_L’Ornement des Noces Spirituelles. Traduit du Flamand par_ Maurice Maeterlinck (Brussels, 1900). This celebrated book, still more its beautiful though unreliable introduction, is chiefly responsible for the modern interest in Ruysbroeck. The translation, exquisite as French prose, over-emphasises the esoteric element in his teaching. Those unable to read Flemish should check it by Lambert’s German text (see below). _Vie de Rusbroch suivie de son Traité des Sept Degrés de l’Amour. Traduction littérale du Texte Flamand-Latin, par_ R. Chamonal (Paris, 1909). _Traité du Royaume des Amants de Dieu. Traduit par_ R. Chamonal (Paris, 1911). _De la Vraie Contemplation_ (i.e. _The Twelve Béguines_). _Traduit par_ R. Chamonal. 3 vols. (Paris, 1912). These are the first volumes of a proposed complete translation; which is, however, far from literal, and replaces the rough vigour of the original by the insipid language of conventional French piety. _Livre des XII. Béguines ou de la Vraie Contemplation_ (first sixteen chapters only). _Traduit du Flamand, avec Introduction, par_ L’Abbé P. Cuylits (Brussels, 1909). This also contains a French version of the _Vita_ of Pomerius. The translator is specially successful in rendering the peculiar quality of Ruysbroeck’s verse; but the statements in his introduction must be accepted with reserve. D. _German_ _Drei Schriften des Mystikers Johann van Ruysbroeck, aus dem Vlämischen übersetzt von_ Franz A. Lambert (Leipzig, 1902). A vigorous and accurate translation of _The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage_, _The Sparkling Stone_ and _The Book of Supreme Truth_. Ruysbroeck translates better into German than into any other language; and this volume is strongly recommended to all who can read that tongue. III. Selections _Rusbrock l’Admirable: Œuvres Choisies. Traduit par_ E. Hello (Paris, 1902). A series of short passages, paraphrased (_not_ translated) from the Latin of Surius. There are two English versions of this unsatisfactory book, the second being the best: _Reflections from the Mirror of a Mystic._ Translated by Earle Baillie (London, 1905). _Flowers of a Mystic Garden._ Translated by C. E. S. (London, 1912). _Life, Light, and Love: Selections from the German Mystics._ By the Very Rev. W. R. Inge, D.D., Dean of St. Paul’s (London, 1905). Contains an abridged version of _The Adornment of the Spiritual Marriage_. Biography and Criticism (_A Selection_) Auger, A.—_De Doctrina et Meritis Joannis van Ruysbroeck_ (Louvain, 1892). Engelhardt, J. G. von.—_Richard von St. Victor und J. Ruysbroeck_ (Erlangen, 1838). Useful for tracing the correspondences between the Victorines and Ruysbroeck. Maeterlinck, Maurice.—_Ruysbroeck and the Mystics._ Translated by Jane Stoddart (London, 1908).