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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 work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Sesame and Lilies is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1882. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we... Read Full Overview

Sesame and Lilies - Unto this last-the queen of the air, The storm cloud of the nineteenth century is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1891. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions,... Read Full Overview