THE MEMOIRS OF FATHER JAMES HEALY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIII, Issue 43, 21 February 1896, Page 6

THE MEMOIRS OF FATHER JAMES HEALY.

A very cordi tl welcome has been given to " Tbe Memoir* of Fitber Healy of Little Bray," published by Messrs Btntly. Tun au'hoiß'iip is not sta'ed in the book i 1 self, but it is openly acknowl. dg«d by those who ought to knuw that tbehe genial pages are tiom the penp e n of Mr Fr.zpatnck, of " Wecret Service" fame, wbose deatn, curiously enough, occurred a day or two before the publication. Father Hdaly'u name has long been great in tbe an' als of wit, and the volume now placed in the hands of tbe public will enhance a reputation that is, in truth, world-wide. As one reviewer tella uh, Farther Healy was as prolific of precious sparkle as the good little girl in the fairy tale wbo talked pearls aid diam nda But he scattered his JHwels witb such careless prolusion th it, like the broken ufck ace of which Viviei tt l s m tue " I lylls of tbe Kiau," the gems h .ye rolled away into all Borts of out of tbe way hulen and cjrntrs.