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This little volume contains thirty-one Lives arranged in the order of time. It begins with the Most Blessed Virgin, and ends with Saint Alphonsus Liguori. It is a month of Great Saints.

Each Life will be found short enough, I believe, to read at a sitting. Each is complete in itself. It has been my earnest endeavor to make every point as plain and interesting as possible by means of abundant notes—literary, historical, theological, descriptive, and geographical.

We live in a busy, enquiring age. But there is little leisure and less inclination for the perusal of large books. I have kept this fact in mind, and I venture to hope that no reader will feel weary over any portion of theLittle Lives.

Biography has become very popular, and justly so. In no field of literature can wisdom and entertainment be gleaned more pleasantly than in reading the lives of truly illustrious men and women. But far above all the other children of Adam are the great Saints of the Catholic Church, in whose bright and virtuous careers we behold redeemed humanity soaring to the pinnacle of immortal glory.

In the preparation of this simple work, I have consulted none but the most approved and trustworthy sources of information. I have used no doubtful material. I am especially indebted to the writings of Ratisbonne, Montalembert, Butler, Baunard, Orsini, Camus, Gueranger, De Ligny, Jocelin