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This book was sold on ebay and mailed to Los Angeles, zip code 90046. USPS Tracking Number CX 037 564 257 CA. Delivery was attempted on Feb. 27, 2004 at 11:50 a.m., but there was nobody home, so the carrier left a notice. When the purchaser of the book went to the post office with the notice, the book could not be found.

Below is the text of the original ebay listing containing a full description as well as several scans of the book. Please note that there is damage to the title page which is visible in one of the scans provided. This will serve to identify this missing or stolen book.

TITLE :SERMONS
Which Spiritually Interpret the Scriptures
and
Other Writings on Christian Science.

A History of Pioneer Steps in Christian Science,
Which Led to Building "on a Wholly Spiritual
Foundation," in Obedience to the Message
from Mary Baker Eddy, Discoverer and
Founder of Christian Science, to Her
"Dear Bretheren in New York,"
Dated January 16, 1909.
AUTHOR :AUGUSTA E. STETSON, C.S.D.
DESCRIPTION :
  • Published in 1924 by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London
  • FIRST EDITION
  • Gold-titled and decorated hard covers
  • THE PAGES ARE GOLD-TRIMMED ON THREE SIDES
  • 1277 pages of text + 65 pages of introductory notes, etc.
  • PLUS 12 LOVELY ILLUSTRATIONS, SOME IN COLOR, AND ALL WITH TRANSLUSCENT PROTECTIVE TISSUE
  • Book is 8-1/8 by 5-1/4 inches (20.7 by 13.2 cm) by 1-1/4 inches (3.2 cm) thick.
CONDITION : This book is in FINE CONDITION, BUT WITH DAMAGE TO THE TITLE PAGE (see one of the scans below). There is minor wear on the covers, mostly on the sides and top & bottom of the spine, however there is a large scar on the inside of the front cover where a library pocket was torn away. There is also a whitened area on the outside of the spine from a mostly erased library number. The internal pages are clean and crisp, however several pages have a circular blue ink library stamp ("Free Library") with other text within the stamp blacked out by hand. DAMAGE: the top outer corner of the title page has been torn off and was "mended" by sandwiching it between two pieces of cello tape which are now brown and brittle with age (see one of the scans below). NOTE THAT SOME PAGES ARE STILL UNCUT -- I found a few in the Table of Contents, so please be careful when flipping through the book.
TABLE OF CONTENTS :

    1. "You Stood, Augusta, You Did Not Run, Did You? And You Never Will." -- Mary Baker Eddy.
        Reminiscence of Mrs. Stetson's experience at Reading, Mass., in 1885, and description of her last personal interview with Mrs. Eddy in December, 1908.
    2. Letters And Excerpts Of Letters, 1889-1909, From Mary Baker Eddy To Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D., Including The Original Manuscripts, Reproduced In Facsimile.
    3. Defense Of Spiritual Facts In Divine Law And Order, With Additional Facsimile Letters And Excerpts Of Letters, Written By Mrs. Eddy To Mrs. Stetson.
        Published in The New York Herald, New York Tribune, New York American, December, 1920.
    4. Letter To The Public In Appreciation Of The Preceding Article By Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D., From A Seeker For The Way To An Endless Life -- L. V. Clayton .
        Published in The New York Herald, New York Tribune, December, 1920.
    5. Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D., Will Continue To Defend The Sacred Charge Reposed In Her By Her Leader And Teacher, Mary Baker Eddy.
        Reply to a Statement made by Albert F. Gilmore in The World, December .23, 1920. Published in The World (New York), December 24, 1920.
    6. Mrs. Stetson Affirms That Her Church, First Church Of Christ, Scientist, New York City, Was Never In Debt.
        Reply to a Statement made by Albert P. Gilmore in the Daily News, December 21, 1920. Published in the Daily News (New York), December 25, 1920.
    7. Sermon On Solomon: Obedience To The Law Of God Brings Wisdom, True Riches, And Spiritual Power, With Which God Endowed Man.
        Published in The New York Herald, New York Tribune, New York American, The Boston Herald, The Boston Post, The Atlanta Constitution, The Independent (Magazine, New York), Brooklyn Daily Eagle, December, 1920; January, February, April, and June, 1921.
    8. Mrs. Stetson Corrects Clifford P. Smith's Statement That She Was Dropped From Membership In Her Church, First Church Of Christ, Scientist, New York City, And Publishes Her Letter Of Resignation From Her Church, And The Responding Resolution Of Regret Of The Board Of Trustees.
        Published in The Boston Herald, December 28, 1920.
    9. Sermon: The Second Coming Of Christ, The Son Of God, Is Imminent.
        Published in The New York Herald, New York Tribune, New York American, The Boston Post, The Evening Star (Washington, D. C.), The Atlanta Constitution, The Independent (Magazine, New York), Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January, April, and June, 1921.
    10. Reverse Of The Great Seal Of The United States, And "The Song Of Love" -- Poem And Music By Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D.
        Published in The New York Herald, New York Tribune, New York American, The Boston Post, The Evening Star (Washington, D. C.), The Evening Mail (New York), January and February, 1921.
    11. Sermon: "The Best Sermon Ever Preached Is Truth Practised And Demonstrated By The Destruction Of Sin, Sickness, And Death".
        Published in The New York Herald, New York Tribune, New York American, The Boston Post, The Evening Star (Washington, D. C.), January, 1921.
    12. Greetings And A Message To The Dear Children.
        Published in The New York Herald, New York Tribune, The Boston Post, The Evening Star (Washington, D. C.), New York American, The Evening Mail (New York), January and February, 1921.
        Also published in book form by G. P. Putnam's Sons, with text in large type for children; colored covers and fourteen illustrations in color by Isabel L. Whitney.

    Eight pages of Table of Contents are omitted -- they could not be scanned because they are uncut at the top edges.

    1. Editorial Published October 27, 1922, in The North Side Citizen, Chicago, Ill., Criticising Mrs. Stetson's Preceding Article Opposing The "League Of Nations," And Her Letter To The Editor, Carl E. Roth, In Reply.
        Published in The North Side Citizen, January 5, 1923.
    2. Reply To Inquirers Regarding The Issue Between Dr. Percy Stickney Grant And Bishop William T. Manning, As To The Divinity Of Christ And The Humanity Of Jesus.
        Published in the New York Evening Post, The New York Herald, New York Tribune, The World (New York), The New York Times, The Globe (New York), The Evening Mail (New York), Brooklyn Daily Eagle, February, 1923.
    3. Francis Scott Key's Outgrown Ballad Of Venom And Hatred, Entitled "The Star-Spangled Banner," With Its Words Breathing Enmity Of Our Anglo-Saxon Brother, Britain, And Its Music Borrowed From A Ribald, English Drinking Song, "Anacreon In Heaven " Is Not Our National Anthem.
        It has Never been Accepted by Law, nor by Genuine Protest-ants, who Refuse to be Governed by Alien Influences. Christian Americans, who Stand in Defense of Their Country and of the Constitution of the United States, who Have Imbibed the Spirit of Washington and Lincoln, will Not Learn, nor Sing, a Song Masquerading as Patriotic, which Expresses the Lowest Qualities of Human Sentiment, -- Hatred, Boastful Pride, and Murder, Typified. in "Bombs," "Blood," and "Pollution."
        Published in the New York Tribune, The World (New York), New York American, New York Evening Post, The Evening Mail (New York), The Sim (Baltimore, Md.), The Boston Post, The Washington Times, The Washington Herald, June, 1923.
    4. "The Groves Were God's First Temples."
        The Work of the New York Community Chorus, Conducted by Mr. Harry Barnhart who was Recently Ejected from Central Park, is Prophetic of the Hour when all of God's Children will Unite in Brotherly Love, to Praise Him in Song.
        Published in The New York World, New York Tribune, The New York Times, The World (New 'York), New York American, New York Evening Post, The Evening Mail (New York) September, 1923.
    5. "I Believe Strictly In The Monroe Doctrine In Our Constitution, And In The Laws Of God." Mary Baker Eddy, Miscellany, p.282.
        "And We Know that The Son of God is Come, and Hath Given us an Understanding, that we may Know Him that is True, and We are in Him that is True, Even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the True God, and Eternal Life." (I. John v., 20.)
        Published in The New York Herald, New York Tribune, The New York Times, The World (New York), The Boston Post, New York American, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Herald, New York Evening Post, The Evening Mail (New York), December, 1923.
    6. Seal Of The State Of New York, With Heraldic Description, And Seal Of The City Of New York, With A Historical Discussion, Proving That The Name "New York" Came From Norse, And Not From Latin Sources.
    7. NY Spiritual Aeroplane.
    8. Mrs. Stetson Praises The Herald's Bible Editorial
        Declares that'Every Word of 'the Holy Bible Is a Light Unto Her Path.
        Published in The New York Herald, December 12, 1919.
    9. Thanksgiving Testimony
        Extemporaneous testimony given by Mrs. Stetson in her church, First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York City, on Thanksgiving Day, November, 1908, and taken down by a stenographer without the author's knowledge.
    10. Mrs. Stetson Insists That Mrs. Eddy Will Demonstrate The Teaching Of Christ Jesus, Or Christian Science.
        Mrs. Stetson's Defense of the Teaching of Mary Baker Eddy. She Persistently Contends for Present Immortality.
        Published in the New York American, January 6, 1911.
    11. The Demonstration Of Mary Baker Eddy
        Published in The Independent (Magazine, New York), January 26, 1911.
    12. Mrs. Stetson Replies To Criticism Of The Preceding Article In The Independent February 2, 1911.
    13. Letters To Mrs. Eddy From Mrs. Stetson.
        Selected from among Hundreds Written to Mrs. Eddy by Mrs. Stetson During a Period of More than Twenty-five Years.
    14. Letters Of Comfort.
    15. Spiritual Interpretation Of The Ten Commandments. (Exodus xx., 2-17.).
    16. Letter Of Advice From Mrs. Stetson To The Members Of The Oratorio Society Of The New York City Christian Science Institute, Preparatory To Their Concert At The Metropolitan Opera House, December 19, 1922; And Letter To Be Thoughtfully, Prayerfully, And Frequently Read By Each Member Of The Oratorio Society, During The Summer Vacation Of 1923.
    17. Programs Of Concerts Given By The Oratorio Society Of The New York City Christian Science Institute, Augusta E.Stetson, C.S.D., Principal.
        Aeolian Hall, April 28, 1919; Carnegie Hall, January 9, 1920, December 14, 1920, December 14, 1921; Metropolitan Opera House, December 19,1922. These concerts were given "without money and without price," to audiences of invited guests, who, at each concert, filled the auditoriums to capacity.
    18. Letter To Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D., From Her Student, Sophia C. Dunne, C.S., And Mrs. Stetson's Reply, Explaining The Relationship Between The Mother Church, The First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass., As Root, And First Church Of Christ, Scientist, New York City, As Branch.
    19. Mrs. Stetson's Position.
        Colonel Dean Holds Her to Have Vindicated Herself in the Highest Degree.
        Published in the Brooklyn Times, December 8, 1909.
        At the time in 1909, when the Boston board of directors used their ecclesiastical authority to attack Mrs. Stetson, the letter which follows was addressed to the Editor of the Brooklyn Times by Colonel Dean, a gentleman who was then a total stranger to Mrs. Stetson, and was not a member of the Christian Science Church, as she later learned, though he had observed the history of Mrs. Stetson's spiritual work, in establishing genuine Christian Science in New York City, as reported in the columns of the press, and had read the account of the action of the Boston directors, against Mrs. Stetson, which moved him to write his analysis.
    20. Letter To A Clergyman, November 20, 1923
    21. Reply To An Inquirer, As To The Meaning Of Mrs. Eddy's Call To Her "Dear Brethren In New York" To Begin To "Build . . . On A Wholly Spiritual Foundation". February 11, 1924.
    22. Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D., Will Continue To Stand In Defense Of The Holy Bible, Which Is The Word Of God.
        Published in The New York Herald-Tribune, The New York Times, The World (New York), The Chicago Tribune, The Boston Post, The Boston Herald, The Evening Star (Washington, D. C.), San Francisco Chronicle, March and April, 1924.
    23. A Letter In Reply To One Of The Many Inquirers Who Have Appealed To Me, As To The Meaning Of The Phrase, "The Adam-Eve Generation," Which I Used In My Article Regarding The Holy Bible In The Public Schools Of America.
        Published in The New York Times, The New York Herald-Tribune, The World (New York), The Boston Herald, The Evening Star (Washington, D. C.), New York Evening Post, The Albany Knickerbocker Press, San Francisco Chronicle, June and July, 1924.
    24. Fruitage
      • Description of Oil Painting, Discovered by a Christian Scientist from California and Presented by her to Mrs. Stetson.
      • Letters to Mrs. Stetson from Four Trustees who Cooperated with her in the Building of First Church of Christ, Scientist, New York City, -- Edwin F.Hatfield, C.S., John Franklin Crowell, Ph.D., C.S., Joseph B. Whitney, C.S., and William H. Taylor, C.S.
      • Letter of Nellie Grace Taylor. C. S.
      • Letter of Anna Plater Williams, C. S.
      • Letter of Violet L. E. Parish-Watson, C. S.
      • Letter of Kitty Cheatham, C.S.
      • Letter of Arnold Blome, C.S.
      • Letter of Vida Milholland, C.S.
      • The Pilgrim, by Sibyl Marvin Huse, C.S.
      • The Spiritual Constitution, by Hickman Price, C.S.
      • The Right of Way, Poem by Mary Ray Pinney, C.S
      • A Call to Americans, Poem by Alice Morgan Harrison, C.S.
      • The Army of Heaven, by Max Olanoff, C.S.
      • Letter of Stella .Hadden Alexander, C.S.B.

    List Of Works On Christian Science By Students Of Mrs. Stetson, Published By G. P. Putnam's Sons.

    Appendix
    • The Declaration Of Independence. July 4,1776.
    • The Constitution Of The United States. September 17, 1787.
    • The Monroe Doctrine. December 2,1823.
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The frontispiece illustration is obscured by the protective tissue
which has been stained by cello tape.
The illustration is not stained, but the title page is damaged.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS :

  • Mary Baker Eddy.
      Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science and Author of its Textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
  • The First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston. Mass.
      The Mother Church Of Christian Science.
  • The First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Mass.
      The Mother Church And Its Extension.
  • Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D.
      From a photograph taken in 1917.
  • First Church Of Christ, Scientist, New York City.
      Dedicated November 29, 1903.
  • Facsimile Of Program Of The Service At Hardman Hall, October 21, 1890, Ordaining And Installing Mrs. Stetson As Pastor Of First Church Of Christ, Scientist, New York City, At The Request Of Mrs. Eddy.
  • Miniature Of Mary Baker Eddy And "Crown Of Diamonds"
      This miniature, in a setting: of forty diamonds, was presented by Mary Baker Eddy to Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D., in 1898.
  • Inscription Incised In The Concord Granite, On The South Facade Of First Church Of Christ, Scientist,' New York City, Ninety-Sixth Street And Central Park West
      Also copy of a letter, placed in the corner-stone of this church, written by Mrs. Eddy to Mrs. Stetson for this purpose.
  • Reverse Of The Great Seal Of The United States.
  • "The Song Of Love"
      Poem and Music by Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D.
    Statue Of Leif Ericson
      The Discoverer Of America.
  • "Love's Lullaby"
      Poem and Music by Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D.
  • Shield Displayed For Three Consecutive Years On The Facade Of Mrs. Stetson's Home.
      (Shown in the scan at the bottom of this auction item.)
  • "Our America" -- National Anthem.
      Poem by Alice Morgan Harrison, C.S. Music by Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D.
  • Mrs. Stetson's Home.
  • Seal Of The State Of New York
  • Seal Of The City Of New York.
      Showing the Norse Rubic, "Nyu Yorvikur Borgar," displacing the incorrect Latin style, "Civitas Novi Eboraci."
  • Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D.
      From a photograph taken March 7, 1924.
  • Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D.
      From a photograph taken in her drawing room March 7, 1924.
  • First Church Of Christ, Scientist, New York City.
  • Oil Painting
      Discovered By A Christian Scientist From California And Presented To Mrs. Stetson By Her.
        Showing a bas-relief of Christ Jesus (on the jewel casket); bust of Mary Baker Eddy, and miniature of Augusta E. Stetson, C.S.D., with the Holy Bible, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures (surmounted by the "Crown of Diamonds"), 'and Mrs. Stetson's volume of Poems (underneath the Bible); also pearls, flowers, and alighted lamp, as types of the spiritual realities which they symbolize.
  • Certificate Of The Massachusetts Metaphysical College, Conferring The Degree Of C.S.B. Upon Stella Hadden Alexander
  • The Declaration Of Independence, In Facsimile.
  • The Signing Of The Declaration Of Independence, and Portraits Of Presidents Of The United States Of America.
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