NEW PUBLICATIONS

New Zealand Tablet, 10 August 1911, Page 1537

NEW PUBLICATIONS

Catholic Encyclopedia. Volume X. The most competent judges have already passed the highest encomiums on this publication; and it only remains now to say. that Volume X.the latest to reach usof this monumental work fully maintains the high (standard of excellence reached by previous issues. In the list of authors we find a remarkable number of brilliant and distinguished new contributors, The volume is even more notable for the wide range of subject, which it covers the list of topics extending alphabetically from ‘Mass’ to ‘Newman.’ A volume containing articles by experts on such subjects as Mass, Maynooth (by the Most Rev. Dr. Healy), Sisters of Mercy, Missions, Modernism, Melbourne (by Very Rev. Dean Phelan), Mormonism, Mexico, Monasticisra, Mount Melleray, Napoleon, the Netherlands, and Newman (by Dr. William Barry), could not fail to be exceptionally valuable and interesting: and its issue should, of itself, be more than sufficient to turn the scale in the case of those who may still be deliberating as to the desirableness of subscribing to this great publication. Saint Charles Borromeo: A Sketch of the Reformmg Cardinal. By Louise M. Stacpoole Kenny. R. and T. Washbourne, London. Appropriately included in this volume, as an introduction, is the full text of the Holy Father’s Encyclical Letter on Borromeo, which aroused such noisy—unnecessary—excitement in Germany on its publication in that country. The author of this sketch has a vivid and picturesque style, a faculty for seizing on the salient features and eschewing all unnecessary detail in the life-story of her subject, a lightness of literal y touch, and a gift of faithful portraiture, which have combined to make the work intensely interesting and enjoyable. For all who desire a thoroughly readable, and, at times, dramatically thrilling account of the stirring career of the great reformer, we cordially commend this volume,. The recent celebration, of the tercentenary of the Saint makes its issue specially welcome and timely. The work is handsomely boundand is illustrated with views of the interior and exterior of the great Duomo, and of the shrine of St. Charles, and with the reproduction of a portrait by Lrespi from the Ambrosian Gallery, Milan. Price 3s 6d. ' ’

We have received from the publishers—Messrs. Tir? n ;ft Hicks, Wellington— copy of Mr. Wm. Jollifies 1 arhamentary Electoral Law , just , issued It aims at simplifying the Statute Law relating to Parliamentary elections, and contains the provisions of the Legislature Act, the Second Ballot Act, and the Amendment Act of last session, arranged in one logically continuous course, thus enabling the reader to ascertain the law without having to refer to three separate Acts, while the. addition of a full index enables him to lay his finger upon any point he mav wish to look up The work also contains so much of the Licensing Amendment Act, 1910, as relates to the election of licensing committees. The publication is recognised as official; and it has already been-adopted and supplied to the Government for. official use by every

electoral registrar,-returning officer; and deputy> returning officer at the coming election. It should; be of the greatest assistance to candidates and their committees. Procurable' from all booksellers or the publishers. Price 5s (4 copies, 20s) post free. ; - : £ T J 1 ’

First Aid in Nursing. By Mrs W. M. Thomas (Sister Dickson). Angus and Robertson, 89 Castlereagh street; Sydney. ' - . i ..;•>, -h This little book contains the substance •of ■ lectures; and talks given by the authoress to country audiences in 'Australia during the last fifteen years. They form an excellent manual on the general principles of home nursing—plain, popular in style, and practical down to the smallest detail. ~''}'' The .work covers references to pretty well all the, ills that flesh is heir to; and the amount of information ■ which" Sister Dickson has 'succeeded in packing into so small ■; a compass is surprising./' "We cordially and unreservedly commend this little volume. To worried mothersand particularly to those who live where medical attention cannot be quickly procured—it will prove an invaluable stand-by. Price Is. : ; * > .7 . » ; ... Notes on the Nursing of Diphtheria. By Hilda M. Loxton. Same publishers. ; These notes embody the practice that obtains in the diphtheria ward of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children,- Sydney. They are very complete arid practical but are—almost of necessity—written in strictly technical language. To those nurses who have not had the opportunity of practical experience in the nursing of diphtheria this little book should be of decided value. Price not stated.

''We have received the following late issues of the Australian Catholic Truth Society’s excellent publications:— Out of Darji.ne.ss Into Light a story of conversion by Emily Buchanan, a lady who lived for some years in New Zealand, was converted when in England. through, reading one of Newman’s works, and afterwards: received an interesting , and characteristic letter the great Cardinal; A Fight to a Finish, by W. L. Bowditch, M.A.—a detailed and effective summary of the speeches at the famous contest at Berlin between Father., Wasmann and eleven German, professors on the subject of Evolution, in which the Catholic champion scored a very notable victory ; The Catholic Church and, , its- Mission, Part 11., by Father. Stanislaus M. Hogan, O.P • —an admirable account of the Sacraments, and of the life of, grace within the ; Church ; The Ethics of Subscription a reproduction, from the Month, of an article by the Rev. Sydney F. Smith, giving a full explanation and vindication of the much-misunderstood Modernist oath; The i Divine Institution and Obligation of Confession — exceedingly able, learned, and lucid reply by the Rev. ,Dr. Murray, of Maynooth College, to a sermon on ‘ Absolution ’ published in 1846 by the well-known Anglican leader, Dr. Pusey; and Billie and Tony’s Hoses —stories for children by Miriam Agatha, Sydney. _ All the foregoing Catholic Truth Society’s publications are sold at one penny. ' We have received from E. J. Dwyer, 705 George street, Sydney, a. copy of The Good, the Unctuous or Jelly-fish, and the Bad Catholics —a capital little pamphlet, containing a detailed description of the three classes, with the admonition: * See to which class you belong, and know how to discern the good from the bad. Besides being useful for the individual reader, would furnish lines of thought for sermon or instruction. Price Id; post free 2d. We have also received from the publishers, William Brooks and Co., 17 Castlereagh street,. Sydney, State Education in Lew South Wales: An Appeal to History , by P. S. Cleary. This little booklet is no mere superficial compilation from well-known and easily accessible authorities, but is the outcome -of careful and original. research. Its aim is to show, by detailed reference to the history of the question, that the ‘ genesis and objective of State Education in New South Wales have been to break the dominion of the Catholic Church over ; her children.’ Mr. Cleary has no difficulty in proving his proposition to the hilt; and he proves at. the same time, also, how completely the promoters have tailed in their anti-Catholic objective. The work is a

really valuable one; . and should materially strengthen the demand ‘ which is now ; being . made by our co-reli-gionists in New South Wales for a change 1 in the existing system. ; Price 1 3d. < t •'* ' ; ‘ s ?* t The ' Very Rev. Dean- Phelan’s pamphlet on.. the •iV e Te-mere decree has been already- noticed in our columns. < \ ;•