'This valuable book is the first modern study to consider the question of Ruskin and education in full. Powerful, well-written, and original, it makes a valuable contribution to Ruskin, and indeed Victorian, scholarship.'

Francis O'Gorman, University of Leeds, UK

'Sara Atwood has written an elegant and thoughtful book about Ruskin's contemplation, and practice, of education across his life - as a writer and teacher, and as a writer about teaching... Atwood is an invaluable guide. Absorbed by the detail of Ruskin's practice and thought, the book provides the best overview to date of the multi-faceted place of education in Ruskin's changing and sometimes contradictory mind... [This] gracefully written, sympathetic, and informed study has much to teach. It is a welcome, thoughtful, and mature addition to modern Ruskin scholarship.'

Ruskin Review and Bulletin

'This is a good book. Atwood has tackled the immense amount of material in the 39 ponderous volumes of Ruskin's Collected Works edited by Cook and Wedderburn in 1908-1914, and extracted from it a sensible and detailed account of Ruskin's educational ideas and practices... This book is full of curious information and reads well...'

History of Education Review