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Bibliographic Information

Olcott, Henry Steel. Old Diary Leaves: The True Story of the Theosophical Society. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895.

Type: book ; Genre: history, biography

Abstract

A history of the Theosophical Society, which includes an account of the journalist Anna Ballard and her encounters with one of the founders of the society, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky.

People Mentioned in this Work

Ballard, Anna [pages: 21-22, 29, 222]

Describes Anna Ballard as "a veteran journalist" and "a life member of the New York Press Club" (21). Includes a letter from Ballard to the author in which she describes her first meeting with Madame Blavatsky in July 1873, while under assignment from the Sun to write an article about a Russian subject (21-22).