for material prosperity, it was by those who are remembered as saints that the light of the Christian ideal was kept alive.
It appears that there is at present in English no complete dictionary of the Christian saints. When such a work comes to be written I trust that my book may be of use to the compiler. Meanwhile, I hope that readers will find in these pages any sainted woman for whom they are likely to look and some of whom they probably never heard.
I owe a great debt of gratitude to the kind friends who have helped me in various ways. Many of them have passed over the dark river; to those who remain I offer heartfelt thanks. I commend my subject to the toilers and the idlers of the busy world, and my work to their indulgence.
London,
- September, 1904.
