THE

STONES OF VENICE.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

The Sea-Stories.

BY JOHN RUSKIN.

AUTHOR OF "THE SEVEN LAMPS OF ARCHITECTURE, ""MODERN PAINTERS," ETC., ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD.

NEW YORK:

JOHN WILEY, & SON 535 BROADWAY.

1867.

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ADVERTISEMENT.

It was originally intended that this Work should consist of two volumes only; the subject has extended to three. The second volume, however, will conclude the account of the ancient architecture of Venice. The third will embrace the Early, the Roman, and the Grotesque Renaissance; and an Index, which, as it gives, in alphabetical order, a brief account of all the buildings in Venice, or references to the places where they are mentioned in the text, will be found a convenient guide for the traveller. In order to make it more serviceable, I have introduced some notices of the pictures which I think most interesting in the various churches, and in the Scuola di San Rocco.

The third, and last, volume is already in the press.