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Library Edition | |
THE COMPLETE WORKS | |
OF | |
JOHN RUSKIN | |
ELEMENTS OF DRAWING AND | |
NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION | |
NEW YORK | CHICAGO |
| page | |
| Preface | ix |
| LETTER I. | |
| On First Practice | 1 |
| LETTER II. | |
| Sketching from Nature | 65 |
| LETTER III. | |
| On Color and Composition | 106 |
| APPENDIX I. | |
| Illustrative Notes | 183 |
| APPENDIX II. | |
| Things to be Studied | 188 |
["The Elements of Drawing" was written during the winter of 1856.The First Edition was published in 1857; the Second followed in the sameyear, with some additions and slight alterations. The Third Edition consistedof sixth thousand, 1859; seventh thousand, 1860; and eighth thousand,1861.
The work was partly reproduced in "Our Sketching Club," by theRev. R. St. John Tyrwhitt, M.A., 1874; with new editions in 1875, 1882,and