Such as it is, I earnestly pray the Lord of pilgrims to vouchsafe his blessing on my little work. To point out to His dear children the holy guiding light which marks the strait gate and the narrow path of life, and bid them God speed on their way, is an office which I most earnestly desire, yet of which I feel myself unworthy. I may at least hope to lead my young readers to a nobler instructor, to induce them to peruse with greater interest and deeper profit the pages of the Pilgrim’s Progress, and to apply to their own characters and their own lives the precious truths conveyed in that allegory. A. L. O. E. Contents. I. THE PILGRIM’S CALL, 13 II. DIFFICULTIES ON SETTING OUT, 25 III. MAN’S WAY OF WORKS, 33 IV. GOD’S GIFT OF GRACE, 44 V. A GLIMPSE OF THE CROSS, 52 VI. THE PILGRIM IN HIS HOME, 62 VII. THE ARBOUR ON THE HILL, 68 VIII. DANGERS, DIFFICULTIES, AND DOUBTS, 79 IX. THE ARMOUR AND THE BATTLE, 90 X. SHADOW AND SUNSHINE, 102 XI. THE TOUCHSTONE OF TRIAL, 111 XII. PILGRIMS CONVERSE BY THE WAY, 122 XIII. DISTANT GLIMPSE OF VANITY FAIR, 132 XIV. VEXATIONS OF VANITY FAIR, 143 XV. CITIZENS OF VANITY FAIR, 151 XVI. NEW AND OLD COMPANIONS, 159 XVII. LIFE IN THE GREAT CITY, 167 XVIII. FOGS AND MISTS, 181 XIX. DISAPPOINTMENT, 189 XX. THE PERILOUS MINE, 197 XXI. GREEN PASTURES AND STILL WATERS, 206 XXII. A FEW STEPS ASIDE, 215 XXIII. REGRETS, BUT NOT DESPAIR, 230 XXIV. A NEW DANGER, 239 XXV. THE LAKE AMONG THE ROCKS, 253 XXVI. COMING TO THE RIVER, 264 XXVII. THE CLOSE OF THE PILGRIMAGE, 271 XXVIII. CONCLUSION, 280 List of Illustrations. MR. EWART AND MARK, _Frontispiece_ AT THE GATE, 14 MARK AND HIS MOTHER, 29 HERDING SHEEP, 39 AT THE CHURCH, 57 MARK’S KINDNESS, 67 MARK’S INDIGNATION AT DECEIT, 76 MARK RESTORING THE LOST BIBLE, 86 MARK DISCOVERED BY LORD FONTONORE, 105 CHARLES’S STRUGGLE, 117 CHARLES AND HIS MOTHER’S PORTRAIT, 140