In response to the following letter from the editor of the Concord Evening Monitor, Mrs. Eddy gave out the statement which appeared in the Monitor and in the leading papers throughout the country.
Concord, N. H., July 20, 1903.
The Rev. Mary Baker Eddy,
Pleasant View.
My Dear Mrs. Eddy:—In case you care to make any public comment upon the death of Pope Leo XIII., which occurred in Rome this afternoon, the Monitor would be pleased to become the vehicle to transmit your tribute to the public.