Produced by K Nordquist, Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) [Illustration THE ROMANTIC STORY _of the_ MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS ALBERT CHRISTOPHER ADDISON] [Illustration Well worthy to be magnified are they Who, with sad hearts, of friends and country took A last farewell, their loved abodes forsook, And hallowed ground in which their fathers lay. Wordsworth] [Illustration The breaking waves dash'd high On a stern and rock-bound coast; And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches toss'd. Mrs. Hemans] THE ROMANTIC STORY _of the_ MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS AND ITS PLACE IN THE LIFE OF TO-DAY _High ideals in the conduct of life are what survive, and that is why the Pilgrim Narrative stands forth in the pages of every history as one of the great events of the time._--SENATOR LODGE, _at the dedication of the Pilgrim Memorial Monument at Provincetown, August 5th 1910_. [Illustration: _Photograph by A. S. Burbank, Plymouth_ _From the Painting by W. F. Halsall_ THE MAYFLOWER IN PLYMOUTH HARBOUR] THE ROMANTIC STORY OF THE MAYFLOWER PILGRIMS AND ITS PLACE IN THE LIFE OF TO-DAY BY A. C. ADDISON AUTHOR OF "OLD BOSTON: ITS PURITAN SONS AND PILGRIM SHRINES," ETC. WITH NUMEROUS ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS [Illustration] BOSTON L. C. PAGE & COMPANY MDCCCCXI COPYRIGHT, 1911, BY L. C. PAGE & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST IMPRESSION, SEPTEMBER, 1911 THE.PLIMPTON.PRESS.NORWOOD.MASS.U.S.A CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. OLD WORLD HOMES AND PILGRIM SHRINES 1 II. THE ARREST AT BOSTON AND FLIGHT TO HOLLAND 27 III. LIFE IN LEYDEN--ADIEU TO PLYMOUTH--THE VOYAGE TO THE WEST 47 IV. "INTO A WORLD UNKNOWN"--TRIALS AND TRIUMPH 71