Excerpt from The Life of John Ruskin, Vol. 1 of 2 Suspension of Modern Painters - I. A new call restoration and mediaeval architecture. Foreign tour, 1846. Champagnole. Architectural studies - II. Widening circle of acquaintance. Miss Mitford. Ruskin's personal appearance: Richmond's portrait. Social distractions. Lady Davy. Miss Charlotte Lockhart. An article for the Quarterly. Visit to the Lakes. The British Association at Oxford. Gladstone's candidature. - III. Despondency. A cure at Leamington. Studies and moods. Visit to Crossmount. Father and Son. Drawing. IV. Letters to E. C. G. The King of the Golden River. Verses For a Birthday in May. Marriage to Miss Gray. 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.