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"Their Yesterdays" was written in Tucson, Arizona, and was published in
the fall of 1912, just one year after the publication of "The Winning
of Barbara Worth." In order to write this story, with the least possible
strain on his nerves and vitality, Mr. Wright secluded himself in a
little cottage purchased especially for this work. His material was
collected from the observations of his thoughtful years and his intimate
knowledge of human hearts. This book is, perhaps, more representative
of the real Harold Bell Wright than anything he has done. It is the true
presentation of his views on life, love and religion. I once asked Mr.
Wright, in behalf of the faculty, to deliver an address to a graduating
class of some twenty-odd young men of the Morgan Park Academy (Chicago).
He was very busy and I suggested that without special effort he make the
commonplace remarks that one so often hears on like occasions. For the
first time that I remember he somewhat impatiently resented a suggestion
from me, saying "These young men are on the threshold of life and the
very best that is within me is due to them. I can give to them only such
a message as I would, were I to stand before judgment on the morrow." It
was with just this spirit that the author wrote "Their Yesterdays."
Following "Their Yesterdays" the next book in order of publication was
"The Eyes of the World," published in the fall of 1914.
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