"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 of treasuries, understood to contain wealth; but of quite another order of royalty, and another material of riches, than those usually acknowledged

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The Story of Ida, Epitaph on an Etrurian Tomb by John Ruskin. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1883 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

The following notice of Giotto has not been drawn up with any idea of attempting a history of his life. That history could only be written after a careful search through the libraries of Italy for all documents relating to the years during which he worked.