Word: ruskinism
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...ELMER ELLSWORTH SHOEMA KER."The True Use of Wealth." -Ruskin...
...Annie H. Wharton. "Cicero in the Senate," by H. W. Preston, is so carefully prepared that it might well serve as a short history of the great orator. Herbert Tuttle gives us an account of the Emperor William. The student of fine arts will be interested in reading "Mr. Ruskin's Early Years." An article of real value is that on "Charles Brockden Brown," the first American novelist. The name is so seldom heard at present that the pioneer of American fiction is almost forgotten. The "Contributors' Club" and "Books of the Month" close the number...
...Imagination in Architecture" is a good attempt, but it fails to prove anything, through the self-same fault of which the writer accuses Ruskinmere assertion. The writer begins by abusing Ruskin for asking us to accept his statements on simple faith, and then turns round and asks his readers to believe that the effect produced on him (the writer) by a certain style of architecture is the same which would be produced on everyone. The paper is not long enough for a thorough ventilation of the subject, and is therefore, rather unsatisfactory...
...Lunt, '86, $75. "Industrial Partnerships." S. Penrose, '86, $75. "Ruskin and his Place among English Writers...
...SOCIETY Holiday books are now in stock and on sale to members at low prices. Howell's Tuscan Cities, Holmes's Last Leaf, Tennyson's Day Dream, and other illustrated books of the Christmas season are to be had. A large stock of standard books (works of Shakespeare, Ruskin, George Eliot, Thackeray, Dickens, etc., etc.), and of new books of all kinds. Christmas cards are now on sale...