PUBLICATIONS

New Zealand Tablet, 8 February 1917, Page 45

PUBLICATIONS

A Little Book of Prayers for the Dead. ' Compiled by the Rev. W. H. Kent, 0.5. C., 3s net. Londbn: Burns and Oates. - ■ Christ the Consoler. . Compiled .by Agnes Egerton Castle, 3s net. London: Burns and Oates. These are days of anxiety and sorrow in almost every Catholic home in New • Zealand, grief hardly to be borne except by those who have hope and whoseminds are filled with the thought of the rewards granted to the brave soldiers who have done their day’s work well. Many thousands of mourners will therefore welcome these two dainty little books of prayers and comforting thoughts. Father Kent goes to the official prayers of the Church and the works of the Fathers A happy inspiration indeed,, for the language :of the Church s liturgical prayers for the dead is simple, personal, and moving to , a degree. ' That of course we might expect when we think of the Church’s tender care for the immortal souls of the departed. Mrs. Egerton Castle, a mourner herself, presents us with the reading and prayers which have brought comfort to her own heart—the consoling words of Sacred Scripture, and solacing thoughts from writers old and new, such as St. Bernard, St. Gertrude, Dante, and Monsignor Benson. We have received from Gordon and Gotch a booklet containing 70 views of Dunedin, including our large public and private buildings, churches, schools, and some pretty bird’s-eye views of our city, taken from Heriot row and other suitable points of vantage. The whole publication has been produced in the Dominion, and is a credit to our artists who have been responsible for the work.