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Introduction

PART ONE

     Aims and Purposes of the Bahá’í Faith

     Survey of Current Bahá’í Activities in the East and West

     Excerpts from Bahá’í Sacred Writings

     The Passing of Bahiyyih Khánum, the Most Exalted Leaf

PART TWO

     The World Order of Bahá’u’lláh

          1. Present-day Administration of the Bahá’í Faith

          2. Excerpts from the Will and Testament of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

          3. Genealogy of the Báb

          4. Genealogy of Bahá’u’lláh

          5. Facsimile of Bahá’í Marriage Certificate adopted and enforced by the National Spiritual Assembles of the Bahá’ís of Persia and Egypt

          6. The Spirit and Form of the Bahá’í Administrative Order

          7. Declaration of Trust and By-Laws of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada

          8. Facsimile of the Certificate of the United States Federal Government to the Declaration of Trust entered into by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada

          9. Facsimile of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.

          10. Facsimile of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Washington, D. C., U. S. A.

          11. By-Laws of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the City of New York

          12. Facsimile of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Teaneck, New Jersey, U. S. A.

          13. Certificate of Incorporation, the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of India and Burma

          14. Certificate of Incorporation, the Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Esslingen, Germany

          15. Excerpts from the Letters of Shoghi Effendi

          16. Map of Bahá’í holdings surrounding and dedicated to the shrine of the Báb on Mt. Carmel and tentative design of terraces

     The Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

          1. Foreword

          2. The Bahá’í House of Worship

          3. The Spiritual Significance of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár

          4. The Spell of the Temple

          5. A Statement by the Architect

          6. The Project of Ornamenting the Bahá’í Temple Dome

          7. Architectural Concrete of the Exposed Aggregate Type

          8. God-Intoxicated Architecture

          9. Model of the Mashriqu’l-Adhkár at the Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago, 1933

     References to the Bahá’í Faith, by:

          Archduchess Anton of Austria, Charles Baudouin, Prof. Norman Bentwich, Prof. E. G. Browne, Dr. J. Estlin Carpenter, General Renato Piola Caselli, Rev. T. K. Cheyne, Valentine Chirol, Rev. K. T. Chung, Right Hon. The Earl Curzon of Keddleston, Prof. James Darmesteter, Rev. J. Tyssul Davis, Dr. Auguste Forel, Dr. Herbert Adams Gibbons, Dr. Henry H. Jessup, Prof. Jowett, Prof. Dimitry Kazarov, Helen Keller, Harry Charles Lukach, Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania, Alfred W. Martin, President Masaryk, Dr. Rokuichiro Masujima, Mr. Millar, Prof. Herbert A. Miller, The Hon. Lilian Helen Montague, Rev. Frederick W. Oakes, Sir Flinders Petrie, Charles H. Prist, Dr. Edmund Privat, Herbert Putnam, Ernest Renan, Right Hon. Sir Herbert Samuel, Emile Schreiber, Prof. Hari Prasad Shastri, Rev. Griffith J. Sparham, Shri Purohit Swami, Leo Tolstoy, Prof. Arminius Vambery, Sir Francis Younghusband.

     Further Developments in the case of Bahá’u’lláh’s House in Baghdád

          1. Excerpts from the Minutes of the XXII session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations: Nov. 3 to Dec. 6, 1932

          2. Excerpts from the Minutes of the XXIV session of the Permanent Mandates Commission of the League of Nations: Oct. 23 to Nov. 4, 1933

          3. Note

          4. Mandates under the League of Nations

     Bahá’í Calendar and Festivals

          1. Foreword

          2. Bahá’í Feasts, Anniversaries and Days of Fasting

          3. Additional Material Gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Vol. II) regarding the Bahá’í Calendar

          4. Historical Data Gleaned from Nabíl’s Narrative (Vol. II) regarding Bahá’u’lláh

     Youth Activities Throughout the Bahá’í World

     In Memoriam

          1. Mrs. Keith Ransom-Kehler

          2. Mrs. Agnes Parsons

          3. Yusuf Khan-i-Vujdání

          4. Dr. Arastú Khán Hakím

          5. George Adam Benke

          6. Edwin Scott

          7. Mrs. Alice Barney

          8. Mrs. Lisbeth Klitzing

          9. Extracts from “Bahá’í News”

PART THREE

     Bahá’í Directory 1933-1934

          1. Bahá’í National Spiritual Assemblies

          2. Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assemblies and Groups

          3. Officers and committees of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada

          4. Local Bahá’í Spiritual Assemblies and Groups in the United States and Canada

          5. Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Persia

          6. Address of Centers of Bahá’í Administrative Divisions in Persia

          7. Alphabetical List of Bahá’u’lláh’s Best-Known Writings

          8. List of the Báb’s Best-Known Works

     Bahá’í Bibliography

          1. Bahá’í Publications of America

               (a) Books about the Bahá’í Faith

               (b) Writings of the Báb

               (c) Writings of Bahá’u’lláh

               (d) Writings of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá

               (e) Writings of Shoghi Effendi

               (f) Prayers

               (g) Bahá’í Literature in Pamphlet Form

               (h) Compilations

          2. Bahá’í Publications of England

          3. Bahá’í Literature in French

          4. Bahá’í Literature in Italian

          5. Bahá’í Literature in Dutch

          6. Bahá’í Literature in Danish

          7. Bahá’í Literature in Swedish

          8. Bahá’í Literature in Portuguese

          9. Bahá’í Literature in Albanian

          10. Bahá’í Literature in Esperanto

          11. Bahá’í Literature in Russian

          12. Bahá’í Literature in German

          13. Bahá’í Literature in Bulgarian

          14. Bahá’í Literature in Rumanian

          15. Bahá’í Literature in Czech

          16. Bahá’í Literature in Serbian

          17. Bahá’í Literature in Hungarian

          18. Bahá’í Literature in Greek

          19. Bahá’í Literature in Maori

          20. Bahá’í Literature in Spanish

          21. Bahá’í Literature in Oriental Languages

               (a) Persian

               (b) Urdu

               (c) Arabic

               (d) Turkish

               (e) Burmese

               (f) Chinese

               (g) Hebrew

               (h) Tatar

               (i) Gujrati

               (j) Japanese

               (k) Armenian

               (l) Tamil

               (m) Kurdish

          22. Bahá’í Literature in Braille (for the Blind)

          23. Bahá’í Periodicals

          24. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Books by non-Bahá’í Authors

          25. References to the Bahá’í Faith in Magazines by non-Bahá’í Writers

          26. References by Bahá’ís in non-Bahá’í Publications

     Transliteration of Oriental Words frequently used in Bahá’í Literature with Guide to Transliteration and Pronunciation of the Persian Alphabet

     Definitions of Oriental Terms used in Bahá’í Literature

PART FOUR

     The Administrative Order in the Dispensation of Bahá’u’lláh, from a letter of Shoghi Effendi

     The Descent of the New Jerusalem, by G. Townshend

     The Spiritual Basis of World Peace, by Horace Holley

     In the Footsteps of the Pioneers, by Keith Ransom-Kehler

     The Orientation of Hope, by Alain Locke

     La Foie et la Science Unies par l’Art, by Marie Antoinette Aussenac, Princesse de Broglie

     Religion and Social Progress, by Keith Ransom-Kehler

     Prince Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia, by Martha Root

     A Religion of Reconciliation, by Rev. Griffith J. Sparham

     The Men of the Trees, by Richard St. Barbe Baker

     Les Problêmes du Monde et la Foie Bahá’í, by ‘Ali Afdalipur

     The Bahá’í Movement, the Greatness of Its Power, by Martha Root

     Der Sinn Unserer Zeit, by Dr. Hermann Grossmann

     Le Bahá’ísm, by Eugen Relgis

     A Visit to Adrianople, by Martha Root

     The Re-florescence of Historical Romance in Nabíl, by Mary Maxwell

     William Miller, Student of Prophecy, by Bertha Hyde Kirkpatrick

     A New Cycle of Human Power, by Marion Holley

     An Appreciation, by Dr. Rustum Vambery

     The True Sovereign

     The Nature of the Divine Manifestations, by Glenn A. Shook

     Religious Education for the Young, by Mrs. M. H. Inouye

     Why Do I Espouse the Bahá’í Cause? by Chi Kao Fujisawa

     Count Leo Tolstoy and the Bahá’í Movement, by Martha Root

     A Chinese View of the Bahá’í Cause, by Chan 5. Liu

     Vernunft und Glaube, by Dr. Adelbert Muhlschlegel

     Influence of Astronomy on Religious Thought, by Giorgio Abetti

     Haifa Calling, by Florence E. Pinchon

     Taking the Message to the Maori People, by Keith Ransom-Kehler

     Only a Word, by Laura Dreyfus-Barney

Song-offerings

Echoes from the Spheres

Map of the Bahá’í World