Elizabeth Goudge tells the thought, and the work of St.Francis of Assisi. Her loving delineation of this "holy and humble man of heart" against the dazzling back-ground of life in thirteenth century Italy includes a description of the origin and influence of the Franciscan Order which he founded, and a plea for his ideals of blessed simplicity and singleness of heart, the recovery of which is so urgent and universal of our own times.