)„„Ð ’ â ÐRuskinððs€authorship€apparently€being€the€editorsðð€primary€concern€at€that€point.€The€same€explanationÐ Œ Ü Ðmay€be€given€for€the€failure€of€the€Library€Edition€list€to€mention€letters€of€1867€in€volume€6€(nowÐ † Ö Ðvolume€5):€the€1867€letters€are€to€Ruskin€from€his€mother,€not€the€reverse.€Finally,€the€mismatchÐ € Ð Ðregarding€that€same€volumeððs€1857€correspondence€can€be€explained€by€the€Library€EditionððsÐ z Ê  Ðproviding€the€greater€accuracy,€for€once:€that€volume€contains€only€a€few€1857€letters,€as€compared€toÐ tÄ  Ðthe€much€more€substantial€collection€of€1858„61,€as€identified€on€the€spine.Ð n¾  Ðà  àOnly€the€first€of€the€blue€Ô_ÔmorroccoÔ_Ô€volumes,€of€course,€should€be€identified€as€MS€XI„„and,Ð h¸  Ðstrictly,€only€the€1827„44€section€of€that€volume,€as€presently€bound.€Although€we€can€never€knowÐ b²  Ðprecisely€what€was€contained€in€Collingwoodððs€€envelope,€€nothing€appears€to€have€been€lost€sinceÐ \¬  ÐCook€and€Ô_ÔWedderburnÔ_Ô€described€the€first€binding€of€these€letters€(see€òòWorksóó€2:534,€although€this€listÐ V¦ Ðomits€prose€letters).€Moreover,€assuming€the€typescript€table€of€contents€for€the€1827„44€section€to€beÐ P  Ðthe€original,€one€finds€it€to€correspond€to€all€manuscripts€presently€extant€in€that€section.€The€1827„44Ð Jš Ðletters€and€poems€form€a€core€source€for€òòÔ_ÔRFLÔ_Ôóó,€where€the€present€blue€Ô_ÔmorroccoÔ_Ô€volume€1€is€called€Ð D” ÐRMS€I.€Ð >Ž Ðà  àIt€may€be€mentioned€here€that€the€1924€rebinding€of€the€original€volumes€1€and€3€matches€theÐ 8ˆ Ð1889€bindings.€The€five€1889€bindings€are€all€the€same€blue€Ô_ÔmorroccoÔ_Ô,€gilt,€and€decorated€(only€moreÐ 2‚ Ðworn€than€the€1924€rebinding),€and€22€ð'ð€28.5€cm.€All€have€written€in€pencil€on€their€front€Ô_ÔendpapersÔ_Ô,€Ð ,| ÐTo€be€given€to€Mòòrsóó€Arthur€Ô_ÔSevernÔ_Ô€in€event€of€my€death€/€AW.,€€so€they€must€have€been€for€some€time€inÐ &v Ðthe€possession€of€Alexander€Ô_ÔWedderburnÔ_Ô.€Brief€descriptions€of€volumes€2„6€follow.€(I€have€notÐ  p Ðcompared€the€volumesðð€contents,€letter€by€letter,€against€editions€of€the€letters€in€question,€and€I€haveÐ j Ðnot€attempted€to€be€thorough€regarding€publication€history.€Many€of€the€letters€in€these€volumes,€ofÐ d Ðcourse,€were€first€published€in€òòWorksóó;€Collingwood,€òòLifeóó;€and€Cook,€òòLifeóó):Ð ^ Ðà  àVol.€2:€on€spine,€€RUSKIN.€/€MS€LETTERS.€Ô_ÔJ.R.Ô_Ô€€Ô_ÔJ.J.R.Ô_Ô€(Ô_ÔM.R.Ô_Ô)€/€òòN.€ITALY.€PISA,Ð  X ÐFLORENCE,€VENICE,€&C.óó€/€1845.„50.€/€òòBOUND.€1889.€óó€€This€volume€is€important€to€thisÐ !R Ðbibliography€as€forming€a€source€of€one€letter€for€òòÔ_ÔRFLÔ_Ôóó,€where€the€volume€is€called€€RMS€II.€€Namely,Ð ü!L Ðthe€volume€holds€John€Jamesððs€letter€to€Margaret,€9€March€1831,€a€letter€that€includes€John€JamesððsÐ ö"F Ðown€verse€(òòÔ_ÔRFLÔ_Ôóó€238„41);€however,€most€of€John€Jamesððs€letters€in€this€volume€are€beyond€the€scopeÐ ð#@  Ðof€òòÔ_ÔRFLÔ_Ôóó.€Most€of€the€contents€of€this€volume€are€published€as€òòRuskin€in€Italy:€Letters€To€His€Parents,Ð ê$: ! 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Ðà  àVol.€3:€on€spine,€€RUSKIN.€/€MS€LETTERS.€Ô_ÔJ.R.Ô_Ô€/€òòVENICE,€ETC.óó€/€1851.„1852.€/Ð Þ&."# ÐòòBOUND.€1889.óó€€€The€contents€of€this€volume€are€published€as€òòRuskinððs€Letters€from€Venice,€1851„Ð Ø'(#$ Ð1852óó,€ed.€John€Lewis€Bradley€(New€Haven:€Yale€University€Press,€1955).Ð Ò("$% Ðà  àVol.€4:€on€spine,€€RUSKIN.€/€MS€LETTERS.€Ô_ÔJ.R.Ô_Ô€/€òòSCOTLAND.óó€/€1853.€/€òòBOUND.óó€1889.€Ð Ì)%& ÐThis€contains,€in€addition€to€letters€to€his€parents,€three€of€Ruskinððs€letters€to€Miss€Ô_ÔMitfordÔ_Ô€(1854?).Ð Æ*&' Ðà  àVol.€5:€on€spine,€€RUSKIN.€/€MS€LETTERS.€Ô_ÔJ.R.Ô_Ô€(Ô_ÔM.R.Ô_Ô)€/€òòSWITZERLAND,€N.€ITALY.Ð À+'( ÐBOULOGNE,€IRELAND,€BONNEVILLE,€Ô_ÔLUCERNEÔ_Ô.óó€/€1858.„1861.€(1867.)€/€òòBOUND.€1889.óó€€Ð º, () ÐThis€volume€is€the€main€source€for€John€Ruskin,€òòLetters€from€the€Continent,€1858óó,€ed.€John€Ô_ÔHaymanÔ_ÔÐ ´-)* Ð(Toronto,€Buffalo,€and€London:€University€of€Toronto€Press,€1982),€and€an€important€source€for€òòTheÐ ° ÐÔ_ÔWinningtonÔ_Ô€Letters:€John€Ruskinððs€Correspondence€with€Margaret€Alexis€Bell€and€the€Children€ofÐ ªú ÐÔ_ÔWinningtonÔ_Ô€Hallóó,€ed.€Van€Akin€Ô_ÔBurdÔ_Ô€(Cambridge,€Mass.:€Ô_ÔBelknapÔ_Ô€Press€of€Harvard€University€Press,Ð ¤ô Ð1969).€As€mentioned€earlier,€this€volume€also€holds€letters€to€Ruskin€from€his€mother€of€1867,€andÐ žî Ðthere€is€one€of€1864.Ð ˜è Ðà  àVol.€6:€on€spine,€€RUSKIN.€/€MS€LETTERS.€Ô_ÔJ.R.Ô_Ô€/€òòÔ_ÔLUCERNEÔ_Ô,€MILAN,€Ô_ÔMORNEXÔ_Ô,Ð ’ â ÐGENEVA,€ANNECY.€Ô_ÔWINNINGTONÔ_Ô.€Ô_ÔCHAMOUNIÔ_Ô,€GENEVA.€Ô_ÔWINNINGTONÔ_Ô.óó€/€1862.„1863.Ð Œ Ü Ð/€òòBOUND.€1889.óó€€In€addition€to€the€pencil€note€by€Ô_ÔWedderburnÔ_Ô€directing€what€should€be€done€with€theÐ † Ö Ðvolume€in€the€event€of€his€death,€vol.€6€has€a€note€in€ink€on€a€front€Ô_ÔendpaperÔ_Ô:€€The€letters€in€this€volumeÐ € Ð Ðwere€given€by€Mòòróó€Ruskin€to€A.€Ô_ÔWedderburnÔ_Ô,€&€arranged€by€him€in€this€book,€which€was€deposited€atÐ z Ê  ÐÔ_ÔBrantwoodÔ_Ô,€after€Mòòróó€Ruskinððs€death,€by€arrangement€with€Mòòrsóó€Ô_ÔSevernÔ_Ô.€/€A.€Ô_ÔWedderburnÔ_Ô€/€Oct.€1900.€Ð tÄ  ÐIf€€him€€refers€to€Ruskin,€only€this€volume€testifies€to€the€authorððs€own€hand€in€its€arrangement.Ð n¾  Ðà  àThe€contents€of€this€volume€are€an€important€source€for€òòThe€Ô_ÔWinningtonÔ_Ô€Letters:€John€RuskinððsÐ h¸  ÐCorrespondence€with€Margaret€Alexis€Bell€and€the€Children€of€Ô_ÔWinningtonÔ_Ô€Hallóó,€ed.€Van€Akin€Ô_ÔBurdÔ_ÔÐ b²  Ð(Cambridge,€Mass.:€Ô_ÔBelknapÔ_Ô€Press€of€Harvard€University€Press,€Ô_Ô1969).Ô_Ô