Lives of Victorian Literary Figures, Part III, Volume 3

Volume Editors:  Valerie Sanders (Elizabeth Gaskell), Aileen Christianson & Shelia McIntosh (The Carlyles), Simon Grimble (John Ruskin), Series Editor Ralph Pite.

• Introduction, 1. Picturing Ruskin a) [Thomas Gibson Bowles], ‘Men of the Day - No. XL’, Vanity Fair b) E. T. Cook, The Life of John Ruskin 2. Ruskin as Moralist I: Frederic Harrison, John Ruskin 3. Ruskin as Moralist II: J. A. Hobson, John Ruskin: Social Reformer 4. Ruskin as Teacher of Drawing a) William Bell Scott, Autobiographical Notes b) W. J. Stillman, The Autobiography of a Journalist 5. Satirising Ruskin a) [Edward Hamley], ‘Mr. Dusky’s Opinions on Art’, Blackwood’s Magazine b) Anon., ‘The Complete Letter-Writer’, Punch c) [Edward Linley Sambourne], ‘The Morris-Dance Round St. Mark’s’, Punch d) —, ‘Mr Narcissus Ruskin’, Punch 6. Ruskin and Carlyle a) J. A. Froude, Thomas Carlyle: a History of His Life in London, 1834-1881 b) Leading article, The Times (3 June 1867) 7. Ruskin and Venice a) William Holman Hunt, Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood b) Henry James, ‘Venice’, Century Magazine 8. Ruskin and Oxford a) F. Max Muller, Auld Lang Syne b) G. W. Kitchin, Ruskin in Oxford, And Other Studies 9. Ruskin’s Controversies a) Anon., ‘Mr Ruskin’s Will’, Spectator b) Anon., The Confessions of Mr John Ruskin’, Saturday Review c) Anon., Whistler v. Ruskin’, The Times d) [Edward Linley Sambourne], ‘An Appeal to the Law’, Punch 10. In the Seventies a) J. Hain Friswell, Modern Men of Letters, Honestly Criticised b) W. H. Mallock, The New Republic; Or, Culture, Faith and Philosophy in the English Country House 11. Ruskin and Spiritualism: Frederick W. H. Myers, Fragments of Prose and Poetry 12. Ruskin as Celebrity a) [Alexander Wedderburn], ‘Professor Ruskin at Brantwood’, Celebrities at Home b) W. G. Collingwood, ‘Celebrities. No. II - John Ruskin’ c) —, ‘Ruskin’s Chair’, in Ruskin Relics d) —, ‘Ruskin's Hand’, in Ruskin Relics 13. Pathologising Ruskin a) [L. N. Fowler], ‘Phrenological Description of Mr John Ruskin’, Phrenological Magazine b) H. [George Harley?], ‘The Late Mr. John Ruskin’, British Medical Journal 14. H. S. [Henry Scott] Holland, ‘Gladstone and Ruskin’, Commonwealth 15. Katie MacDonald Goring, ‘Friends of Living Creatures and John Ruskin’, Fortnightly Review 16. The Death of Ruskin a) The Times (22 January 1900) b) Anon., ‘The Late Mr. Ruskin’, The Times 17. Looking Back at Ruskin a) A. C. Benson, Memories and Friends b) Henry W. Nevinson, Fire of Life