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The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts By: Abbie Farwell Brown (1871-1927) |
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THE STAR JEWELS AND OTHER WONDERS. Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.00. THE FLOWER PRINCESS. Illustrated. Sq. 12mo, $1.00. THE CURIOUS BOOK OF BIRDS. Illustrated. Square 12mo, $1.10, net . Postpaid, $1.21. A POCKETFUL OF POSIES. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.00, net . Postpaid, $1.09. IN THE DAYS OF GIANTS. Illustrated. 12mo, $1.10, net . Postpaid, $1.21. School edition , 50 cents, net , postpaid. THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS. Illustrated, 12mo, $1.25. THE LONESOMEST DOLL. Illustrated. Sq. 12mo, 85 cents, net . Postpaid, 95 cents. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. BOSTON AND NEW YORK THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS [Illustration: ST. BRIDGET & THE KING'S WOLF] THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN. ILLUSTRATED BY FANNY Y. CORY [Illustration] HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND CO. BOSTON AND NEW YORK COPYRIGHT 1900 BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED IN LOVING MEMORY OF A FRIENDLY BEAST BROTHER, HAST THOU NEVER LEARNED IN HOLY WRIT, THAT WITH HIM WHO HAS LED HIS LIFE AFTER GOD'S WILL THE WILD BEASTS AND WILD BIRDS ARE TAME? SAINT GUTHLAC OF CROWLAND IN the old legends there may be things which some folk nowadays find it hard to believe. But surely the theme of each is true. It is not hard to see how gentle bodies who had no other friends should make comrades of the little folk in fur and fins and feathers. For, as St. Francis knew so well, all the creatures are our little brothers, ready to meet halfway those who will but try to understand. And this is a truth which every one to day, even tho' he be no Saint, is waking up to learn. The happenings are set down quite as they read in the old books. Veritable histories, like those of St. Francis and St. Cuthbert, ask no addition of color to make them real. But sometimes, when a mere line of legend remained to hint of some dear Saint's relation with his friendly Beast, the story has been filled out in the way that seemed most likely to be true. For so alone could the old tale be made alive again. So all one's best is dressing old words new. CONTENTS PAGE Saint Bridget and the King's Wolf 1 Saint Gerasimus and the Lion 11 Saint Keneth of the Gulls 30 Saint Launomar's Cow 42 Saint Werburgh and her Goose 53 The Ballad of Saint Athracta's Stags 69 Saint Kentigern and the Robin 77 Saint Blaise and his Beasts 88 Saint Cuthbert's Peace 95 The Ballad of Saint Felix 108 Saint Fronto's Camels 114 The Blind Singer, Saint Hervé 126 Saint Comgall and the Mice 148 The Wonders of Saint Berach 156 Saint Prisca, the Child Martyr 166 The Fish who helped Saint Gudwall 176 The Ballad of Saint Giles and the Deer 183 The Wolf Mother of Saint Ailbe 190 Saint Rigobert's Dinner 199 Saint Francis of Assisi 211 A Calendar of Saints' Days 226 The legend of Saint Fronto's Camels originally appeared in The Churchman. THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS SAINT BRIDGET AND THE KING'S WOLF EVERY one has heard of Bridget, the little girl saint of Ireland... Continue reading book >>
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