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THE CONVENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.bstat:ttibU
FR. WILFRIDUS O.P.LESCHER,
:imprimatur
H. CARD. VAUGHAN,
West.Archiepiscopus
Decenibi-is 1901.14,
ROEHAMPTON : PRINTED BY GRIFFIN.JOHNOFFOUNDRESS OF THE INSTITUTE
THE BLESSED VIRGIN.THE CONVENTS
OF GREAT BRITAIN
BY
FRANCESCA M. STEELE
(DARLEY DALE)
With a Preface
Father Thurston,By S.J.
ST. MO.LOUIS,
B. HERDER
SOUTH BROADWAY17
1902
L WTO REGIS SJJN.B. The information contained in this book
was from the Orders whoseobtained mentioned,
the author desires to thank most corSuperiors
for the kind assistance havedially they given
her. She also thanks the Editor of St. Peter s
for her to use extracts from anMagazine allowing
article on Convent whichLife, by Barley Dale,
in thatappeared magazine.