This book, written in the first half of the fifteenth century, ranks next to the Bible in the influence it has exerted upon christian spirituality. The anonymous twentieth-century translation now printed in every man's library takes the place of a less accurate version dating from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century. A devotional week that has meant all things to Christians thought the centuries, its counsels of perfection in interpreting Christ's teaching make it a book with personal meaning for each and every reader.