The history of one to whom, under God, so beneficent a work is due, cannot be too widely known, and it is the object of this little book to assist in spreading such knowledge. The life of Mary Aikenhead has, indeed, been already fully and lovingly written, but there are probably some whom a comparatively large work will not reach, but who will be glad to learn something in briefer form of so noble a character, and will be benefited by so doing.