"The conscientious and industrious compiler of the following chapters claims for her work that it is a natural sequel to the Life of Mary Ward, the chief occupation of her sister in the same Institute, Mary Catharine Elisabeth Chambers, during the later years of her life. As the Convent at York was the legitimate issue of the labours of Mary Ward and her spiriual children, the annals of the one follow naturally on the history of the other. But the contents of this volume do more than simply carry on the history of Mary Ward. They illustrate her spirit and that of her original companions and immediate children, showing them to us at work on their own native soil, and under difficulties even greater than those which beset them elsewhere. They show us what was the quality of those noble " English Virgins " in their long and most laborious work, how they answered to every test and triumphed under every trial..." Digitized by Google.

The "compiler of the following chapters claims for her work that it is a natural sequel to the Life of Mary Ward, the chief occupation of her sister in the same Institute, Mary Catharine Elisabeth Chambers"--Preface

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