First Steps in Prayer
Edition: Second
Publisher: The Carey Press
Published: 1944 (on page 101)
Place of publication: London, England
Format: Hardcover, black covers, silver spine text
Number of pages: 101
Copyright date: 1944 (on page 101)
First sentence: This is not a book which sets out to explain what prayer is or how it works.
Description: This short book was produced during World War II in London "in complete conformity with the authorized economy standards." It was published by the Carey Press, 93-95, Gloucester Place, W.I, in April 1944. Denis Lant, the author, was serving at that time as the Assistant Minister at West Ham Central Mission. The book may have been his only full-length publication, but he also wrote articles for Baptist journals, such as "The Cultivation of the Spiritual Life" in The Baptist Quarterly, Volume XI, 1942-1945, pages 95 to 105. Denis Lant mentions on page 74 of his First Steps in Prayer that he "received great comfort and help from...saying the Office [of Compline] under the cellar stairs during heavy air raids!" 

The author is also listed in various Internet sources as "G. Denis Lant," "George Denis Lant" and "Denis George Lant," and he may have written another book (or perhaps a pamphlet) titled The Devotional Life, which was published by the Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland.
Table of contents: title: I. The Nature of the Interior Life; title: II. Method in Prayer; title: III. The Use of the Quiet Time; title: IV. The Elements of Prayer; title: V. Corporate Prayer; title: VI. Prayer and Life; title: VII. The Difficulties of the Interior Life; title: VIII. The Fruits of the Interior Life