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CHAPTER 1 THE MAGIC SPELL OF A BOOK [In a chapter of his Autobiography entitled "The Magic Spell of a Book" Gandhiji tells his readers how he was profoundly influenced by Ruskin's book Unto This Last, a copy of which was given to him by Mr. H.S.L.Polak, his coworker in South Africa, to read...

PREFACE It is with a feeling of relief and thanksgiving, not unmixed with a certLiin regret, that with this volume I bring my labour on Mahatma Gandhi—The Last Phase, extending over nearly eight years, to a close. It was no mean solace and privilege to live through over again what is recorded...

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE The first edition of Gandhiji's Autobiography was published in two volumes, Vol, 1 in 1927 and Vol. II in 1929. The original in Gujarati which was priced at Re. 1/-has run through five editions, nearly 50,000 copies having been sold. The price of the English translation...

FOREWORD (Translated from the original Gujarati) I have gone through this summary [of From Teravda Mandir—Ashram Observances and Constructive Programme—Its Meaning and Placel, The beauty of it is that though it purports to be only a summary, I am not conscious of any incompleteness in...

PUBLISHER'S NOTEIt is with very great pleasure and joy indeed that we issue this compilation of Gandhiji's writings on the subject of modern Economic and Industrial Life and Relations, edited by Shri V. B. Kher. The subject is now-a-days very much before the world's eye, particularly ours, thanks...