Produced by Juliet Sutherland and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: CONISTON FROM A PHOTOGRAPH] Library Edition THE COMPLETE WORKS OF JOHN RUSKIN CROWN OF WILD OLIVE TIME AND TIDE QUEEN OF THE AIR LECTURES ON ART AND LANDSCAPE ARATRA PENTELICI NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NEW YORK CHICAGO TIME AND TIDE BY WEARE AND TYNE TWENTY-FIVE LETTERS TO A WORKING MAN OF SUNDERLAND ON THE LAWS OF WORK. CONTENTS. PAGE PREFACE ix LETTER I. CO-OPERATION 1 The two kinds of Co-operation.--In its highest sense it is not yet thought of. II. CONTENTMENT 4 Co-operation, as hitherto understood, is perhaps not expedient. III. LEGISLATION 7 Of True Legislation.--That every Man may be a Law to himself. IV. EXPENDITURE 11 The Expenses for Art and for War. V. ENTERTAINMENT 13 The Corruption of Modern Pleasure.--(Covent Garden Pantomime.) VI. DEXTERITY 18 The Corruption of Modern Pleasure.--(The Japanese Jugglers.) VII. FESTIVITY 20 Of the Various Expressions of National Festivity. VIII. THINGS WRITTEN 22 The Four Possible Theories respecting the Authority of the Bible. IX. THANKSGIVING 27 The Use of Music and Dancing under the Jewish Theocracy, compared with their Use by the Modern French. X. WHEAT-SIFTING 32 The Meaning, and Actual Operation, of Satanic or Demoniacal Influence.