A

CATALOGUE OF BOOKS

IN

VARIOUS BRANCHES OF LITERATURE,

Preparing for Publication.

THE

STONES OF VENICE.

BY

JOHN RUSKIN,

AUTHOR OF "THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE,"
MODERN PAINTERS," ETC.

LONDON SMITH, ELDER & CO., 65, CORNHILL.

1850.

CONVERSATIONS OF GOETHE with ECKERMANN.

TRANSLATED by JOHN OXENFORD.

2 vols. post 8vo.

(Nearly ready.)

MR. LEIGH HUNT'S GIFT BOOK.

A JAR OF HONEY FROM MOUNT HYBLA.

Uoserver.

"The volume is abundantly rich in claims of every kind.”—Atlas. "This is by far the most beautiful gift-book of the season. jar is full of honey, which in its sweetness never cloys.”—Tablet.

This Sicilian and Cerulean

LONDON: SMITH, ELDER, AND CO., CORNHILL.

WOMAN IN FRANCE during the 18th Century.
By JULIA KAVANAGH.

In 2 vols. post 8vo., with Portraits of Remarkable French Women.

(Just ready.)

CONVERSATIONS OF GOETHE with ECKERMANN.

TRANSLATED by JOHN OXENFORD.

2 vols. post 8vo.

(Nearly ready.)

General Literature.

WORKS OF MR. RUSKIN.

(THE "OXFORD graduate.")

I.

THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE.

By JOHN RUSKIN, Author of "Modern Painters."

1 vol. imp. 8vo., with Fourteen Etchings by the Author. Price One Guinea, bound in embossed cloth, with top edge gilt.

"By the 'Seven Lamps of Architecture,' we understand Mr. Ruskin to mean the seven fundamental and cardinal laws, the observance of and obedience to which are indispensable to the architect who would deserve the name. The politician, the moralist, the divine, will find in it ample store of instructive matter, as well as the artist."- Examiner.

"Mr. Ruskin's mind is of that vigorous and searching nature which can be satisfied with nothing less than the elucidation of pure principles in art. He observes and investigates for himself, and expresses himself in a strain of eloquence which rivets the mind by its fulness of meaning, and fascinates the fancy by its singular appropriateness of language and richness of imagery.”—Britannia. "This eloquent and deeply-instructive volume is a book for amateurs to read; for it will make the thoughtless thoughtful, and open new fields of contemplation and sources of interest, and suggest and strengthen important principles to all."-Ecclesiologist.

"As an architectural work it stands alone, uniting to its immediate object an intense feeling for the beautiful, both in art and nature, and a high sense of the value of bringing moral principles to bear upon every thing."-Art Journal.

"Mr. Ruskin's book bears so unmistakeably the marks of keen and accurate observation, of a true and subtle judgment and refined sense of beauty, joined with so much earnestness, so noble a sense of the purposes and business of art, and such a command of rich and glowing language, that it cannot but tell powerfully in producing a more religious view of the uses of architecture, and a deeper insight into its artistic principles."-Guardian.

"We hail Mr. Ruskin's book: we thank him for his industry; we admire his earnest eloquence; and on almost all great matters we defer to his judgment. He has, indeed, done high honor to the architect's calling."-MR. WIGHTWICK, in The Architect.

II.

MODERN PAINTERS.

By A GRADUATE OF OXFORD.

Volume the First. Fourth Edition, imp. 8vo., price 18s. cloth.
Volume the Second. Second Edition, imp. 8vo., price 10s. 6d. cloth.

"A generous and impassioned review of the works of living painters. A hearty and earnest work, full of deep thought, and developing great and striking truths in art.”—British Quarterly Review. "A very extraordinary and delightful book, full of truth and goodness, of power and beauty." North British Review. "This work is the most valuable contribution towards a proper view of painting, its purpose and means, that has come within our knowledge.”—Foreign Quarterly Review.

"One of the most remarkable works on art which has appeared in our time."— Edinburgh Review.

The Third Volume of "MODERN PAINTERS," which will be Illustrated by numerous Engravings, is in course of preparation.

WORKS OF MR. LEIGH HUNT.

I.

THE TOWN: its Memorable Characters and Events.

(ST. PAUL'S TO ST. JAMES'S.)

2 vols. post 8vo., with Forty-five Illustrations, price 24s. cloth.

"We will allow no higher enjoyment for a rational Englishman than to stroll leisurely through this marvellous town arm-in-arm with Mr. Leigh Hunt. He gives us the outpourings of a mind enriched with the most agreeable knowledge. There is not a page of this book which does not glow with interest. It is a series of pictures from life, representing scenes in which every inhabitant of the metropolis has an interest far greater than he suspects."-Times.

"Among the very pleasantest works of Leigh Hunt. We are never out of sight of sovereigns or subjects, notable buildings and the builders thereof, booksellers and bookmakers, plays and players, men about town and their haunts. There is not a page, in short, which does not furnish its anecdote." -Athenæum.

"One of Leigh Hunt's masterpieces."—Examiner.

"Two volumes full of delightful gossip and well-chosen anecdotes."-Britannia.

"A work for all classes and for every age. The grave and the gay will be alike charmed with its pages."- Eclectic Review.

"A delightful work, of which one would wish no end.”—Sunday Times.

II.

MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS.

Two vols. post 8vo., with Portrait, price 17. 1s. cloth.

"A book for a parlour-window, for a summer's eve, for a warm fireside, for a half-hour's leisure, for a whole day's luxury; in any and every possible shape a charming companion.”—Westminster Review.

"Mr. Leigh Hunt never writes otherwise than cheerfully. He will have sunshine, will promote gay spirits, will uphold liberal truths; blithely, yet earnestly. He is the prince of parlour-window writers." -Athenæum.

"This is a book to be in the cherished corner of a pleasant room, and to be taken up when the spirits have need of sunshine."

III.

IMAGINATION AND FANCY; or, Selections from the English Poets.

IV.

WIT AND HUMOUR: Selected from the English Poets.

Bound in cloth, with gilt edges, price 10s. 6d. each, or in boards 9s. each.

"The design of this delightful series extends beyond a collection of elegant extracts. They are selections of some of the best things some of our best authors have said, accompanied with short but delicate expositions and enforcements of their beauties. They are truly most genial, agreeable, and social books."-Examiner.

"These really delightful volumes give us the best passages of the best writers, in their respective kinds, illustrated by one who will himself leave no mean remembrance to posterity, in the spirit of genial criticism, informed by a delicate faculty of discrimination."-Morning Chronicle.