Excerpt from Memoir of Mrs. Mary H. Adams Such a history is the brief memoir before us. It is a book, not for the reader seeking novelty or excitement, but for the one who would take a calm view of that interior life among mortals, which manifests itself amid rounds of duties in the family and home, in ministries of kindness wherever Chris tian duty calls beyond this sphere, and who would also enjoy the blessing of a still hour's communion with a spirit who. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.