This book was part of the “Juvenile Englishman’s Library” (Volume VI). In the following year, a second series with different tales (primarily from the 16th and 19th century) was published and was also part of the “Juvenile Englishman’s Library” (Volume XIII).
Preface [v-vi]
The following stories are intended to exhibit for the use of Children, some remarkable triumphs obtained by the Church, as well as against hereticks, as against pagans. In one or two instances, I have taken the liberty of crowding the events related into a shorter space of time than that in which they actually occurred; as well for the purpose of concentrating the interest, as of shortening the tale. […] [vi] In the Sack of Funchal, though the events are strictly true, the names, for more reasons than one, I have thought it better to alter. Its object is to set forth an illustrious example of patient suffering in the case of Father Pedro; and to shew that when the Huguenots were unrestrained by the Civil Power, they could imitate the violence of which their writers complain. […]
Contents
1. The Dream of S. Perpetua (A.D. 202) 12. The Cross of Constantine (A.D. 312) 15
3. The Death of Arius (A.D. 336) 27
4. The Siege of Nisibis (A.D. 350) 35
5. The Death of Julian (A.D. 363) 57
6. S. Martin’s Pine (About A.D. 380) 71
7. The Sack of Funchal (A.D. 1560) 80
8. The Battle of Varna (A.D. 1444) 111
9. The Martyrs of Yatzuxiro (A.D. 1609) 122
10. The Legend of S. Dorothea (About A.D. 300) 141
11. Erick’s Grave 157
12. The Helmsman of Lake Erie 174
13. The Plague at Eyam (A.D. 1665) 182