Mrs. Eddy - Her Life, Her Work And Her Place In History

This vintage book contains Hugh A. Studdert Kennedy's 1947 biography of Mary Baker Eddy, "Mrs. Eddy - Her Life, Her Work and Her Place in History". A Straightforward and factual account of one of the History's most colourful characters, this volume constitutes a must-read for anyone with an interest in Eddy's life and achievements. Contents include: "A New England Ancestry", "Early Years", "Growing Up", "The Last Year at Bow", "Sanbornton Bridge", "George Washington Glover", "Charleston", "The Return to Sansbornton", "Denial Patterson", "A New Hope", "Phineas P. Quimey", "The Lecture at Warren", "The Turning Point", et cetera. Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) was the founder of the nineteenth-century movement called Christian Science. She devised the movement's textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" (1875), and founded the Church of Christ, Scientist in 1879. Eddy was also the founder of the Christian Science Publishing Society. This volume provides a detailed exploration of Eddy's life and work, and is not to be missed by those with an interest in the history Christian Science. Many vintage texts such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now, in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

The objective appraisal of Mary B. Eddy...This may not be the last biography of Mrs. Eddy, but it will always remain the definitive one, because it establishes who, and what Mrs. Eddy was and why Christian Science today wields such a potent influence. -- The Chicago Tribune, August 3, 1947