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    Reference 3577 (1876)
    Category Miscellaneous
    Author Ruskin, John
    Title Sesame and Lilies: Three Lectures "Complete Edition"
    Publishing Information London: George Allen, 1899
    Description Fortieth thousand Edition: xxxvii, 228 pages. Contents: Preface, Lecture I Of King's Treasures, Lecture II Of Queen's Gardens, Lecture III The Mystery of Life and its Arts, Index. Original covers, top edge gilt. Previous owners details front end paper otherwise contents clean, front end paper split.First published in 1865, this collection of three lectures from John Ruskin are essentially concerned with education and ideal conduct. Delivered in December 1864 at the town halls at Rusholme and Manchester, the lectures featured are titled 'Of Kings' Treasuries', 'Of Queens' Gardens' and 'The Mystery of Life and its Arts'. This book proved to be one of Ruskin's most popular, and was regularly awarded as a Sunday School prize. John Ruskin wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy. He was hugely influential in the latter half of the 19th century and up to the First World War.
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