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New Zealand Tablet, Volume 31, Issue 44, 31 October 1907, Page 19

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' Cerise and Blue,' the annual issued by the old bfcys of St. Joseph's College, Hunter's Hill, Sydney, is a very creditable production, and gives evidence of the interest which the ex-students take in their alma mater. Tfie second numiber of the magazine, which is to hand, shows that there is plenty of talent among the past students to keep the annual up to a high literary level, and the editors are confident that even better results will be attained in time to' come. Many of the contrilnrEiDns in prose and poejry reach a high standard, whilst the illustrations are also very good, me annual should prove very acceptable not alone to all - ex-students but" also to the iriiiny friends and wellwishers of the college. The current Issue of ' The Catholic Magazine,' the organ of the Federated Catholic Societies of New Zealand, contains a good deal of yaried and highly iateresting reading. The following list will give an idea of

the variety of subjects dealt with : ' Panegyric on the late Very Rev. Father Lewis,' ' The drunkard's sermon,' 1 The shortness of time,' ' The Brehon Laws, 1 'Charles Stewart Parncll,' ' Some reminiscences,' ' Cameo,' ' A glimpse at Colombo.' In addition there are .several pages of club notes, poetry, etc. The editor, Mr. A. I-I. Casey, is to be complimented on the excellence of the number before us. ' Moments with Heaven ' is a new manual of prayers recently issued by James DuKy and Co., Ltd., 15 Wellington Quay, Dublin. Tho compiler has given ample scope to the old, yet ever new devotions of the faithful, but he has also contrived to throw into the new manual cf piety a quantity of carefully selected and useful matter that is not usually found in books of the sort. He has, for instance, gathered together, and Interspersed here and there in the manual, a number of short and pithy considerations from the works of Fathers <le Ravignan. Dignam Nouet, Gallwey, Archbishop Fenelon, Cardinal Wiseman, Grignon de Montfort, a Kempis, and others. He has also enriched the book with the .beautiful prayer' known as ' the breastplate of St. Patrick, '» and with numerous hymns,' etc. (Cloth, gilt, Is. 6d). -