Excerpt from The Poems of John Ruskin, Vol. 1: Now First Collected From Original Manuscript and Printed Sources; Poems Written in Boyhood, 1826-1835 It is no idle curiosity, then, that prompts the admirers Of Mr. Ruskin's works to collect his boyish writings and to learn the story Of his youth. More than other writers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.