HEROINES

OF THE

MISSION FIELD.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

OF

FEMALE MISSIONARIES WHO HAVE LABOURED IN VARIOUS
LANDS AMONG THE HEATHEN.

BY

MRS. EMMA RAYMOND PITMAN,

Authoress of "Vestina's Martyrdom," "Profit and Loss," "Margaret Mervyn's
Cross," &c.

RISLIOTHECT

FEB '81

SOULEIAND

CASSELL, PETTER, GALPIN & Co.:

LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK.

TO

ROBERT ARTHINGTON, Esq.,

WHOSE PROMPT AND MUNIFICENT EFFORTS FOR THE EVANGELISATION OF THE

66 DARK CONTINENT,"

ESPECIALLY IN THE REGIONS AROUND LAKE TANGANYIKA,

HAVE SO LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF

MISSIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICA,

THIS VOLUME

Es respectfully Bedicated,

BY PERMISSION.