=Books by Arlo Bates.= THE DIARY OF A SAINT. Crown 8vo, $1.50. LOVE IN A CLOUD. A Novel. Crown 8vo, $1.50. THE PURITANS. A Novel. Crown 8vo, $1.50. THE PHILISTINES. A Novel. 12mo, $1.50. THE PAGANS. A Novel. 16mo, $1.00. PATTY'S PERVERSITIES. A Novel. 16mo, $1.00; paper, 50 cents. PRINCE VANCE. The Story of a Prince with a Court in his Box. By Arlo Bates and Eleanor Putnam. Crown 8vo, $1.50. A LAD'S LOVE. 16mo, $1.00. UNDER THE BEECH-TREE. Poems. Crown 8vo, $1.50. TALKS ON WRITING ENGLISH. First Series. Crown 8vo, $1.50. TALKS ON WRITING ENGLISH. Second Series. Crown 8vo, $1.30, _net_. TALKS ON THE STUDY OF LITERATURE. Crown 8vo, $1.50. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. Boston and New York. THE DIARY OF A SAINT BY ARLO BATES For many saints have lived and died, be sure, Yet known no name for God. Faith's Tragedy. [Illustration] BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1902 COPYRIGHT 1902 BY ARLO BATES ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _Published September, 1902_ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. January 1 II. February 39 III. March 55 IV. April 85 V. May 133 VI. June 163 VII. July 186 VIII. August 214 IX. September 244 X. October 263 XI. November 284 XII. December 302 THE DIARY OF A SAINT I JANUARY January 1. How beautiful the world is! I might go on to say, and how commonplace this seems written down in a diary; but it is the thing I have been thinking. I have been standing ever so long at the window, and now that the curtains are shut I can see everything still. The moon is shining over the wide white sheets of snow, and the low meadows look far off and enchanted. The outline of the hills is clear against the sky, and the cedars on the lawn are almost green against the whiteness of the ground and the deep, blue-black sky. It is all so lovely that it somehow makes one feel happy and humble both at once. It is a beautiful world, indeed, and yet last night--