BIB_ID
310131
Accession number
MA 2159.37
Creator
Ruskin, John, 1819-1900.
Display Date
[1867] June 20.
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Part of a collection of letters from John Ruskin to Thomas Richmond. Letters in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery embossed "Denmark Hill, S."
Year of writing from postmark.
Written on stationery embossed "Denmark Hill, S."
Year of writing from postmark.
Provenance
Henry W. Wollaston; purchased in 1961.
Summary
Saying he is in the mountains; saying he has "no right to be a stupid nuisance to one's friends because one's foolish;" saying he can't come to visit because his mother needs him to be there; saying "it is a fixed habit of my mind never to look forward with anything but fear. I enjoy the present wholly if it is pleasant--suffer from it wholly if unpleasant--in front of me I see only the terror of Chance and Fate. That is why 'waiting' is so difficult for me; saying "my Father always said 'wait--wait' about Turner--till Turner died --and till he himself died;" saying he rejoices in "your looking forward. I have joy in the present sense that R. [Rose La Touche] cares for me--and--thank God--cares for no one else;" thanking him for his friendship.
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