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Reference 3578 (1877) Category Miscellaneous Author Ruskin, John Title The Crown of Wild Olive - Four Lectures on Industry and War Publishing Information London: George Allen, 1892 Description 7th Edition of this work originally published in 1866: 250 pages, contents: Introductory, Lecture I Work, Lecture II Traffic, Lecture III War, Lecture IV The Future of England. Appendix. The appendix is on The Economies of the Kings of Prussia. Original covers, shelf wear, end papers tanned, some minor spotting, marks to pages. John Ruskin wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. He was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War. Price £5.00 Keywords ISBN Add this to your basket