BOOK NOTICES

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 45, 25 November 1925, Page 17

BOOK NOTICES

The Bride of Christ, by Right Reverend Monsignor Power. Parts One and Two. N. Tablet Company. We welcome the appearance in permanent form of the second series of the Monsignor’a scholarly articles on Catholic doctrine. They deal in a lucid and satisfactory manner with, the profoundest things that can concernmortal man, and whether for private edification or for the instruction of others these pages ought to be a godsend to the faithful of the Dominion. The treatment of the topics is scientific and exact but the flowing style and pure diction make the reading delightful. Cheerful China, by Rev. James Mullins, C.M. Price 4/-. (From St. Colurnba’s Mission House, Essendon, Victoria). This volume contains a number of interesting articles previously published in the Far Fast, either in Ireland or in Australia. Yielding to the constraint of his friends’ and readers, Father Mullins has now given them to us in a well-bound volume. Many who did not read them already will gladly avail of this opportunity to learn a great deal about the distant mission field whither so many of the flower of Ireland’s young priests are being irresistibly called. The Truth of the Catholic Religion , by Rev. James Linden, S.J. Price 2/- net. Herder. j A useful little manual for teachers. The book is divided into two parts. In the first is a succinct explanation of the fundamental doctrines of our religion, while' the second presents the essential points of difference between Catholic and Protestant creeds. Benedictvs Qui Ve-nit : The Missal Prayers Echoed Within the Soul, by Father WRoche, S.J. Longmans. Paper 1/-; cloth covers, 2/- net. / This is not so much a book of prayers at Mass as a book which teaches us how to meditate on the different parts of the Holy Sacrifice as it passes rapidly before our eyes. It aims at giving us appropriate and devotional thoughts, and at saving us from dry and routine moments during the great Sacrifice of the New Law.