Sesame and Lilies

Sesame and Lilies (1895)
by John Ruskin

Sesame and Lilies was originally published as just the text of two lectures. Later editions included a third lecture and a preface. These texts are taken from John Ruskin, Sesame and Lilies, (London: George Allen, 1895).

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SESAME AND LILIES.

THREE LECTURES BY

JOHN RUSKIN, LL.D.,
HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, AND HONORARY FELLOW
OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD.

TENTH COMPLETE EDITION.

GEORGE ALLEN, SUNNYSIDE, ORPINGTON
AND
156, CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON.
1895.

The first small complete edition was printed in September 1893.

Reprinted September 1894; December 1895.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		v
LECTURE I.
Of King's Treasuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		1
LECTURE II.
Of Queen's Gardens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		87
LECTURE III.
The Mystery of Life and its Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		144
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		205

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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