Chapter II: 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