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Title: Lancashire Idylls (1898)

Author: Marshall Mather

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LANCASHIRE IDYLLS.

BY

MARSHALL MATHER,

AUTHOR OF

'LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF JOHN RUSKIN,'
'POPULAR STUDIES IN NINETEENTH CENTURY POETS,' ETC., ETC.

LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.

AND NEW YORK.

1898.

INTRODUCTION.

While Edwin Waugh and Ben Brierley have done much to perpetuate
the rude moorland and busy factory life of Lancashire, little has
been done to perpetuate the stern Puritanism of the hill sects.

Among these sects there is a poetry and simplicity local in
character, yet delightful in spirit; and to recall and record it
is the aim of the following Idylls.

The provincialism of Lancashire varies with its valleys. It is
only necessary, therefore, to remark that as these Idylls are
drawn from a once famous valley in the North-east division of the
county, the provincialism is peculiar to that valley--indeed, it
would be more correct to say, to that section of the valley
wherein Rehoboth lies.

CONTENTS.

I. MR. PENROSE'S NEW PARISH:

1. A MOORLAND MACHPELAH
2. A CHILD OF THE HEATHER
3. OWD ENOCH'S FLUTE

II. THE MONEY-LENDER:

1. THE UTTERMOST FARTHING
2. THE REDEMPTION OF MOSES FLETCHER
3. THE ATONEMENT OF MOSES FLETCHER

III. AMANDA STOTT:

1. HOME
2. LIGHT AT EVENTIDE
3. THE COURT OF SOULS
4. THE OLD PASTOR

IV. SAVED AS BY FIRE

V. WINTER SKETCHES:

1. THE CANDLE OF THE LORD
2. THE TWO MOTHERS
3. THE SNOW CRADLE

VI. MIRIAM'S MOTHERHOOD:

1. A WOMAN'S SECRET
2. HOW DEBORAH HEARD THE NEWS
3. 'IT'S A LAD!'
4. THE LEAD OF THE LITTLE ONE

VII. HOW MALACHI O' TH' MOUNT WON HIS WIFE

VIII. MR. PENROSE BRINGS HOME A BRIDE

I.

MR. PENROSE'S NEW PARISH.

1. A MOORLAND MACHPELAH.
2. A CHILD OF THE HEATHER.
3. OW