July 1883.

W. 7. Sheppard,

Tris. Coll. Camb.

LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR

BY SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE;

AND SOLD BY

1873.

THE

CROWN OF WILD.OLIVE.

FOUR LECTURES

ON

INDUSTRY AND WAR.

BY

JOHN RUSKIN, M.A.

HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRISTCHURCH, AND SLADE PROFESSOR OF FINE ART.

'And indeed it should have been of gold, had not Jupiter been so poor.'

ARISTOPHANES (Plutus).

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE.

G. ALLEN, HEATHFIELD COTTAGE, KESTON, KENT.

1873.