New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-13
THE BOOK OF BOOKS"
Strange Claims Made by It's Author
and Publisher.

The recent appearance Of The Book OF Books"
probably OF the strangest volumes ever printed
IN the English language. has served 20 egitate
afresh the residents Of Perth Amboy. N J., for
Mary Baker MADDEN who is proclaimed IN the
book as the supreme ruler Of ail things IN the
heavens and controller OF ell things the earth"
and whose viii is declared by Charles Wesley Dean.
the Instrument through whom the book was pub
lshed. to have dominated the expressions OF the
spirits contained therein was for years resident
Of Perth Amboy.
The announcement that Miss Ha6den who went
60 Chicago last November to direct the construo-
ton CT The beautiful city Of Hadden- described in
''The Book OF Books" has married Charles Wesley
Dean has also served further TO mystify her
friends.
The fact that Miss MADDEN was going West to
direct the building OF q city was sufficient TO
awaken great interest in Perth Amboy and when
word came back that Miss MADDEN had not built
the city. but had been married to Charles Wesley
Dean the chief instrument" used 20 set the world
right about the Spirit Government OF Love" Perth
Amboy's pulse beat high. Now that the official
publication OF the Spirit Government Of Love" has
been put on the market there is more excitement
In Perth Anlboy than Election Day
DO tell me-" some % Miss Hadden's former
associates are saying 20 one another have you
seen it7 What Is II Hke7 Oh do SO wish could
get copy Of it. but they say it Is sell at 500
& copy"
Mrs. Charles Wesley Dean. nee MADDEN. who an
as Mary Baker Hadden, ''the supreme ruler Of ali
things in the heavens. and controller OF all things
on the earth has given her Chicago address TO her
friends in Perth Amboy as No 2l Dearborn-ave
Her departure from Perth Arnboy gave rise TO sew
eral questions IN the minds Of her friends Chief
among them was this: Can a single personality be
at one and the same time the supreme ruler Of all
things n the heavens and controller Of all things
on the earth" and still make a good. practical
coTnn7c1sense Chicago housewife? There are other
questions that force themselves on the minds of
Mrs. Deans Perth Amboy friends They realize that
building city. aside from getting a living is hard
work IN Chicago. Still Mrs, Dean. before start
ing FOR Chicago disposed OF a little house and
lot she Owned in Perth Anlooy. her friends expect
60 hear she is getting along nicely resident of
Chicago even II starting the city Hadden proves
uphill work. Mrs Deans relatives left in Perth
Amboy and Its vicinity among the most
anxious Of her friends for they do not take kindly
10 the Spirit Government OF Love'-have not sub
scr1bed to The Book Of Books and, in short
think the whole enterprise very unN-fse
Mrs. Dean. who IS n woman over sixty years
old is well known in Perth Anboy where she was
born and had resided all her life previous 20 her
departure for Chicago. All Of her friends speak
highly Of her a Christian woman. DESTROYS of
doing al the good in the world she can. She comes
OF q good family, being daughter OF Jacob Had
den- Among her relatives Charles Seaman
Mayor Of Perth Auooy. q nephew; Frederick Sea-
man. a prominent druggist there. also a nephew
and George Seaman Of the same place another
nephew. Ex-Mayor William ThornalL Of Netucher.
y. J.. IS also a nephew.
Mrs Dean has not been IN rugged health for sev~
eral years, and her friends say that during har
residence tn Perth Amboy she xas for years an
fnvestsstor OF sp'rftuGiisn and Christian Scienos