《芝麻与百合》这书收入两篇演讲词，发表于1864年，第一篇题目为《帝王的宝藏》(Of Kings' Treasure)，对象是男孩子。所谓宝藏，是指图书馆，「芝麻」取义于《阿里巴巴与四十大盗》(Ali Baba and Forty Thieves)中开啓宝藏之门的咒语「芝麻开门」。这篇演辞中的教训就如那句咒语，打开知识的宝库—图书馆。第二篇《皇后的花园》(Of Queens' Garden)，对象是女孩子，女孩子就是皇后花园里的百合花。

This complete catalog of Monet's famous Water Lilies-âfeaturing 210 paintings from private and public collectionsâ - is an essential volume on a key contribution to impressionist art. Monet, the father of French impressionist painting, devoted twenty-five years to a series of paintings of the water lilies that floated in the pond of his lavish garden in Giverny.This volume is d...(展开全部)

This complete catalog of Monet's famous Water Lilies-âfeaturing 210 paintings from private and public collectionsâ - is an essential volume on a key contribution to impressionist art. Monet, the father of French impressionist painting, devoted twenty-five years to a series of paintings of the water lilies that floated in the pond of his lavish garden in Giverny.This volume is d...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Taking its title from the "Battle Hymn of the Republic", IN THE BEAUTY OF THE LILIES traces one family's profound journey through four generations--and across the spiritual landscape of twentieth-century America. It is one of John Updike's fullest and finest work of fiction.

In the Beauty of the Lilies begins in 1910 and traces God’s relation to four generations of American seekers, beginning with Clarence Wilmot, a clergyman in Paterson, New Jersey. He loses his faith but finds solace at the movies, respite from “the bleak facts of life, his life, gutted by God’s withdrawal.” His son, Teddy, becomes a mailman who retreats from American exceptiona...(展开全部)