NEW PUBLICATIONS

New Zealand Tablet, 15 June 1911, Page 1107

NEW PUBLICATIONS

Marriage and Parenthood The Catholic Ideal. By the Rev. Thomas J. Gerrard. Joseph F. Wagner, 9 Barclay street, New York. Of making books about marriage there is no end, and of these we think we may safely say we have read our share. . But we have never read any one volume in which all that needs to be said on this important subject is so concisely, so delicately, and so clearly set forth as in Father Gerrard's admirable work. The intensely {>ractical nature of the book may be gathered from the folowing summary list of contents: Institution and Purpose The Sanctity of Marriage Choice of a State; Choice of a Mate; Mixed Marriages; Between Husband and Wife; Conjugal Restraint; Before and After Child-birth The Blessing of Many Children; Between Parents and Children ; Sexual , Instruction for the Young; Catholic "Education; The' Catholic Family. In dealing with the difficult question; of sexual instruction for the young, the author does not' put; the reader off with vague generalities, but states definitely, precisely, and with detail when and how such knowledge maybe imparted; and to parents who have to faC this problem, this chapter alone is well worth the price asked for the whole volume. As we have said, the work is written throughout with the utmost delicacy. To those who,are married, to those who are about to be married, and to priests who are so often called upon to offer guidance and counsel on the subject, we unreservedly commend this book. The work may, of course, be ordered through . any bookseller. In ornamental cloth, with frontispiece, \ suitable for presentation, one dollar. 1 Eternity: A Lenten Course of Seven Sermons, Including a Sermon for Good Friday. By tho Rev. Celestine, O.M.

CAP. ' Same publisher. Lent :~ : is= over; but the : subjects brought before; us in this little booklet are of perennial interest. The 1 subjects ''- treated ; are: —Eternity, What is it? 2. The Eternity 'of Hell. 3. The Folly of Sin. .4. Penance and Eternity ■:} 5. On ; the Threshold of Eternity. 6. The Impenitent Sinner on the Threshold of Eternity; 7. The Judgment from the Cross. Each % theme is dealt with simply ,yet impressively; and the reader cannot fail to profit from the perusal. Paper. cover, 40 cents. '' Little Sermons on, the Catechism. From the Italian of Cosimo Corsi, Cardinal-Archbishop of Pisa. Same publisher. , In this interesting publication "we, have a series of some thirty-five sermons, constituting-a complete course of Christian Doctrine. The sermons are cast in very simple form- Cardinal evidently "believing that ' genuine oratory is simplicity, but simplicity wrought out with the highest art.' The sermons furnish an excellent frame-work for young priests, the outlines admitting of easy expansion. As they are, they cannot fail to be of use to all who wish to have at their disposal brief and clear expositions of the truths of our holy faith. Cloth, one dollar. Easy Catechetics For the First School Year. Primary Instruction in the Chief Truths of Religion. Same publisher. This is a little book of simple instruction for children in the rudiments of the Catholic Faith: The author has done his work admirably. He realises the .necessity of getting the mind of the child fixed on the matter explained ; and this he does by simple stories, anecdotes, and illustrations. Father Urban is already most favorably known by his previous catechetical works/and teachers will find this new book most suggestive and helpful. Cloth) 60 cents. •:,--. % •-..•■...,.■. v..