Exhibits Relating to the Writing of The Desire of Ages

Exhibit 72—Sunday, November 21, 1897, W. C. White to C. H. Jones

On returning from Sydney I showed Mother and Sister Davis the proofs which I had brought of chapter headings, vignettes, etc., for the new book. Some of them we like very well. About others we feel much disappointed.... ERWDA 38.1

In looking at some photographs of the Mount of Olives, Mother told us how much more beautiful the country was in the time of Christ, that the places which are now bare and dreary were then beautified by magnificent trees and groves. O. I wish we could get some pictures that would represent these places as she has seen them. But I know not how to do this. ERWDA 38.2

—W. C. White Letter Book 11-A, p. 342. (Written from Cooranbong, Australia, to C. H. Jones in New York City.)