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The Ethics of the Dust

John Ruskin
The Ethics of the Dust

TEN LECTURES TO LITTLE HOUSEWIVES

ON THE ELEMENTS OF CRYSTALLIZATION

BY JOHN RUSKIN, LL.D.,

HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, AND SLADE PROFESSOR OF FINE ART

DEDICATION

TO THE REAL LITTLE HOUSEWIVES, WHOSE GENTLE LISTENING AND THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONING ENABLED THE WRITER TO WRITE THIS BOOK, IT IS DEDICATED WITH HIS LOVE.

CHRISTMAS, 1875.

PERSONAE

OLD LECTURER (of incalculable age).

FLORRIE, on astronomical evidence presumed to be aged 9.

ISABEL ………………………………. " 11.

MAY …………………………………. " 11.

LILY ………………………………… " 12.

KATHLEEN……………………………… " 14.

LUCILLA………………………………. " 15.

VIOLET ………………………………. " 16.

DORA (who has the keys and is housekeeper)… " 17.

EGYPT (so called from her dark eyes) ……. " 17.