ALTHOUGH Prentice Mulford was one of the earliest
pioneers of the New Thought teaching,
he is still comparatively little known
or read in this country, chiefly on
account of the high price of the six
volumes known as "The White Cross
Library," in which form his Essays
are published in America, and it is
hoped that this short selection of
his Essays will be the means of bringing
his teaching within the reach of those
especially who are able to purchase
only few or inexpensive books.
The complete
series contains seventy two Essays
treating, from various points of view,
man's spiritual and physical life,
and it has not been altogether easy
to choose from such a wealth of original
and suggestive thought, those essays
which will best appeal to the average
reader. The selection has been made
with the view chiefly of presenting
such as seen likely to be specially
practical and helpful. The text is
printed as it was left by the author
except for the alteration of some
American expressions, and a few awkward
sentences in which the meaning was
obscure.
Readers
who become interested in an author's
writings naturally like to know the
main facts of his life, so it may
be briefly stated here that Prentice
Mulford was born at Long Island, U.S.A,
in 1834,
