Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. IT is difficult for the uninitiated to understand or sympathise with the difficulties which have attended the composition of these Undertones yet the class of mind to whom the book appeals will comprehend the statement that the author has been compelled, at too early an age, to get his bread by letters. Faults may be found with certain liberties taken with old theories, certain tentative interpretations of ambiguous myths but no fault should be found with the author’s asser tion that the mere completion of his ambitious design – no matter how faulty the workmanship may be is, under the circumstances, a triumph in itself and.