George MacDonald 
The Diary of an Old Soul 

The Diary of an Old Soul is a book of poems written by George Mac Donald that can be read as daily devotionals. George Mac Donald was a Scottish author and Christian minister who is considered to be one of the main pioneers of the fantasy genre of fiction. Mac Donald’s books influenced many great authors that followed such as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Edith Nesbit. Mac Donald wrote many classics such as Lilith, Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, and At the Back of the North Wind. In this volume of verse, Mac Donald offers a poem for every day of the year; each is intended to prompt introspection and prayerful contemplation.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

George Mac Donald was born on December 10, 1824 in Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He attended University in Aberdeen in 1840 and then went on to Highbury College in 1848 where he studied to be a Congregational Minister, receiving his M. A. After being a minister for several years, he became a lecturer in English literature at Kings College in London before becoming a full-time writer. He wrote fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. In 1955, he wrote his first important original work, a long religious poem entitled Within and Without. He is best known for his fantasy novels Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith and fairy tales including The Light Princess, The Golden Key, and The Wise Woman. In 1863, he published David Eiginbrod, the first of a dozen novels that were set in Scotland and based on the lives of rural Scots. He died on September 18, 1905.