Memory : How to Develop, Train and Use It + Memory Culture : The Science of observing, Remembering and Recalling

There are three books in this volume by great William Walker Atkinson -
1) Title - Memory - How to Develop, Train and Use It
2) Memory Culture - The Science of Observing, Remembering, and Recalling
3) Practical Memory Training
It needs very little argument to convince the average thinking person of the great importance of memory, although even then very few begin to realize just how important is the function of the mind that has to do with the retention of mental impressions. The first thought of the average person when he is asked to consider the importance of memory, is its use in the affairs of every‑day life, along developed and cultivated lines, as contrasted with the lesser degrees of its development. In short, one generally thinks of memory in its phase of "a good memory" as contrasted with the opposite phase of "a poor memory." But there is a much broader and fuller meaning of the term than
that of even this important phase.
It is true that the success of the individual in his every‑day business, profession, trade or other occupation depends very materially upon the possession of a good memory. His value in any walk in life depends to a great extent upon the degree of memory he may have developed. His memory of faces, names, facts, events, circumstances and other things concerning his every‑day work is the measure of his ability to accomplish his task. And in the social intercourse of men and women, the possession of a retentive memory, well stocked with available