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.
| PAGE | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||
| IV. | Education for Rich and Poor. | |||
| True Education. 1868 | [123] | |||
| The Value of Lectures. 1874 | [124] | |||
| The Cradle of Art. 1876 | [125] | |||
| St. George's Museum. 1875 | [126] | |||
| The Morality of Field Sports. 1870 | [127] | |||
| Drunkenness and Crime. 1871 | [129] | |||
| Madness and Crime. 1872 | [130] | |||
| Employment for the Destitute Poor and Criminal Classes. 1868 | [131] | |||
| Notes on the General Principles of Employment for the Destitute and Criminal Classes (a Pamphlet). 1868 | [132] | |||
| Blindness and Sight. 1879 | [139] | |||
| The Eagle's Nest. 1879 | [140] | |||
| Politics in Youth. 1879 | [141] | |||
| "Act, Act in the Living Present." 1873 | [141] | |||
| "Laborare est Orare." 1874 | [142] | |||
| A Pagan Message. 1878 | [143] | |||
| The Foundations of Chivalry. 1877-8. | ||||
| Five letters: | February 8, 1877 | [143] | ||
| February 10, 1877 | [145] | |||
| February 11, 1877 | [146] | |||
| February 12, 1877 | [147] | |||
| July 3, 1878 | [148] | |||
| V. | Women: Their Work and Their Dress | |||
| Woman's Work. 1873 | [153] | |||
| Female Franchise. 1870 | [154] | |||
| Proverbs on Right Dress. 1862 | [154] | |||
| Sad-colored Costumes. 1870 | [156] | |||
| Oak Silkworms. 1862 | [158] | |||
| VI. | Literary Criticism. | |||
| The Publication of Books. 1875 | [163] | |||
| A Mistaken Review. 1875 | [165] | |||
| The Position of Critics. 1875 | [167] | |||
| Coventry Patmore's "Faithful for Ever." 1860 | [168] | |||
| "The Queen of the Air." 1871 | [171] | |||
| The Animals of Scripture: a Review. 1856 | [172] | |||
| "Limner" and Illumination. 1854 | [174] | |||
| Notes on a Word in Shakespeare. 1878. | ||||
| Two letters: | September | [176] | ||
| September 29 | [177] | |||
| "The Merchant of Venice." 1880 | [179] | |||
| Recitations. 1880 | [186] | |||
| Appendix. | ||||
| Letter to W. C. Bennett, LL.D. 1852 | [183] | |||
| Letter to Thomas Guthrie, D.D. 1853 | [184] | |||
| The Sale of Mr. Windus' Pictures. 1859 | [185] | |||
| At the Play. 1867 | [185] | |||
| An Object of Charity. 1868 | [186] | |||
| Excuses from Correspondence. 1868 | [186] | |||
| Letter to the Author of a Review. 1872 | [187] | |||
| An Oxford Protest. 1874 | [188] | |||
| Mr. Ruskin and Mr. Lowe. 1877 | [189] | |||
| The Bibliography of Ruskin. 1878. | ||||
| Two letters: | September 30 | [190] | ||
| October 23 | [190] | |||
| The Society of the Rose. 1879 | [191] | |||
| Letter to W. H. Harrison. 1865 | [192] | |||
| Dramatic Reform. 1880. (Two letters) | [193] | |||
| The Lord Rectorship of Glasgow University. 1880. (Five letters) | [195] | |||
| Epilogue | [201] | |||
| Chronological List of the Letters contained in Both Volumes | [204] | |||
| Index | [213] | |||