Chapter I: Front Matter

THE COMPLETE WORKS

OF

JOHN RUSKIN

VOLUME XXIII

ARROWS OF THE CHACE

VOLUMES I-II

ARROWS OF THE CHACE

BEING

A COLLECTION OF
SCATTERED LETTERS

PUBLISHED CHIEFLY IN THE DAILY NEWSPAPERS

1840-1880

VOLUME II.

LETTERS ON POLITICS, ECONOMY, AND
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS

"I NEVER WROTE A LETTER IN MY LIFE WHICH ALL THE WORLD ARE NOT WELCOME TO READ IF THEY WILL."

_Fors Clavigera_, Letter 59, 1875.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE LETTERS CONTAINED IN VOL. II. x

LETTERS ON POLITICS AND WAR:

The Italian Question. 1859.
Three letters: June 6 3
June 15 8
August 1 13

The Foreign Policy of England. 1863 15

The Position of Denmark. 1864 17

The Jamaica Insurrection. 1865 20

The Franco-Prussian War. 1870.
Two letters: October 6 22
October 7 25

Modern Warfare. 1876 29

LETTERS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY:

The Depreciation of Gold. 1863 37

The Law of Supply and Demand. 1864.
Three letters: October 26 39
October 29 40
November 2 43

Mr. Ruskin and Professor Hodgson. 1873.
Two letters: November 8 44
November 15 46

Strikes _v._ Arbitration. 1865 48

Work and Wages. 1865.
Five letters: April 20 50
April 22 52
April 29 54
May 4 59
May 20 62

The Standard of Wages. 1867 65

How the Rich spend their Money. 1873.
Three letters: January 23 66
January 28 67
January 30 68

Commercial Morality. 1875 70

The Definition of Wealth. 1875 71

The Principles of Property. 1877 71

On Co-operation. 1879-80.
Two letters: August, 1879 73
April 12, 1880 73

MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS:

I. THE MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAYS.

Is England Big Enough? 1868 79

The Ownership of Railways. 1868 81

Railway Economy. 1868 83

Our Railway System. 1865 88

Railway Safety. 1870 89

II. SERVANTS AND HOUSES.

Domestic Servants--Mastership. 1865 93

Domestic Servants--Experience. 1865 95

Domestic Servants--Sonship and Slavery. 1865 96

Modern Houses. 1865 104

III. ROMAN INUNDATIONS.

A King's First Duty. 1871 111

A Nation's Defences. 1871 113

The Waters of Comfort. 1871 115

The Streams of Italy. 1871 116

The Streets of London. 1871 119