the public, in my first edition of Science and
Health, the chapter on Animal Magnetism, and the divine purpose that this
should be done, may have an interest for the reader, and will be seen in
the following circumstances. I had finished that edition as far as that
chapter, when the printer informed me that he could not go on with my work.
I had already paid him seven hundred dollars, and yet he stopped my work.
All efforts to persuade him to finish my book were in vain.

After months had passed, I yielded to a constant conviction that I must
insert in my last chapter a partial history of what I had already observed
of mental malpractice. Accordingly, I set to work, contrary to my
inclination, to fulfil this painful task, and finished my copy for the
book. As it afterwards appeared, although I had not thought of such a
result, my printer resumed his work at the same time, finished printing the
copy he had on hand, and then started for Lynn to see me. The afternoon
that he left Boston for Lynn, I started for Boston with my finished copy.
We met at the Eastern depot in Lynn, and were both surprised,--I to learn
that he had printed all the copy on hand, and had come to tell me he wanted
more,--he to find me _en route_ for Boston, to give him the closing chapter
of my first edition of Science and Health. Not a word had passed between
us, audibly or mentally, while this went on. I had grown disgusted with my
printer, and become silent. He had come to a standstill through motives and
circumstances unknown to me.

Science and Health is the textbook of Christian Science. Whosoever learns
the letter of this book, must also gain its spiritual significance, in
order to demonstrate Christian Science.

When the demand for this book increased, and people were healed simply by
reading it, the copyright was infringed. I entered a suit at law, and my
copyright was protected.

RECUPERATIVE INCIDENT

Through four successive years I healed, preached, and taught in a general
way, refusing to take any pay for my services and living on a small
annuity.

At one time I was called to speak before the Lyceum Club, at Westerly,
Rhode Island. On my arrival my hostess told me that her next-door neighbor
was dying. I asked permission to see her. It was granted, and with my
hostess I went to the invalid's house.

The physicians had given up the case and retired. I had stood by her side
about fifteen minutes when the sick woman rose fro