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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Mrs. Eddy's American Ancestors—Mark Baker, and Life on the Bow Farm—Schooldays in Tilton—Early Influences—Her First Marriage | 3 |
| II. | Mrs. Glover as a Widow in Tilton—Her Interest in Mesmerism and Clairvoyance—The Disposal of Her Son—Marriage to Daniel Patterson | 26 |
| III. | Mrs. Patterson First Hears of Dr. Quimby—Her Arrival in Portland—Quimby and His “Science” | 42 |
| IV. | Mrs. Patterson Becomes Quimby's Patient and Pupil—Her Defence of Quimby and His Theory—Her Grief at His Death—She Asks Mr. Dresser to Take up Quimby's Work | 56 |
| V. | The Quimby Controversy—Mrs. Eddy's Claim that Christian Science Was a Divine Revelation to Her—The Story of Her Fall on the Ice in Lynn and Her Miraculous Recovery | 71 |
| VI. | The Quimby Controversy Continued—Mrs. Eddy's Attempts to Discredit Quimby—Her Charge that He Was Always a Mesmerist—Quimby's Adherents Defend Him | 88 |
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