Excerpt from Overseas, Vol. 4: March, 1919 St. George and his knights - For the most part the re viewers seem to' me singularly to miss the lesson which Ruskin had to teach, and not yet is full justice done to him as one of the great social reformers of this or any age. 80 many writers in reviewing his life concentrate on his work as an art critic, teacher or interpreter, on Ruskin as the author of Modern Painters or The Stones of Venice rather than on Ruskin the preacher and prophet. I like to dwell on Ruskin the Reformer, who lived so far in advance of his age. The seer, who as a voice crying in the wilderness proclaimed that better age for which we are all striving, that age when beauty, dignity of labour and love of service shall come into their own - things which, as Ruskin wrote to Prince Leopold alike in sickness and health, seem to me appointed for my main work under St. George and his Princes and Knights. 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.