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BOOK NOTICES.

The Ova }gr Sn.-i tj. By Key. 11. W. Cleary. Melbourne: Bernard Kiiih and Sons. The best proof of tha excellence of this work is the phenomenal success which has attended its publication. Though only issued in March last, it has already run through nine editions, and this ex.traordmary demand tor the woik continues unabated, 'lheexc ptional merits ot Father Cleary's work simply juslity its success. Perhaps the most striking feature of the \om i c is its wonderful completeness. It is a veritable cyelopro lia ol information on the subject with which it deals. Ihe origin and history of the Society, the " enlightened '' principle-* on which it is based, the Inijr>r Circle and its ways, how the Brethren '" make thdr influence felt," the various exposures which the organisation ban received at the hands of Royal Commission and Parliau.eutary Committees, right up to the latest development of the mo\ernent in the colony of Victoria, are all mo.-t fully and faithfully described. There is not a single point that could bs of any possible interest in connection with the nnnement. with which the author doi.s not thoroughly and exhaustively deal. The work is -written in a very trenchant and vigorous style-, but the nuthor never descends to me c abuse, and eveiy eh u - ge he makes (and he cert.daly dors not mince matters in his indiennent ol the Society) is proved to the hilt, either from the reports ot Pailiamentary (Jommutecs and Uoyal (Joiuimss-.oiib, or from th" works ot eminent Protestant wntcis, 01 from the ntterancis of tht- Orange Press and platform and Lhe t.lilcial documents or the Society itsidf. We wish we had space to give the mere headings ot the ■wiriouchapters, which ;ire themselves suilii knt to show the intensely interesting character ot the work. \* c can only r^comme .d our reader.-, to get the book ior themselves and they will find themselves pos.sessed of a work thai is as iiitire->tim> as any novel, and that at the same time supplies a perfect mine of information on a subjecr of the most piaelioal interest to e\ery Catholic. We should add that Father Cleary give*, in an appendix, the ritual of introduction to the Orange rl- gree. together with the rules of the Loyal Orange Institution of Victoria. There i- also added an index of authorities and a very copious and valuable general index. The work, whkh contains over four hundred pages of reading matter, is published, in paper cover, at the phenomenally low price of one shilling, and the address of the publishers is Bernard King and Sons, :50U Lonsdale street, Melbourne.

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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 28, 12 November 1897, Page 20

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436

BOOK NOTICES. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 28, 12 November 1897, Page 20

BOOK NOTICES. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 28, 12 November 1897, Page 20

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