CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

SAINT ANTONY

THE LIFE OF SAINT PAUL, THE FIRST HERMIT BY THE DIVINE HIERONYMUS THE PRIEST. (ST. JEROME.) PROLOGUE

HILARION

ARSENIUS

THE HERMITS OF ASIA

BASIL

SIMEON STYLITES

THE HERMITS OF EUROPE

ST. SEVERINUS, THE APOSTLE OF NORICUM

THE CELTIC HERMITS

ST. MALO

ST. COLUMBA

ST. GUTHLAC

ST. GODRIC OF FINCHALE

ANCHORITES, STRICTLY SO CALLED

FOOTNOTES

St. Brendan setting Sail.—P. 26

THE HERMITS

BY
CHARLES KINGSLEY

ILLUSTRATED

London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1891

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First printed in parts 1868.

Reprinted in 1 Volume, Crown 8vo. 1871, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1891.