CONTENTS INTRODUCTION vii PART I FRANCES MARY LESCHER 1826-1855 I. A CHRISTIAN HOUSEHOLD 1 II. "THROUGH EYES OF YOUTH 18 III. TRAVELS AND PILGRIMAGES 26 IV. TWO SISTERS 40 V. THE CALL OF CHRIST 58 VI. LONELINESS 78 VII. NAMUR 98 PART II. SISTER MARY OF ST. PHILIP 1855-1886 VIII. SEEDTIME 105 IX. "ON HIS MAJESTY'S SERVICE" 118 X. "EDUCATION FOR LIFE ETERNAL" 141 XI. A GREAT TEACHER 156 XII. COLLEGE DAYS AND COLLEGE WAYS 174 XIII. SUNSHINE AND SHOWER 188 XIV. THE OLD ORDER CHANGETH 207 PART III. SISTER SUPERIOR 1886-1904 XV. "CARITAS CHRISTI URGET NOS" 248 XVI. A VALIANT WOMAN 248 XVII. THE SCIENCE OF THE SAINTS 258 XVIII. A SECOND SPRING 279 XIX. SUNSET 298 XX. THE SECOND CALL OF CHRIST 321 APPENDIX 333 INDEX 385 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS SISTER SUPERIOR (SISTER MARY OF ST. PHILIP) Frontispiece Facing page STRATFORD CHAPEL, 1814 6 ANNE LESCHER, AGED 22 YEARS 75 (Copied from a miniature.) SISTER MARY OF ST. PHILIP 156 FACSIMILE, SLIGHTLY REDUCED, OF SISTER MARY OF ST. PHILIP'S WRITING 189 SANCTUARY, CONVENT OF NOTRE DAME, MOUNT PLEASANT, LIVERPOOL 208 THE CLOISTERS, ST. MICHAEL'S HAMLET, LIVERPOOL 211 NOTRE DAME, MOUNT PLEASANT, LIVERPOOL 299 (From a photograph by P. A . Buchanan & Co., Croydon.) ST. PHILIP'S HALL, MOUNT PLEASANT, LIVERPOOL 311 (From a photograph by P. A. Buchanan & Co., Croydon.)