The convents of Great Britain

M thmiI },r) ,< <)THE CONVENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.bstat:ttibUFR. WILFRIDUS O.P.LESCHER,:imprimaturH. CARD. VAUGHAN,West.ArchiepiscopusDecenibi-is 1901.14,ROEHAMPTON : PRINTED BY GRIFFIN.JOHNOFFOUNDRESS OF THE INSTITUTETHE BLESSED VIRGIN.THE CONVENTSOF GREAT BRITAINBYFRANCESCA M. STEELE(DARLEY DALE)With a PrefaceFather Thurston,By S.J.ST. MO.LOUIS,B. HERDERSOUTH BROADWAY171902L WTO REGIS SJJN.B. The information contained in this bookwas from the Orders whoseobtained mentioned,the author desires to thank most corSuperiorsfor the kind assistance havedially they givenher. She also thanks the Editor of St. Peter sfor her to use extracts from anMagazine allowingarticle on Convent whichLife, by Barley Dale,in thatappeared magazine.PREFACE.IF the were to be asked what is the mostquestionfeature of the of thestriking religious historynineteenth I think I should becentury, temptedto answer that in the last hundrednothing yearshas been more remarkable and on the wholein itsmore effects than the incrediblefar-reachingand of ofgrowth multiplication congregationsawomen. Over ofreligious great part Europe,which Protestantism had the Frenchspared,Revolution and the wars of likeNapoleon swepta flame. Behind them was left, religiously speakbut ruin and desolation. hereing, nothing Onlyand there in sheltered nooks and corners a greenwas to be found which the couldspot upon eyerest with but for the most the;pleasure part ...