BOOK NOTICES

New Zealand Tablet, 25 March 1920, Page 28

BOOK NOTICES

Melbourne C. T. Publications— Mass; Mary the Mother of God; The French Church and our Catholic Soldiers; For His Mothers Sake; Betty's Gift; The Leader, and the White House. One penny each. The Story of a Battalion. By Padre Devine. (Melville and Mullen, Melbourne.) Father Devine has given us an interesting book. The. story of this battalion is a true insight into the life of the Australian army at the Front. The illustrations by Daryl Lindsay are excellent. It is a book "that all soldiers will read with appreciation. The British and Anglo-Saxon. Period. By Ernest Hull, S.J. (Examiner, Bombay. One rupee net. Father Hull's name is known far and wide to all who are interested in the Catholic press. He lias won his spurs as a controversialist and he has made the Bombay Examiner famous for the learned articles which he writes week by week in defence and explanation of the Catholic Church. The present volume is a reprint from the Examiner. In it Father Hull goes over the ground covered by historians of the early Church in Britain, correcting old errors and dissipating old ■ prejudices. The book is invaluable for a controversialist and it is intensely interesting to all students of English history. Seldom have we seen a more important volume put in reach of students at such a. moderate price. We recommend our booksellers to order a large stock for New Zealand readers. Other publications received: — Soviets or Parliament . by Bukharin (Russian People's Commissary), one penny. Rebel Ireland: Thoughts on Easter Week, by Sylvia Pankhurst and Patricia Lynch, price threepence. Self-Educa-tion of the "Workers, by A. Lunacharski, price twopence. Social Solidarity, by P. S. Cleary, price one shilling. .1 Catholic Social Platform, by Rev. Joseph Husslein, price twopence. Elements of Housing, by Father Tiger, price twopence. Souvenir of St. Patrick's "Day (Catholic Supplies, Wellington),