This work gives a biographical account of the life of Paracelsus or Theophrastus von Hohenheim 1493-1541. For some years Ms. Stoddart devoted her whole life and energies to this work on Paracelsus. Her previous studies and her linguistic attainments specially fitted her for the task, and she spent many months in Germany and Italy in order to investigate on the spot the career of a very remarkable man who is known to the British public mainly through the works of Robert Browning. Illustrated.