***** ORIGINAL ***** NOT PHOTOCOPY, NOT FACSIMILE

One of the rarest of all the early works of interest to the Watchtower theocratic history, however few know of it's existence due to its scarcity. "Seola" was the original title and work that "Angels and Women" was taken from and republished by the ABAC book company (established by E.W. Brenisen, an early traveling pilgrim noted in the 1911 convention report) around 1924. However the original work, SEOLA, was a personal favorite of Charles Taze Russell and was only issued as a first edition in 1878. It was a novel about a predeluvian world where Noah's distant relatives are discussed and how the materialized "sons of men" took wives for themselves, "namely all whom they chose". The drama unfolds in this work as a very interesting story. Charles T. Russell is noted to have deeply appreciated this work of fiction and encouraged his friends to read it as well. The work Angels and Women is rare on it's own and was republished with references to the works of Charles Taze Russell but few collectors stumble across the original which is here offered. Of collectors of this authoress this is one of the most sought after titles.Rare/Scarce Dark Green edition of this fine volume. Condition is VERY GOOD to EXCELLENT with the spine's integrity intact and no writing. Please, see photos.

You can see the author's name written in the first page: "Mrs J. Gregory Smith" Mrs Anne Eliza (Brainerd) Smith.

Ann Eliza Smith (pen name, Mrs. J. Gregory Smith; October 7, 1819 – January 6, 1905) was an American author. She was president of the board of managers for the Vermont woman's exhibit at the Centennial Exposition of 1876, at Philadelphia, and was frequently chosen in similar capacities as a representative of Vermont women. In 1842, she married J. Gregory Smith, who served as Governor during the Civil War. 

In 1924, Seola was revised by the "Bible Students"—later known as Jehovah's Witnesses—and retitled Angels and Women.Smith usually wrote under her married name, Mrs. J. Gregory Smith, but both Seola and Angels and Women were published anonymously; they were later ascribed to her by the Library of Congress.

Interesting: The book has a stamp "Vermont Historical Society"

Some eBay users think this book could be Mrs. Ann Eliza Smith's personal book, and it was later donated to the Vermont Historical Society. If so, we are facing a unique book.