Produced by David Edwards, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Gabriel . and . the Hour . Book Roses of St. Elizabeth Series Evaleen.Stein. [Illustration] [Illustration] GABRIEL AND THE HOUR BOOK Roses of St. Elizabeth Series Each 1 vol., small quarto, illustrated and decorated in colour. $1.00 The Roses of Saint Elizabeth BY JANE SCOTT WOODRUFF Gabriel and the Hour Book BY EVALEEN STEIN The Enchanted Automobile _Translated from the French by_ MARY J. SAFFORD Pussy-Cat Town BY MARION AMES TAGGART L. C. PAGE & COMPANY New England Building BOSTON, MASS. [Illustration: _Gabriel_] Roses of St. Elizabeth Series Gabriel and the Hour Book BY Evaleen Stein _ILLUSTRATED IN COLOURS BY_ Adelaide Everhart L. C. Page & Company Boston Mcmvi _Copyright, 1906, by L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (Incorporated)_ _All rights reserved_ _First Impression, July, 1906_ _COLONIAL PRESS_ _Electrotyped and Printed by C.H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U.S.A._ TO =My friend= CAROLINE H. GRIFFITHS CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. The Little Colour Grinder 1 II. Brother Stephen's Inspiration 19 III. Gabriel Interviews the Abbot 35 IV. The Hour Book 49 V. The Count's Tax 65 VI. Gabriel's Prayer 74 VII. The Book Goes to Lady Anne 89 VIII. Lady Anne Writes to the King 99 IX. The King's Messenger 116 X. Gabriel's Christmas 136 XI. The King's Illuminator 162 [Illustration] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Gabriel _Frontispiece_ "He saw the Abbot walking up and down" 38 "Dreaming of all the beautiful things he meant to paint" 59 "Taking down the book . . . he unwrapped and unclasped it" 95 "Began slowly to turn over the pages" 105 "He passed a little peasant boy" 142 Gabriel and the Hour Book CHAPTER I. THE LITTLE COLOUR GRINDER