Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). [Illustration: ESTHER AND HAMAN. By M. L. GOW, R.I.] THE QUIVER ANNUAL VOLUME, 1899 _PAPERS, ADDRESSES, STORIES POEMS, MUSIC_ BY THE BISHOP OF RIPON THE DEAN OF WINDSOR SIR GEORGE MARTIN, MUS.D. ROMA WHITE DR. R. F. HORTON ARCHDEACON DIGGLE THE BISHOP OF DERRY GORDON SAUNDERS, MUS.D. KATHARINE TYNAN M. H. CORNWALL LEGH DEAN SPENCE THE REV. W. W. TULLOCH, D.D. ETHEL F. HEDDLE H. WALFORD DAVIES, MUS.D. THE BISHOP OF STEPNEY MRS. HERBERT MARTIN DR. GEORGE MATHESON THE REV. SILVESTER HORNE ROLAND ROGERS, MUS.D. ELIZABETH L. BANKS CANON TEIGNMOUTH SHORE DR. HUGH MACMILLAN B. FLETCHER ROBINSON ARCHDEACON MADDEN DEAN LEFROY D. L. WOOLMER LINA ORMAN COOPER DR. W. H. LONGHURST FREDERIC E. WEATHERLY J. F. ROWBOTHAM ETC. ETC. [Illustration: logo] CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED _London, Paris, New York & Melbourne_ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED [Illustration: Index] INDEX PAGE AMERICAN BOY-EDITOR, AN By ELIZABETH L. BANKS 267 _Illustrated from Photographs._ AMERICAN COUNTRY PARSONS AND THEIR WIVES By ELIZABETH L. BANKS 327 _With Illustrations by Gordon Browne._ ANGELS' SONG, THE By the REV. HENRY BIDDELL 893 ART OF READING, THE By the VEN. ARCHDEACON DIGGLE, M.A. 147 _Illustrated._ AS CHAPLAIN TO MR. SPEAKER By DEAN FARRAR, D.D. 45, 242 _Illustrated._ AT WORK AMONG THE VAN-DWELLERS By T. W. WILKINSON 995 _Illustrated from Photographs._ AUTHOR OF "RAB AND HIS FRIENDS," THE By the late PROFESSOR W. G. BLAIKIE, D.D., LL.D. 1091 _Illustrated._ BELL-RINGERS OF BISHOPS, THE By K. E. VERNHAM 627 _With Illustrations by Shepperson._ BIBLE CLASS, THE QUIVER 96, 192, 288, 383, 480, 576, 672, 768, 864, 960, 1056, 1146 BIG CAPTAIN FELLOW, THE By EDITH E. CUTHELL 849 _With Illustrations by V. Anrooy._ BIRTH OF IRIS, THE By ROMA WHITE 1137 _With Illustrations by H. R. Millar._ BROUGHT AGAIN FROM THE DEPTHS By DEAN LEFROY, D.D. 503 CAPTAIN JACK'S DAUGHTER By KATHARINE TYNAN 874 _With Illustrations by W. H. Margetson._ CARICATURE, THE By SCOTT GRAHAM 796 _With Illustrations by G. G. Manton._