Front matter

The Way of the Spirit

BY H. RIDER HAGGARD AUTHOR OF “JESS,” “STELLA FREGELIUS,” ETC.

“Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth…and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.” “To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life which is in the midst of the paradise of God.”

LONDON HUTCHINSON & CO. PATERNOSTER ROW 1906

Dedication

MY DEAR KIPLING,—Both of us believe that there are higher aims in life than the weaving of stories well or ill, and according to our separate occasions strive to fulfil this faith.

Still, when we talked together of the plan of this tale, and when you read the written book, your judgment thereof was such as all of us hope for from an honest and instructed friend—generally in vain.

So, as you found interest in it, I offer it to you, in token of much I cannot write. But you will understand.—

To Rudyard Kipling, Esq. Ditchingham, 14th August, 1905.