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Nor would any survey of the Baha'i literature produced during the concluding decades of the first Baha'i century be complete without special reference being made to the publication of, and the far- reaching influence exerted by, that splendid, authoritative and comprehensive introduction to Baha'i history and teachings, penned by that pure- hearted and immortal promoter of the Faith, J. E. Esslemont, which has already been printed in no less than thirty- seven languages, and is being translated into thirteen additional languages, whose English version has already run into tens of thousands, which has been reprinted no less than nine times in the United States of America, whose Esperanto, Japanese and English versions have been transcribed into Braille, and to which royalty has paid its tribute, characterizing it as "a glorious book of love and goodness, strength and beauty," commending it to all, and affirming that "no man could fail to be better because of this Book."
(382:2)
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