ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Grateful thanks are due to the following authors and publishers for permission to use copyright matter To Messrs. Burns and Oates, Ltd., for extracts from the poems of Francis Thompson, Alice Meynell, J. Banister Tabb, Aubrey de Vere, and Father Faber; to Mrs. Coventry Patmore, Mrs. Katharine Tynan Hinkson, Armel O'Connor, Esq., Laurence Housman, Esq., and Miss Emily Hickey; to G. W. Ricketts, Esq., for extracts from the poems of " Michael Field "; to the Editor of "Days of First Love," by Chatterton Dix. And to all others whose prose and verse writings have been used. INDEX OF SUBJECTS Blessed Lady, Our, 153-185 | God, 5-10 the Mother of God, 417-424 Fear of, 328 God, Mother of, 417-424 the Sacred Heart of, Grace, 41-48 Lady, Our Blessed, The Ro- | Sacred sary of, 333-355 Mary, Blessed Virgin, Sacred Heart of, 259 Seven Dolours of, 299 Meekness, 303 Mother of God, 417-424 Mysteries of the Holy Rosary, Humanity, Lord's, 405 Our Sacred Infancy, Our Lord's, 1 Self-Knowledge, 327 Self-Love, 229-237 Self-Sacrifice, 117-125 Service, 35-37 Seven Dolours of Our Lady, 299 Simplicity, 305 Slothfulness, 310 Steps to the Passion, 77-108 Suffering, 271-278 Temptation, 261-269 Thanksgiving, 407-415 Virgin Mary, Blessed, Sacred Virgin Mary, Blessed, Seven BIBLICAL QUOTATIONS Isaias, 3, 17, 20, 25, 42, 77, St. James, 236, 250, 268 Job, 272, 380 St. John, 5, 15, 29, 33, 36, 47, 73, 92, 99, 114, 115, 138, 70, 200, 205, 216, 237 Judith, 247 Leviticus, 284 Galatians, 252, 320, 327, 330, St. Luke, 86, 89, 90, 107, 374, 425 Genesis, 9, 378 Hebrews, 10, 51, 52, 122, IIO, 112, 113, 119, 139, 232, 241, 243, 249, 299, |