New Books

New Zealand Tablet, Issue 17, 25 April 1907, Page 15

New Books

''The Australian Catholic Prayer "Bqpfe' A new and enlarged edition of" this most excellent manual of Oat-holic piety is now before us. The original work has been, among oitiier things,' enriched by the addi Ition- of the Epistles" and Gospels for Sundays and festivals throughout the. year, and, with these and other -improvements, runs into a neat volume of 260 pages. The ■ work - wa's drawn up and published at the request of the Third "Australian- Plenary " Council of 1905, and reaches- as -near the ideal - prayer book for popular use • -r-especially in these new countries— as it is" well possible to. ' attain. ''ln- "its matter, it- is- in every respect admirable," and in" this respect it more than justified the warm: encdiniums which on ■ two' previous occasions we' have bestowed upon it. In"<its_ new and enlarged form it caters for evtn a - wider- public \ than before and the ' -tJianks of the Australasian Catholic public are due" to the body of learned and devoted ecclesiastics who have placed , within their -reach- such an excellent manual, and one so eminently suited to _the conditions of life that prevail -in the Commonwealth and New Zealand,' The- -book is neatly bound in cloth gilt, and the-Jetterpress -and binding (done at the ' Advocate ' Office) leave" no-thing- to be -desired. Obtainable from the Catholic.-, Truth Society, 312 Lonsdale -street, Melbourne, and • all Catholic booksellers. Other recent, and excellent publications of the Australian Catholic Truth Society are ' St. Francis; of Assisi and 'Medieval' Calhcilioism '- ; ' ' Old Times in the Barony ' ; ' Religion and Society ' ; ' Religion ond Amusements ' ; and ' The Great Betrayal.' The last mentioned pamphlet deals in a deadly way- with the betrayal of religious education by the Reformed de« nominations in Victoria in the early seventies. On two previous occasions we "have had the privilege of commending to our readers, both clerical and ' jay, the ' Seven Hills Magazine,' a high-class religious quarterly that is; , edited by the Oliver Plunket Society, Rome. The originator of this magazine, its moving spirit, and its most biilliant contributor, is the Right Rev. Mgr. G'Riordan, Rector of the Irish College,- Rome. Monsignor ORiorrlan is known to. many of our readers &,s the author of ' Catholicity and Progress in Ireland.' He is one of the most gifted fund versatile, of Irish ecclesiastics, and bis contributions to the '■ Seven Hills ' are marked by such verve and dasih and brilliancy that by themselves alone they would be the making of any magazine. He is assisted by an able staff of. writers, lay and clerical. Among the former Mr. W. J. D.doKe, LL.D., takes the post of honor wj-th; the interesting. serves of articles (' The Life and" Literature of St. Patrick ') in which he sets but to establish' the identity of P-alladius and St. Patrick. The March number, now before us. contains not a dull page— from the jingling measures of Monsignor O'Riordon's clever Latin version of. .the ' Bells of Shandon, ' to the history that has . been ' Delved from the Archives,' and the ' Ahaleeta Romana,' the * Roman Diary,' and the carefully written ' Reviews, -of Book's.' Our early prediction has now come,, to- pass-: The ' Seven Hills Magavin""' has a"» v eard to a far wider circle of readers than it was at Frst intended for. ;As,a result of ils widened crc r ,latin-n, .-Hip. publishers . have been' enabled to reduce the pike- of -/it. .(post free) .to. the low." sum of , (is per annum. (James Duffy and Co., Ltd., 15 .Wellington Quay, Dublin, publishers) . Just before going to press with this part "of "the paper, we received" a copy of 'a' new work by Ihe Rev. Placid Huault, S.M.— ' The Queen* of May. ' v We will take an eairly opportunity of perusing Father H-uau'lt'g May-boob. In a - letter tor the author, his Eminence the Cardinal-Archbishop of . Sydney says : « I consider that your project • of giving' us a "-Month of May" in honor of our, Blessed Lady/ is very cominendalble. The more, sincerely devout our are to the Blessed Virgin the mote -surely will piety abound amongst us, and the more truly will they come to the ■ knowledge and the love of our Di v ine FaHor,' The new bonk has also a preface By Bishop Olier, S.M., Vicar-Apos-tolic of Central OceanicaV Tihuis Gille and Co., 73 Livernool street, Sydney ; Whitaker Bros., Wellington ; pp. 250, cloth gilt).