''The Treasure of the Humble'' (french: Le Trésor des humbles) is a collection of thirteen deeply reflective mystical

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by the Belgian

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Maurice Maeterlinck Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck (29 August 1862 – 6 May 1949), also known as Count (or Comte) Maeterlinck from 1932, was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist who was Flemish but wrote in French. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in ...

. The work is dedicated to

Georgette Leblanc Georgette Leblanc (8 February 1869, Rouen – 27 October 1941, Le Cannet) was a French operatic soprano, actress, author, and the sister of novelist Maurice Leblanc. She became particularly associated with the works of Jules Massenet and w ...

Essays

* "Le Silence" ("Silence") * "Le Réveil de L'Ame" ("The Awakening of the Soul") * "Les Avertis" ("The Pre-Destined") * "La Morale Mystique" ("Mystic Morality") * "Sur Les Femmes" ("On Women") * "Ruysbroeck L'Admirable" * "Emerson" * "Novalis" * "Le Tragique Quotidien" ("The Tragical in Daily Life") * "L'Étoile" ("The Star") * "La Bonté Invisible" ("The Invisible Goodness") * "La Vie Profonde" ("The Deeper Life") * "La Beauté Intérieure" ("The Inner Beauty")

English translations

''The Treasure of the Humble'' was translated into English by

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with an introduction by A. B. Walkley in 1897. The English-language version does not include the essays on

Ruysbroeck John van Ruysbroeck, original Flemish name Jan van Ruusbroec () (1293 or 1294 – 2 December 1381) was an Augustinian canon and one of the most important of the Flemish mystics. Some of his main literary works include ''The Kingdom of the D ...

, Emerson, and

Novalis Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), pen name Novalis (), was a German polymath who was a writer, philosopher, poet, aristocrat and mystic. He is regarded as an idiosyncratic and influential figure of ...

References

* Maeterlinck, Maurice (1900). ''The Treasure of the Humble.'' New York: Dodd, Mead & Company/London: George Allen, Ruskin House. * Maeterlinck, Maurice (1907). ''Le Trésor des Humbles.'' Paris: Société du Mercure de France.

External links

Chapter X of Edward Thomas' ''Maurice Materlinck'', entitled "First Essays: 'Le Trésor des Humbles'; 'La Sagesse et la Destinée'"
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