* “George MacDonald: A Personal Note” by Ronald MacDonald, Chapter 3 in From A Northern Window, James Nisbet & Co., 1911, reprinted in book form as From A Northern Window, Volume One in The Masterline Series, Sunrise Books, Eureka, CA 1989.

* For the texts of the books of the series, and quotes referenced from them, I have preserved most British spellings. In my introductions, when I am speaking for myself, I use American spellings. In quoting from other books and authors, I obviously retain the usage of the original source.

Introduction to Weighed and Wanting

* Photograph 1884.

* This dramatic side of the MacDonald “family story” is chronicled in much greater detail in other sources, including George MacDonald and His Wife Part 10, Chapter 1, Chapter 34 of Hein, Mythmaker, and Chapters 30-31 of Raeper, MacDonald.

1. A Bad Weather Holiday

* Image from frontispiece of 1882 Lothrop edition.