[PREFACE]page vii
* [A TALK ABOUT SAINTS]1
*I.['STIFF AS A TREE, PURE AS A BELL']19
*II.['PURE FOY, MA JOYE']33
*III.[THE ANGEL OF BEVERLEY]57
*IV.[TAMING THE TIGER]79
*V.['THE MAN IN LEATHER BREECHES']97
VI.[THE SHEPHERD OF PENDLE HILL]111
VII.[THE PEOPLE IN WHITE RAIMENT]121
VIII.[A WONDERFUL FORTNIGHT]131
IX.[UNDER THE YEW-TREES]149
X.['BEWITCHED!']163
XI.[THE JUDGE'S RETURN]175
*XII.['STRIKE AGAIN!']185
*XIII.[MAGNANIMITY]197
*XIV.[MILES HALHEAD AND THE HAUGHTY LADY]209
XV.[SCATTERING THE SEED]223
XVI.[WRESTLING FOR GOD]239
XVII.[LITTLE JAMES AND HIS JOURNEYS]255
XVIII.[THE FIRST QUAKER MARTYR]271
*XIX.[THE CHILDREN OF READING MEETING]285
*XX.[THE SADDEST STORY OF ALL]301
*XXI.[PALE WINDFLOWERS]321
XXII.[AN UNDISTURBED MEETING]343
XXIII.[BUTTERFLIES IN THE FELLS]353
*XXIV.[THE VICTORY OF AMOR STODDART]367
*XXV.[THE MARVELLOUS VOYAGE OF THE GOOD SHIP 'WOODHOUSE']379
*XXVI.[RICHARD SELLAR AND THE 'MERCIFUL MAN']403
*XXVII.[TWO ROBBER STORIES—WEST AND EAST]427
XXVIII.[SILVER SLIPPERS: OR A QUAKERESS AMONG THE TURKS]441
*XXIX.[FIERCE FEATHERS]465
*XXX.[THE THIEF IN THE TANYARD]479
XXXI.[HOW A FRENCH NOBLE BECAME A FRIEND]489
XXXII.[PREACHING TO NOBODY]509
[COME-TO-GOOD]523
[HISTORICAL NOTES]539
Note.—An Asterisk denotes stories suitable for younger children.


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

reproduced from water-colour drawings by
F. Cayley-Robinson

I.[LOIS AND HER NURSE]Frontispiece
II.[THE BOYHOOD OF GEORGE FOX]page 36
III.['DREAMING OF THE COT IN THE VALE']114
IV.['THE VOICE OF THE SILENCE']306
V.[PALE WINDFLOWERS]324
VI.[FIERCE FEATHERS]474
VII.[A FRIENDS' MEETING]534


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