The jacket is badly shelf stained, torn at the edges with minor loss to the head and tail of the spine. The body of the book is in excellent conditio, clean, solid and unmarked, apart froma gift inscription on the front end paper. 213 pages. "Reginald Stephen (1860-1956), Anglican bishop, was born on 9 December 1860 at Geelong, Victoria, seventh child of George Alexander Stephen, woolbroker, and his wife Emily, née Johnstone, both London born.....Inspired by Bishop James Moorhouse and Alexander Leeper at Trinity, Stephen and John Francis Stretch belonged to the first Victorian-born generation who were to make significant contributions to the Australian Church. Made deacon on 23 December 1883 and ordained priest on 21 December 1884 by Moorhouse, Stephen became curate of Christ Church, St Kilda. There, on 22 July 1885, he married Selina Emma Maude Low (d.1895), daughter of the vicar." (Australian Dictionary of Biography)