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A Child's Book of Saints

A Child's Book of Saints

by William Canton

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About this eBook

Author
Canton, William, 1845-1926
Credits
Produced by Al Haines
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Christian saints -- Juvenile literature
Category
Text
eBook-No.
22112
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22112
Release Date
July 20, 2007
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A Child's Book of Saints — by
  2. 2.William Canton — With illustrations by T. H. Robinson — London Published by J. M. Dent & Co. and in New York by E. P. Dutton & Co. — First Edition, March 1906. Reprinted May 1906. — EDITOR'S NOTE.
  3. 3.Contents
  4. 4.List of Illustrations — Women lived the life of prayer and praise and austerity and miracle — "These are the fields in which the Shepherds watched" — Hilary wondered and mused — A gaunt, dark figure, far up in the blue Asian sky — "Come not any nearer, turn thy face to the forest, and go down" — "I am not mad, most noble Sapricius" — They won their long sea-way home — "And four good Angels watch my bed, two at the foot and two the head" — And again in the keen November — The eight hundred horsemen turned in dismay — "Surely in all the world God has no more beautiful house than this" — St. Francis of Assisi — Itha rode away with her lord — King Orgulous — A Child's Book of Saints — In the Forest of Stone — Women lived the life of prayer and praise — The Song of the Minster — The Pilgrim of a Night — " These are the fields in which the Shepherds watched " — The Ancient Gods Pursuing — Hilary wondered and mused — The Dream of the White Lark — The Hermit of the Pillar — A gaunt, dark figure, far up in the blue Asian sky — Kenach's Little Woman — Come not any nearer; turn thy face to the forest, and go down — Golden Apples and Roses Red — " I am not mad, most noble Sapricius " — The Seven Years of Seeking — They won their long sea-way home — The Guardians of the Door — " And four good Angels watch my bed " — On the Shores of Longing — And again in the keen November — The Children of Spinalunga — The eight hundred horsemen turned in dismay — The Sin of the Prince Bishop — " Surely in all the world God has no more beautiful house than this " — The Little Bedesman of Christ — St. Francis of Assisi — The Burning of Abbot Spiridion — The Countess Itha — Itha rode away with her lord — The Story of the Lost Brother — The King Orgulous — King Orgulous — The Journey of Rheinfrid — Lighting the Lamps — THE LAMPLIGHTER

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