28 APRIL 1900, Page 12

The Life of John Ruskin. By W. G. Collingwood. (Methuen

and Co. Gs.)—Mr. Collingwood published a book on " The Life and Work of John Raskin" seven years ago ; he now reproduces it iu a different form and with many changes. We do not like to see these premature biographies. And there are few cases where they would be more unseasonable than in Mr. Ruskin's. Still, here is the book, well done, doubtless, in its way, for any who may desire to read it. Whether they will find it always judicious is more than we should like to say, but they will certainly never find it dull.