2016 Reprint of 1937 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The subject of the book is the human heart. The emotion is intense, the point of view mature, the expression direct, fresh and simple. Sarton’s aim is to present the landscape of the heart without confusion and without sentimentality, a fire reflected in a mirror, flight as expressed in the tension of a spire—From the dust jacket.