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New Zealand Tablet, 8 May 1919, Page 37

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The Life of St. Francis Xavier, by M. T. Kelly. Pubt:lished by B. Herder, <§ 68 Great * Russell Street, 1 London. (6/- net.) 'V ' ' ' ' . § Inspired by .Father i Henry Browne, S.J., Miss Kelly has given us a life of the great Jesuit apostle which she also makes a memorial of love to her two Jesuit uncles, so well known a few years ago. in the English-speaking Catholic world. The authoress could not-have selected a more suitable subject for that memorial. No satisfactory popular life of the Saint has been hitherto available in English, and the older works were not immune from errors which recent researches have exposed. Miss Kelly avails herself of the investigations of Brou, Michel, and Father Clos-who had the advantage of being able to use the Monumenta Historica Societatis Jesu, a collection of documents which contain a mine of information. That the book was to some extent at least written' under the guidance- of the distinguished Professor of Greek in the Irish National University is a further guarantee of its worth. Miss Kelly's book is well written and agreeable reading. She gives us fully the engrossing story of the labors and prayers and sufferings of the devoted missionary whose heroic example has kindled the flame of zeal in so many levites since his death. This book will serve to make the life of the Saint widely known, and we commend it to our readers who desire to have at hand edifying and interesting spiritual lectures. It is tastefully bound in green and gold, and has four full-page illustrations. " Is There Salvation Outside the Church? Bainvel. Herder. ('2/6 net.) \ The Catholic teaching on the subject of salvation outside the Church has so often been misrepresented that it is not rare to find that even devout Catholics have rather hazy notions about it. Non-Catholics have for centuries scoffed at our alleged; narrowness and bigotry in this regard, holding up the axiom "Outside the Church there is no Salvation" as a relic of the days of the Inquisition.- The subject is interesting and we are glad to be able to recommend in this book a clear and scientific exposition of the Church's doctrine. The subject is thoroughly discussed and the translation/from the French original is well done by Father Weidenhan, S.J. & ;/v- .-, ; ; ._ - ;'■--.-,