INDEX.

Conquests, 201. Rome, a tour to, in the twelfth century, 88. Russians, the silent, worth something, 198, 201; the Czar of Russia, 225. Saints and Sinners, 68. Sam-Slicks, vagrant, 346. Samson, Monk, teacher of the Novices, 77; his parentage, dream, and dedication to St. Edmund, 87; sent to Rome, 88; home-tribulations, 90; silence and weariness, 93; though a servant of servants, his words all tell, 97; elected Abbot, 102; arrival at St. Edmundsbury, 105; getting to work, 108, 112; his favour for fit men, 117; not unmindful of kindness, 118; a just clear-hearted man, 119; hospitality and stoicism, 121; troubles and triumphs, 124;