NEW BOOKS

New Zealand Tablet, 28 April 1910, Page 673

NEW BOOKS

From the Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana, we have received The House of Mourning, by the Very Rev. R. O’Kennedy. This is a pathetic little story a literally true narrative of what passed before the author’s eyes in the parish of Patrickswell, near the city of Limerick. Ave Maria Press; paper, pp. 28; price, 10 cents. The Fruits of the Devotion to the Sacred Hearjt is the title of a volume of sermons for the first Fridays of the year by the Rev. William Graham, forwarded by Joseph F. Wagner, New York. A study of the twelve admirable discourses contained in this volume cannot fail to increase devotion to the Sacred Heart of Our Lord, and inspire the highest and holiest thoughts. The author says in his introductory remarks: ‘ Devotion to the Sacred Heart . . has come upon the world like a sunburst. The unerring instinct of the faithful has seized upon it as one of the greatest helps in getting near to God in and through Our Lord. It has swept away and outlived the fiercest opposition, and is still spreading.’ Joseph F. Wagner, New York; cloth, pp. 119; price, 3s. The latest publications by the Australian Catholic Truth Society are The Admissions of an Anglican, by the Rev. M. H. Maclnerny, 0.P., and A Simple, Popular, and Conclusive Proof of the Divinity of Christ, by his Grace the Archbishop of Wellington. In the first-mentioned pamphlet Father Maclnerny quotes extensively from Canon Knox Little’s latest work, The Conflict of Ideals in the Church of England —a work which fairly bristles with admissions in favor of Catholicism. In the second publication his Grace the Archbishop of Wellington says that the cardinal dogma on which the whole body of Christian evidences stands is the divinity of Jesus Christ. This is the axis round which the other Christian doctrines revolve, or, to use another simile, the keystone of the whole Christian arch. Instead of proving the divinity of Christ by setting forth a vast array of arguments derived from prophecies, miracles, and testimonies, his Grace appeals to two main lines of argument, equally simple, popular, and conclusive the existence and affirmation of the Christian world. From Joseph F. Wagner, New York, we have received the third volume of A Pulpit Commentary on Catholic Teaching, being a complete exposition of Catholic doctrine, discipline, and cult in original discourses by pulpit preachers of our own . day. This volume treats principally of the Means of Grace, such as the sacraments, prayer, works of charity, pilgrimages, etc., and contains upwards of fifty sermons. It has the imprimatur of the Archbishop of New York, and among the preachers whose discourses go to make up the volume are the Right Rev. Dr. Bellord, Right Rev. J. S. Vaughan, Right Rev. Dr. McDonald, Rev.°T. J. Gerard, Rev. F. Girardy, etc. These sermons cover a wide range of Catholic doctrine, are lucid, and highly instructive. The book contains a great deal of solid reading matter, the perusal of which cannot fail to produce the highest spiritual results. New York: Joseph F. Warner • cloth, pp. 406 ; price, Bs. & ’ We have also received from Joseph F. Wagner, New York, A Year’s Sermons, being a complete course of original discourses, chiefly on the Gospels, for all Sundays and the principal feast days of the year, by well-known preachers of our own times. As may be easily understood the sermons deal with a variety of subjects, all of vital importance. This volume has also the imprimatur of the Archbishop of New York, and among the contributors are the Right Rev. Dr. Bellord, Right Rev. J. S. Vaughan Rev. Fathers Gerard, Doyle, etc. The first discourse is on the Feast of All Saints, and the last for the eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The discourses are appropriate to the occasion, such as The Light of Men’ for Christmas Day, ‘ The Lenten Observance ’ for the first Sunday in Lent, ‘ Thoughts on the Passion ’ for Passion Sunday, ‘ The Inspiration of Christ ’ for Easter Sunday, ‘ The Nature of God’ for Trinity Sunday. New York: Joseph F. Wagner • cloth, pp. 382 price, 6s.