The Catholic Record Volume 7 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ... of Sermons, by Dr. Manning, and if possible better than even their predecessors from the same source. We need not of course recommend them, but we cannot refrain from thinking, that from the practical nature of the themes here presented, they will prove more acceptable to readers generally, than the other works of England's prospective cardinal, which usuallysavor very strongly of the theological tendency of the uutbor's mind. They are eight in number, six treating of the various kinds and degrees of Sin, Penance, and Temptation, the latter being especially applicable to almost every one who is willing to read it. There are likewise two on The Dereliction of Vie Cross, and the Joys of the Resurrection. The Pioneer; apoem by William Seton, author of the Romance of the Charter Oak, the Pride of Lexington, &c. New York: P. OShea. 1874 Any one as capable as Monseigneur Seton of writing good prose ought to be willing to forego the risk of inditing poor poetry. If he be a poet we can find no evidence of the fact in the neat little volume before us, which presents a very brilliant cover as the sole equivalent for the purchaser's money. The Pioneer is an exceedingly simple and not uninteresting narrative, told on a few tinted pages of smooth and elevated blank verse. What might have been made of the theme in hands more habituated to handling a poet's pen we are scarcely prepared to say, but certainly not much less could be brought out of it by any writer of reputation. Adeline Dechazal; or Six Months' Experienceof the World after Leaving School. Translated from the French by a Sister of St. Joseph. Philadelphia: P. F. Cunningham & Son. 1874. The title of this publication sufficiently indicates its theme, which is treated in a series of letters combined in ...