PUBLICATION.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 12, 22 July 1898, Page 19

PUBLICATION.

The Church and Commerce, Industry, Sciences, and A'tn. By the Veb* Rev. T. Le MesantdesChesn'ais, S.M., V.G. (Dunedin. Tablet Office, 23pp., price (3d). — Tnis is a reprint of the very interesting and useful series of articles which the learned and esteemed Vicar-General of the Christchurch diocese wrote for the N.Z. Tablet. Father Le Menant's articles are like good wine : they need no bu«h. The skill, industry, and resourcefulness which he has long displayed in defence of Catholic truth against all comers, have endeared him to the Catholic body of New Zealand, and we bespeak for this latest effort of his fertile pen a place in every Catholic household. It deals with a wide scope of subjects which are the topic of reproach by ill-informed or unscrupulous opponents of the Church, and which Catholics are compelled to listen to from time to time without having at hand the means of effective reply. Father Le Menant's book puts such a reply within the hand and mouth cf everybody. As in his previous pamphlets, Father Le Menant writes for the people. His latest book is plain, direct, simple, good-tempered, within the grasp of the most meagre intellect, and is from start to finish an appeal to hard facts against an unfounded but widespread calumny. The author is an industrious collector, and collator of facts. His little book should do much good among our people, as showing in a comprehensive way what the Church has done all along the lines indicated in its title. We hope it will have a rapid sale. Obtainable at the Tablet Office, and from the Very Rev. author,