Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) _Men of the Kingdom_ Fénelon: The Mystic _By_ James Mudge, Author of “The Saintly Calling,” “The Best of Browning,” etc. CINCINNATI: JENNINGS AND GRAHAM NEW YORK: EATON AND MAINS copyright 1906, by Jennings and Graham _To My Dear Wife._ A wise mother of children, A faithful missionary in India, An efficient worker in many Churches. A WORD TO THE READER There have been many lives of Fénelon. Four were brought out in the eighteenth century, and two quite extensive ones were issued as recently as 1901. In a few cases they have been written in a spirit of cold, supercilious disparagement and cynical comment by people who evidently had no experience which would qualify them to understand the character they rashly attempted to portray. But the endeavor to pull Fénelon down from the pedestal on which he has so long stood can not succeed. So long as his own writings remain to bear testimony to the high qualities of his mind and soul, his fame is secure. It is the chief regret of the present writer that, owing to the restricted size of the book, he has not been able to give more of Fénelon’s own words. The reader is recommended to procure the “Spiritual Letters” of Fénelon, published in two volumes by E. P. Dutton & Co., New York.[1]