Excerpt from Fors Clavigera, Vol. 1: Containing Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain; Letters 1-36, 1871, 1872, 1873 This volume and the two which follow it contain the book, published in monthly parts, which Ruskin called Fors Clavig'era: Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain. The three next succeeding volumes of this edition contain writings which grew out of Fors Clavigera. Volume XXX. Gives various Reports, Papers, and Catalogues referring to the Guild of St. George, the association which was announced and explained in Fors. Volumes XXXI. And XXXII. Contain Bibliotheca Pastoram and allied publications which Ruskin pre pared in connexion with St. George's Schools. The six volumes (xxvii. - XXXII.) are thus closely connected in purpose. 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.