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Why should there be only three dimensions in space? Do we have a four-dimensional existence, but are we not conscious of it? If there are four dimensions, why not more than four—up to an infinite number? Pursuing such questions as these, Charles H. Hinton (1853-1907) speculated brilliantly on the idea of the fourth dimension, and in his best writings—which have here been brought together for the first time in one volume—he can finally be recognized as one of the most entertaining speculative thinkers of the turn of the century.