Miss Catherine E. Conway.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10, 9 March 1905, Page 18

Miss Catherine E. Conway.

The Boston ' Pilot ' has long held a position of special honor in the forefront of Catholic journalism. John Boyle O'Reilly, ' the great ethical poet of Anieica' Qns Judge Mellen Chamberlain styled him), gave the p»per the literary finish which vias the delight of a generation of readers. He sang— in words that aptly apply to himself—' The singer who lived is always alive, we hearken and always hear.' When his spirit flitted, his office ami his mantle fell upon James Jeffrey Rocheauthor, wit, singer of quaint measures, and one of the most accomplished journalists that the America of later years has produced. Among his books are ' Her Majesty the King,' ' The V-a-s-e and Other Bric-a-Brac,' 1 Ballads of Blue Water,' ' The Sto-y of the Filibusters,' and a 'biography of John Boyle O'Reilly. And now James Jeffrey Roche has bid farewell to the 'Pilot' to serve his country as United States Consul at Genoa. His associate editor, Miss Catherine E. Conway, now fills the ' Pilot's ' editorial chair. Our pleasantest recollections of Boston are associated with our \isits t o those two gifted souls who made the ' Pilot ' to us a joy forever. Like her two illustrious predecessors, Miss Conway is an author of considerable note. We ha\e more than once editorially recommended her ' Lalo:'s Maples ' and her many oflher works as an admirable series for school prizes and home reading. We wish her <a flowing measure of success in the new and responsible office which has fallen to her lot. For the third time in succession the ' Pilot ' has, in the matter of editors, ' struck it rich.'