On the occasion of the centenary of the Theosophical Society, a selection of speeches and essays by the President-Founder of the Society Col. H.S.Olcott is brought out in the form of this book.

They are Applied Theosophy, Inaugural address, Common Foundation of all Religions, Life of Buddha and Its Lessons, The Spirit of Zoroastrianism, Spiritualism and Theosophy, Asceticism, Eastern Magic and Western Spiritualism and India: Past, Present, and Future.