The Dublin Review (Volume 120) (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. 1897. Excerpt: ... Protestant Fiction. By James Britten. Catholic Truth Society, . 21 Westminster Bridge Road, S.E. OUE first feeling on reading this most interesting little book was one of sympathy with the painstaking writer, who has had to wade through such a mass of rubbish in order to rescue these gems of Protestant Fiction. He deserves our thanks as well, for his researches have resulted in a most amusing and amazing volume. What with the unconscious humour of the Protestant fables and Mr. Britten's witty comments on them, there is not a dull paragraph throughout; and as the more offensive elements of these fubles have been of course eliminated, the book will no doubt provide innocent recreation for countless communities. Here are some specimens of ignorance and bigotry which Mr. Britten has culled by the wayside where they abound: "Father Eustace asserts that for every Protestant brought round to Romanism, the successful Papist is saved an hundred years of purgatory" (p. 119). The rosary " meant the Creed repeated on the pendant cross, thirteen Hail Marys and three Paternosters on sixteen beads, and a fourth Paternoster on a large ball which they call " the dixeth " (p. 113). "Infernal heretic " muttered Father Eustace, malignantly. "For your own sake remember that to affront a priest is one of those sins for which there is in our Church no absolution. We term it a reserved case" (p. 53). "When the priest found that Catherine came no more to confess her sins, he cursed her before all the congregation. It is a very dreadful thing to hear a priest curse. He wears a black dress, and then he curses the nose, and eyes, and all the body of the poor creature and then he puts out the candles one by one" (p. 92). We fear our extracts suffer from being curtailed; but the follow...

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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. 1897. Excerpt: ... Protestant Fiction. By James Britten. Catholic Truth Society, . 21 Westminster Bridge Road, S.E. OUE first feeling on reading this most interesting little book was one of sympathy with the painstaking writer, who has had to wade through such a mass of rubbish in order to rescue these gems of Protestant Fiction. He deserves our thanks as well, for his researches have resulted in a most amusing and amazing volume. What with the unconscious humour of the Protestant fables and Mr. Britten's witty comments on them, there is not a dull paragraph throughout; and as the more offensive elements of these fubles have been of course eliminated, the book will no doubt provide innocent recreation for countless communities. Here are some specimens of ignorance and bigotry which Mr. Britten has culled by the wayside where they abound: "Father Eustace asserts that for every Protestant brought round to Romanism, the successful Papist is saved an hundred years of purgatory" (p. 119). The rosary " meant the Creed repeated on the pendant cross, thirteen Hail Marys and three Paternosters on sixteen beads, and a fourth Paternoster on a large ball which they call " the dixeth " (p. 113). "Infernal heretic " muttered Father Eustace, malignantly. "For your own sake remember that to affront a priest is one of those sins for which there is in our Church no absolution. We term it a reserved case" (p. 53). "When the priest found that Catherine came no more to confess her sins, he cursed her before all the congregation. It is a very dreadful thing to hear a priest curse. He wears a black dress, and then he curses the nose, and eyes, and all the body of the poor creature and then he puts out the candles one by one" (p. 92). We fear our extracts suffer from being curtailed; but the follow...

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February 2012

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246 x 189 x 10mm (L x W x T)

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Paperback - Trade

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194

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978-1-154-04416-4

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9781154044164

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1-154-04416-5



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