Book notices

New Zealand Tablet, 8 September 1921, Page 17

Book notices

The Government of Ireland, by Mrs. J. R. Green, with foreword by George Russell (A.E.). Price 6d. LaborPublishing Co., London. . The names of Mrs. Green and George Russell are a sufficient guarantee for any book falling into a reader’s hands. And in this timely pamphlet those who are an courant' with Irish affairs will find as much delight as the profanum vulgus that lies have so long deceived will find truth. , Thoughts for British Co-Operators, by George Russell (A.E.) Irish Homestead Ltd., Dublin. This publication by the man best qualified to deal with the subject contains details of the sixty or more creameries deliberately destroyed by the Brithpns who tried to starve the women and children of Ireland exactly as they struck at the womb of South Africa some twenty years ago. A Shorter Bible History, by Rev. Charles Hart, B.A. Burns and Oates, London. Price 3s 6d net. In this well-bound manual of 350 pages teachers will find an excellent text book for higher classes in our Catholic schools. It deals with the Old and New Testaments, and each chapter presents a complete picture , in itself. The introduction gives a brief and clear account of the text of the Bible. There are several useful maps included in the volume. It is a book that can be recommended to all Catholics, particularly to teachers. A Parochial Course of Doctrinal Instructions for Sundays and. Holy days , prepared and arranged by Rev. Charles, Callan, O.P.,.and Rev. J. A. McHugh, 0.P., Professors of the Theological Faculty of Maryknoll, with an introduction by Archbishop Hayes. Vol. 11., Price 21s. Linehan, Melbourne. We had the satisfaction of introducing to readers of the Tablet some time ago the first volume of this important work. The present volume completes the course of dogmatic instruction, and is to be followed by two more volumes of moral discourses. The same plan is adhered to by the authors. On every topic we have the doctrine of the Council of Trent Catechism, a clear division of the subject, and set sermons by leading pulpit orators. It is needless to say that the embodiment of the Trent teachingin the work gives it a special value and distinction. The sound catechist knows that there is no better basis for a homily than the text of the Catechism of the Council of Trent, which in authority and dignity stands far above the words of even the individual Fathers or Doctors of the Church. The clear order and the well arranged divisions of the matter will be useful to missionary priests, while the splendid collection of good sermons is instructive and inspiring. No more important work on the, same subject has appeared for many years, and the priest who acquires it will have material for a lifetime at hand in the complete series. In a letter to the Archbishop of New York the Cardinal Secretary of State, on behalf of the Pope, expresses his admiration for the first volume and his unqualified approval of the manner in which the work has been done. In an age when dogmatic discourses are more opportune than ever the solid doctrine supplied in this course of instructions cannot be too highly praised, and a wide use of it is sure to be blessed with great results. We venture to predict that no priest will ever regret adding to his library this sound and scholarly set of volumes, for which we augur a cordial welcome among the hard-worked clergy.