Excerpt from On the Old Road, Vol. 1: A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays, Pamphlets, Etc;, Etc;, Published 1834-1885<br><br>As regards the contents of the book, it contains with few exceptions a complete collection of all Mr. Ruskin's minor writings. The papers on the Poetry of Architecture, published (1837-38) in London's Architectural Magazine, and some contributions (1867-70) to the Geological Magazine, are omitted; the former as fitted to form of themselves a separate volume; the latter as possibly finding a place in the presently issuing Deucalion. The three papers some time since reprinted at the end of A 7031 for Ever are also not included but with these exceptions, and those of one or two brief contributions to very recent works, the collection is, it is believed, complete, and it only remains to acknowledge the ready grace with which the Editor of the Nineteenth Century and others in whose publications the articles first appeared have consented to their reproduction here - ed.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.