Originally published during the early part of the twentieth century, the Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature were designed to provide concise introductions to a broad range of topics. They were written by experts for the general reader and combined a comprehensive approach to knowledge with an emphasis on accessibility. Mysticism in English Literature by C. F. E. Spurgeon was first published in 1913. Beginning with a precise definition of the term mysticism, Spurgeon looks at the ways in which mystical thought influenced many of England's finest writers on questions of love, beauty, nature, philosophy and religion.