Albert Van der Naillen

IN THE SANCTUARY

INTRODUCTION

THE publication, at this late date, of a
sequel to "On the Heights of Himalay,"
may strike our readers as being somewha.
out of chronological consistency.

The fact is that it has been unexpectedly delayed by
the author's discovery of the existence of
an order of occultists higher than that described
in On the Heights of Himalay."
It was his intention to have issued a sequel
two years ago, but his investigations, made
in the direction of this mysterious order,
brought to his knowledge so many momentous
facts in connection with the origin of
religious observances and their significations,
that the faithful exposition of them
necessarily consumed much time.

Such being the case, we deem it advisable to
present in a few paragraphs a faint outline of
the contents of the previous volume, with
the twofold object of refreshing the memory
of those of our readers who perused the
former work, and of rendering the present
one more intelligible to those who have not.

It will su伍ce to state that Prince Arthur
de Silvereau, the hero of "On the Heights
of Himalay," had been in his youth a captain
in the body-guard of the King of
France. His position conferred on him
many privileges, among which was that of… (plus d'informations)