aded me to write it. Several of the
stories and many of the descriptions are due to his intimate knowledge
of the lives and homes of the Early Friends; he has, moreover, been my
unfailing adviser and helper at every stage of the work.

No one can study this period of Quaker history without being
constantly indebted to William Charles Braithwaite, the author of
_Beginnings of Quakerism_, and to Norman Penney, the Librarian at
Devonshire House, and Editor of the Cambridge Edition of George Fox's
Journal with its invaluable notes. But beyond this I owe a personal
debt of gratitude to these two Friends, for much wise counsel as to
sources, for their kindness in reading my MS. and my proofs, and for
the many errors that their accurate scholarship has helped me to
avoid, or enabled me to detect.

To Ethel Crawshaw, Assistant at the same Library; to my sister, Ellen
S. Bosanquet; and to several other friends who have helped me in
various ways, my grateful thanks are also due.

The stories are intended in the first place for Quaker children, and
are written throughout from a Quaker standpoint, though with the wish
to be as fair as possible not only to our staunch forefathers, but
also to their doughty antagonists. Even when describing the fiercest
encounters between them, I have tried to write nothing that might
perplex or pain other than Quaker listeners; above all, to be ever
mindful of what George Fox himself calls 'the hidden unity in the
Eternal Being.'

L. V. HODGKIN.

_29th July 1917._

CONTENTS

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. TH