Basil King

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There are many self help books which give some help to many people. There are books which give a set of rules, or even one master rule, by which to meet the problems of life. This is not such a book. It suggests no simple recipe for the conquest of fear. Instead, it presents, what all too few of us to-day possess, a philosophy of life. Contents: Introduction -- Fear and the life-principle -- The life-principle and God -- God and His self-expression -- God's self-expression and the mind of to-day -- The mind of to-day and the world as it is -- The world as it is and the false god of fear -- The false god of fear and the fear of death -- The fear of death and abundance of life.

The Wild Olive by Basil King, published 1910."A solitary horseman was wending his way across "the plain." Thus, in effect, the clever author of The Wild Olive begins his story. True, the horseman chances to be on foot, and the plain is a hillside opening in the forest that clothes the foothills of the Adirondacks. Otherwise it is the time-honoured formula, which the ingenuity of countless novelists has failed to improve. It is the apparition of the human figure on the otherwise lifeless landscape that is essential. It is an opening not to be resisted by any novel-reader whose interests are properly regulated.Behold the hero, a fugitive from justice, picturesquely dishevelled, running from his pursuers straight into the house of the man who had that very morning sentenced him to death. Behold the heroine, a proud, beautifulWilliam Benjamin Basil King (1859-1928) was a Canadian-born clergyman who became a writer after retiring from the clergy. His novels and non-fiction were spiritually oriented.

There are many self help books which give some help to many people. There are books which give a set of rules, or even one master rule, by which to meet the problems of life. This is not such a book. It suggests no simple recipe for the conquest of fear. Instead, it presents, what all too few of us to-day possess, a philosophy of life. Contents: Introduction -- Fear and the life-principle -- The life-principle and God -- God and His self-expression -- God's self-expression and the mind of to-day -- The mind of to-day and the world as it is -- The world as it is and the false god of fear -- The false god of fear and the fear of death -- The fear of death and abundance of life.