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John Ruskin's "Sesame and Lilies", first published in 1865, stands as a classic 19th-century statement on the natures and duties of men and women. The book was considerably popular at its time of printing.

John Ruskin's Sesame and Lilies, first published in 1865, stands as a classic nineteenth-century statement on the natures and duties of men and women. Although widely popular in its time, the work in its entirety has been out of print since the early twentieth century... Read Full Overview

John Ruskin (1819-1900) published Sesame and Lilies in 1865 when he was forty-six. In 1906, six years after Ruskin's death, Marcel Proust (1871-1922) published the preface On Reading and his translation of Sesame and Lilies when he was thirty-five. This is the first translation... Read Full Overview

"You shall each have a cake of sesame, -and ten pound." Lucian: The Fisherman. My first duty this evening is to ask your pardon for the ambiguity of title under which the subject of lecture has been announced: for indeed I am not going to talk of kings, known as regnant, nor... Read Full Overview

"This edition is an edited reprint of the 1910 edition by A. L. Burt and Company, Publishers." Includes: Lecture I: Sesame: Of Kings' Treasuries; Lecture II: Lilies: Of Queens' Gardens; and Lecture III: The Mystery of Life and Its Arts.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview