The book is divided into four parts. Part I deals with "Western admirers of Sri Ramakrishna", Part II with "Western admirers of Sri Sarada Devi", Part III with Western admirers of Swami Vivekananda", and Part IV with "Western admirers of the other disciples of Sri Ramakrishna"
The animal has its happiness in the senses, the human beings in their intellect, and the gods in spiritual contemplation. It is only to the soul that has attained to this contemplative state that the world really becomes beautiful.
-Swami Vivekananda