12 leaves; 3 has inlaid a mimeoed description, incl. the binding itself, and a blurb on the ms.; and 4 pasted a catalog description. Binding 30.5 x 43.5. Binding encased in a maroon cloth covered box with morocco spine; on spine in gilt,  JOHN / RUSKIN / ORIGINAL / MANUSCRIPT /1836.
	Four sheets of bluish paper, written on all eight sides; each sheet 21 x 33.5 cm.; two sheets watermarked  Rush & Turners / 1836,  and the two others with a Britannia figure seated in an oval.
	The sheets are inlaid in 29.5 x 43 cm. paper leaves, gilt; and bound by Riviere in dark brown or maroon morocco extra, decorated with gilt line and tooled borders, gilt back, and inner gilt borders. Gilt title on front cover:  John Ruskin / Does the Perusal of Works of Fiction / Act Favourably or Unfavourably / On the Moral Character / Original Manuscript.  On spine:  JOHN / RUS- / KIN / MS.