author - "Maria Monk"
secure society against oneof the most destructive but insidious institutions of popery; Americanfemales, an appeal to them of the most solemn kind, to beware ofConvents, and all who attempt to inveigle our unsuspecting daughtersinto them, by the secret apparatus of Jesuit schools. The author of thisbook was a small, slender, uneducated, and persecuted young woman, whosought refuge in our country without a protector; but she showed theresolution and boldness of a heroine, in confronting her powerfulenemies in their strong hold, and proved, by the simple force of truth,victorious in the violent conflicts which were waged against her by theRomish hierarchy of America and the popular press of the United States.
The publishers have thought the present an opportune period to placethis work again in the hands of American readers, with such information,in a preface, as is necessary to acquaint readers of the present daywith the leading circumstances attending and succeeding its originalpublication.
secure society against oneof the most destructive but insidious institutions of popery; Americanfemales, an appeal to them of the most solemn kind, to beware ofConvents, and all who attempt to inveigle our unsuspecting daughtersinto them, by the secret apparatus of Jesuit schools. The author of thisbook was a small, slender, uneducated, and persecuted young woman, whosought refuge in our country without a protector; but she showed theresolution and boldness of a heroine, in confronting her powerfulenemies in their strong hold, and proved, by the simple force of truth,victorious in the violent conflicts which were waged against her by theRomish hierarchy of America and the popular press of the United States.
The publishers have thought the present an opportune period to placethis work again in the hands of American readers, with such information,in a preface, as is necessary to acquaint readers of the present daywith the leading circumstances attending and succeeding its originalpublication.