A Book of Quaker Saints
by L. V. Hodgkin
A Book of Quaker Saints is a religious work on Christian church movements written by Lucy Violet Hodgkin, a writer and gave the 1919 Swarthmore Lecture under the title Silent Worship: The way of wonder. L.V. Hodgkin assembled her father's letters and wrote a memorial to her brother, George, published in 1923.
Author's Preface:
The following stories are intended for children of various ages. The introductory chapter, 'A Talk about Saints,' and the stories marked with an asterisk in the Table of Contents, were written first for an eager listener of nine years old. But as the book has grown longer the age of its readers has grown older for two reasons:
First: because it was necessary to take for granted some knowledge of the course of English History at the period of the Civil Wars. Secondly: because the stories of the persecutions of the Early Friends are too harrowing for younger children. Even a very much softened and milder version was met with the repeated request: 'Do, please, skip this part and make it come happy quickly.'