THE two following narratives―pictures of a state of society which has passed away forever―are offered to the Reader in the confidence that at least they are truthful. The first is in great part, and as far as it relates the story of Majal Désubas, the “Pastor of the Desert,” it is entirely, a record of facts. The second, while directly introducing no historical characters, reflects the men and women of the Old Régime as they acted, thought, suffered. Both especially take note of those who, in that age of corruption and infidelity, lived and walked as “seeing Him who is invisible,” and thus abode “in the shadow of God.”
The Tales have previously appeared in the pages of the Sunday Magazine and the Sunday at Home.