Harold MacGrath (1871-1932) was a bestselling American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. The Pagan Madonna follows an American nurse who travels by chance to Shanghai, wearing beads with a mysterious past which are coveted by pirates.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

History and description of the Black Madonna of Einsiedeln, Switzerland.

Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts is a book by Anna Brownell Jameson. It delves into the interpretation of Mary either alone or with her child Jesus, central icons for both the Catholic and Orthodox churches.