The Ethics of the Dust

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

CONTENTS.
Dedication

Preface to the Second Edition

Second Preface to the Second Edition

Preface

LECTURE

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.

JESSIE (who somehow always makes the room look brighter when she is in it) ........... " 18.

MARY (of whom everybody, including the Old Lecturer, is in great awe) ................. " 20.