Ben Brightboots and Other True Stories, Hymns, and Music

Ben Brightboots was a real cat that lived in F.R.H.'s parents' home, quite an aristocratic cat, and very lively. As fast as he was, the events were faster and overtook Ben. Reading this story, you want to pick him up and stroke his neck, but while we cannot hold Ben, there is truth here of the greatest value, that we can hold and keep in our hearts. F.R.H. finished this story of Ben, but only after she died was it published by her sister Maria, who also added at the end several more little stories, poems, and hymns by Frances. This book is taken from the five-volume, 8,014-page edition of The Complete Works of Frances Ridley Havergal, an edition prepared over several years by a team of people in the U.S., England, and Canada.