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chapters contains much curious matter, very metaphysical and very transcen- 

 dental, but worth being studied by those who appreciate the influence which 

 the many forms of occultism have exercised upon civilisation." St James s 

 Gazette. 



" To many readers the most fascinating pages in 'The Real History of the 

 Rosicrucians' will be those in which the author reprints Foxcroft's 1690 

 translation of The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosencreutz, which had 

 originally appeared in German in 1616. THIS STRANGE ROMANCE is FULL 

 OF WONDERFUL THINGS." Saturday Review. 



"We would recommend Mr Waite's very painstaking volume to all who 

 may be desirous to get to the back of the Rosicrucian mystery. ... So 

 much nonsense has been talked and written about this imaginary order that 

 it is quite refreshing to find a writer competent and willing to reduce the 

 legend to its true proportions, and show how and when it had its origin. " 

 Knowledge. 



" We have rarely seen a work of this description that was so free from all 

 attempts at the distortion of facts to dovetail with a preconceived .... His 

 style is perspicuous. . . . The most interesting portions of the book are those 

 where the author is willing to speak himself. . . . To those students of 

 occultism, whose palates, undebauched by the intellectual hashish of the 

 rhapsodies of mysticism and the jargon of the Kabala, can still appreciate a 

 plain historical statement of facts, we gladly commend the book. Nature. 



" ' The Real History of the Rosicrucians ' is a very learned book that will 

 be read with deep interest by every one who has the slightest knowledge of 

 the subject." Court Journal. 



"MR WAITE'S PAINSTAKING AND WELL WRITTEN BOOK is ONE TO BE 

 THANKFUL FOR. . . . The subject has too long (and never more than at the 

 present) been the property of pseudo-learned mystery-mongers. ... But 

 scant justice can be done to a book like Mr Waite's in a short notice such 

 as this, and therefore all that remains possible is to draw the attention of 

 all interested in such literature to the careful chapters on the English mystics 

 Fludd, Vaughan, and Heydon and to emphasise the estimate with which 

 we commenced." Manchester Examiner. 



"There was need of a clear and reliable book on the subject. This need 

 Mr Waite has supplied. He is a cultured writer, and has mastered the 

 entire literature of his subject, the most of which is in the German language. 

 His ' Real History ' cannot fail to interest any curious reader. . . . The 

 author is not a Freemason, and speaks slightingly of our fraternity ; but he 

 has undoubtedly produced THE MOST RELIABLE BOOK which has yet appeared 

 in the English language on Rosicrucianism, and it- will deservedly attract 

 the attention of all scholars and curious readers who are interested in the 

 subject." Keystone (New York). 



" Mr Waite has done an excellent service in reprinting in this handsome 

 volume translations of the chief documents bearing on the secrets of the Rosy 

 Cross." Literary World (Boston). 



" Mr Waite is not a trader upon the ignorance and curiosity of readers. 

 . . . His own book is simply the result of conscientious researches, whereby 

 he succeeded in discovering several unknown tracts and manuscripts in the 

 library of the British Museum; and these, with other important and avail- 

 able facts and documents, ... he now publishes, summarised or in extcnso, 

 according to their value, and thus offers for the first time in the literature of 

 the subject, THE ROSICRUCIANS REPRESENTED BY THEMSELVES." Phila- 

 delphia Press. 



