A delightful account of a journey through southern France, by the author of Treasure Island, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped.

...life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books; and that valuable books should, in a civilized country, be within the reach of every one, printed in excellent form, for a just price... This volume contains three lectures by John Ruskin, and his preface to the later editions.

Tao Te Ching is an ancient Chinese text attributed to Lao-Tzu. This translation by James Legge is followed by a brief comment by Juan Bautista.