HENRY HARRISON BROWN (1840-1918) was one of the elder statesmen of the New Thought movement in the early part of the 20th Century. Born in Massachusetts in 1840, he served in the U. S. Volunteers during the Civil War from August, 1862, until October, 1865. In his varied career he taught school; worked upon newspapers; lectured in various fields for 17 years, and was 7 years a Unitarian minister. He entered the work of mental healing and teaching in 1893. He thus gained by experience that which he taught in his books.