The Higher Court 1911 is a novel of religion and romance by Mary Stewart Daggett a writer wellknown in her community of Pasadena California whose work has yet to find the audience it deserves. Father Barry a young Catholic priest in the Midwest is beginning to question his vows. A tense meeting with the local bishop combined with a feeling of mental unease have shaken Barrys faith to the core. Meanwhile in the midst of a heavy blizzard a letter arrives from Isabel Doan a friend of Barrys from before he took his ordersshe is stopping by to see him on her way to Southern California where she is moving with her young son Reginald. When they arrive Barry is shaken by a series of eventsReginald has come down with a terrible illness news arrives of the death of his estranged mother and his love for Isabel threatens to tear down the final vestige of his already fleeting faith. Faced with a choice Father Barry abandons the cloth and travels to Europe but he will soon find something stronger than religion to guide his heart back home. Mary Stewart Daggetts The Higher Court interrogates tradition in order to get to the truth while simultaneously illuminating the inexorable changes faced by the nation and world in the earlytwentieth century. This edition of Mary Stewart Daggetts The Higher Court is a newly unearthed classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020 Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.