bottled-up _djinn_ in the Arab tale, innumerable Powers or
Intelligences, some capable of bestowing peace or calm, others of
giving Happiness, or inspiring creative genius, energy and
perseverance. All that Man has ever attributed to an Invisible World
without, lies, in fact, within him, and the magic key which will
confer the faculty of sight and the power to conquer is the _Will_.

It has always been granted that it is a marvellously good thing to
have a strong will, or a determined or resolute mind, and great has
been the writing thereon. I have by me the last book on the subject,
in which the faculty is enthusiastically praised, and the reader is
told through all the inflexions of sentiment, that he _ought_ to
assert his Will, to be vigorous in mind, _etcetera_, but unfortunately
the How to do it is utterly wanting.

It will be generally admitted by all readers that this _How to do it_
has been always sought in grandly heroic or sublimely vigorous
methods of victory over self. The very idea of being resolute, brave,
persevering or stubborn, awakens in us all thoughts of conflict or
dramatic self-conquering. But it may be far more effectively attained
in a much easier way, even as the ant climbed to the top of the tree
and gnawed away and brought down the golden fruit unto which the
man could not rise. There are _easy_ methods, and by far the most
effective, of awakening the Will; methods within the reach of every
one, and which if practised, will lead on _ad infinitum_, to
marvellous results.

The following chapters will be devoted to setting forth, I trust
clearly and explicitly, how by an extremely easy process, or
processes, the will may be, by any person of ordinary intelligence and