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Unto This Last is an essay on economy by John Ruskin, critical of the 18th and 19th century capitalist economists. When first published as four magazine articles in 1860 they were, in the words of Ruskin himself, ""very violently criticized"" and the publisher was force to halt publication. But Ruskin persevered and released the four articles in this book form in 1862. Gandhi read Unto This Last in 1904 and it had a huge impact on his social and economic

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. The two lectures are 'Of Kings' Treasuries', in which Ruskin critiques Victorian manhood, and 'Of Queens' Gardens', in which he counsels women to take their places as the moral guides of men and urges the parents of girls to educate them to this end

by John Ruskin ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Pol.g. 1130 c

Work -- Traffic -- War -- The future of England -- Appendix: Notes on the political economy of Prussia. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Appendix: Notes on the political economy of Prussia: p. 159-190. ; Mode of access: Internet.

[v.9] Sesame and liliesrev. and enl. ed. The crown of wild olive. "Unto this last" . essays on . political economy. Munera pulveris . essays on . political economy. The ethics of the dust. The queen of the air.--[v.10-11] Stones of Venice: v. 1. The foundations; v. 2. The sea-stories; v. 3. The fall. The seven lamps of architecture and painting.--[v. 12] The two paths. Lectures on art. Aratra pentelici. lectures on . sculpture. Time and tide. Pre-Raphaelitism. The eagle's next. The king of the golden river; 6th ed. The relation between Michael Angelo and Tintoretto. ; [v.1] Ariadne florentina . wood and metal engraving. The elements of drawing. The elements of perspective. Deucalion. Prosperina: studies of wayside flowers.--[v.2-3] Fors clavigera.--[v.4] "A joy forever." The art of England. "Our fathers have told us." The laws of Fesole. The pleasures of England. Fiction fair and foul. Notes on the construction of sheepfolds. Inaugural address . Cambridge School of Art, October 29th, 1858. The storm cloud of the nineteenth century. The opening of the Crystal Palace.--[v.5-7] Modern painters. Poems. The poetry of architecture. Giotto and his works in Padua.--[v.8] Mornings in Florence. St. Mark's rest, the history of Venice. Love's meinie. Arrows of the chace . scattered letters . 1840-1880. Val d'Arno: ten lectures on the Tuscan art .-- ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Some copies: Photocopy. Charlottesville, VA : University of Virginia Library Preservation-Acquisitions Dept., 1996. ; 14