▁Pil gr im ' s ▁Progress ▁itself ▁without ▁suffering ▁by ▁the ▁comparison , ▁and ▁there ▁can ▁be ▁no ▁higher ▁pra ise ." ▁Sir ▁Knight ▁of ▁the ▁S pl end id ▁Way ▁was ▁published ▁with ▁illustr ations ▁by ▁Joseph ▁Finn em ore . ▁ ▁The ▁Man ▁at ▁the ▁Gate ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁is ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Cas par , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁three ▁mag i ▁of ▁tradition ▁who ▁follow ▁the ▁star ▁to ▁the ▁stable ▁in ▁Beth le hem . ▁It ▁tells ▁of ▁how ▁Cas par ▁subsequently ▁for s we ars ▁his ▁wealth ▁and ▁privile ge ▁to ▁stand ▁at ▁a ▁city ▁gate ▁was hing ▁the ▁feet ▁of ▁we ary ▁trav ellers , ▁thus ▁ful fill ing ▁Christ ' s ▁mand ate ▁to ▁his ▁dis ci ples . ▁C ule ▁tells ▁us ▁he ▁med itated ▁on ▁this ▁story ▁for ▁some ▁time ▁before ▁writing ▁it . ▁He ▁wonder ed ▁whether ▁to ▁publish ▁it ▁after ▁reading ▁Henry ▁Van ▁Dy ke ' s ▁par able ▁The ▁Other ▁W ise ▁Man ▁but ▁decided ▁his ▁" Story ▁of ▁the ▁Star " ▁had ▁its ▁own ▁spiritual ▁truth ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁imp elled ▁to ▁share . ▁ ▁A ▁popular ▁Christmas ▁book , ▁The ▁Man ▁at ▁the ▁Gate ▁of ▁the ▁World ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁England ▁with ▁line ▁illustr ations ▁by ▁the ▁painter ▁Est ella ▁Can z iani ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁with ▁illustr ations ▁by ▁Albert ▁R . ▁Th ayer . ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁anth olog ised ▁with ▁the ▁Van ▁Dy ke ▁work . ▁ ▁Both ▁works ▁have ▁been ▁translated ▁into ▁other ▁European