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New Zealand Tablet, Issue 17, 25 April 1907, Page 19

We have to compliment our Catholic contemporary,". ' The West Australian Record,' on its enterprise in- bringing out such a splendid St. Patrick's Day number." -It consists of nearly 90 pages of reading. -matter -'and illustrations, with specially-designed _ cover in green and white. A ' great portion of the letter-press is devoted to sketches of- special periods of Irish history, Such as an account of ' The City of. the Tribes,' "beino; memories of an Anpjlo-Iri-sh Catholic lawn inConnnaoht';* The Home Rule Movement'; ' Fatlpr Mathew,' being a sketch of the life and labors of tire great apostle "of lemperavice ;' ' Memories of '98 ' ; ' Four Irish Orators,'— Burke, Graftan, Curran, and Sheridan ; sketches of the deeds of three famous Irish generals-^Hugh O'Neill, Owen Roe O'Neill, an.'l Sarsfield ; then we have" some remarks on Irish poets such as Moore, Goldsmith, Da\is, and Father Prout, and finally we have an account of the stirring times of '48, with sketches of some of the leading 1 Irisbmea of the perie'd. In addition to the special, articles on Irish affairs, "the-nuiwber also contains a #large iq'uantitv of other interesting readinji; matter., The illustrations, 'several of "which are full-page, are very numerous, in fact, we believe it is the most copiouslyillustratad number of any Catholic paper ever issued in the Commonwealth. Our contemporary has excelled itself on this occasion, and we trust that its enterprise will be tduly appreciated by its readers.