Produced by Juliet Sutherland, eagkw and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: "HE HELD UP THE SHOE WITH GREAT DISFAVOR"--_Page 138_] IN THE DAYS OF THE GUILD BY L. LAMPREY WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY FLORENCE GARDINER AND NUMEROUS LINE DRAWINGS BY MABEL HATT [Illustration] NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright, 1918, by_ FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY _All rights reserved including that of translation into foreign languages._ _Printed in the United States of America_ _To_ MY FATHER HENRY PHELPS LAMPREY CONTENTS I PAGE _The Old Road_ 1 THE BOY WITH THE WOOLPACK 3 How Robert Edrupt journeyed with the wool-merchants to London II _The Biographer_ 13 BASIL THE SCRIBE 15 How an Irish monk in an English Abbey came to stand before Kings III _Venetian Glass_ 27 THE PICTURE IN THE WINDOW 29 How Alan of the Abbey Farms learned to make stained glass IV _Troubadour's Song_ 41 THE GRASSHOPPERS' LIBRARY 43 How Ranulph le Provençal ceased to be a minstrel and became a troubadour V _The Wood-Carver's Vision_ 55 THE BOX THAT QUENTIN CARVED 57 How Quentin of Peronne learned his trade when a boy in Amiens VI _The Caged Bouverel_ 69 AT THE SIGN OF THE GOLD FINCH 71 How Guy, the goldsmith's apprentice, won the desire of his heart VII _Up Anchor_ 79 THE VENTURE OF NICHOLAS GAY 81 How Nicholas Gay, the merchant's son, kept faith with a stranger and served the King VIII _London Bells_ 93 BARBARA, THE LITTLE GOOSE-GIRL 95 How Barbara sold geese in the Chepe and what fortune she found there IX _Harper's Song_ 105 RICHARD'S SILVER PENNY 107 How Richard sold a web of russet and made the best of a bad bargain