The first edition of this book was published in 1836, it was very well accepted in English-speaking countries such as U.S.A and Great Britain but also in other countries in which Europe languages were spoken, it was translated into languages of various countries starting with French and German versions.
この書の初版は1836年に刊行されたが、アメリカ・イギリスといった英語圏のみならず他のヨーロッパ言語圏でも非常な好評をもって迎えられ、フランス語版・ドイツ語版をはじめとして各国の言語に相次いで翻訳された。