Book Notices

New Zealand Tablet, 22 December 1921, Page 21

Book Notices

Prayer Book and Manual of the Sacred Heart Association, by the Vincentian Fathers, Dublin. Linehan, Melbourne, 8d net. This little manual is substantially bound and it contains in a small space a fine collection of prayers and devotions to the Sacred Heart. St. Joseph's Prayer Booh, Approved and blessed by Pope Pius X. (Linehan.) Clients of St. Joseph will welcome the appearance of this new publication which brings the old editions of St. Joseph's Prayer Book up-to-date. Treasury of Indulgences, by M. P. Donelan. Herder, 68 , Great Russell Street, London, W. 0.1.; 1/6 net. Here in a neat book at a reasonable price we have all that the average Christian requires, both as regards doctrine and practice, on the'subject of Indulgences. The Divine Motherhood, A. Vonier, 0.5.8. Herder, London; 3/- net. Father Vomer's previous books, especially The Personality of Christ and The Christian Mind, are well known to Catholic readers. In the present work he combines in his usual masterly manner solid doctrine and attractive exposition. The author neither involves his readers in unprofitable controversial subjects nor wearies them with pages of meagre thought faults not always avoided in spiritual works* He provides us with sound spiritual reading, and his book cannot fail to promote devotion to Mary, the Mother of God. Handbook of Moral Theology, Koch-Preuss, Vol. IV. Herder, London; 10/6 net. The present volume of the scholarly series of the Koch-Preuss Moral Theology deals with the important subject of man's duties to God. It is therefore of great actual interest to all classes of educated Christians, lay as well as clerical. The clearness and order that were features of the (previous volumes are again to be commended. Topics such as Christian Science and Hypnotism, which are constantly confronting people of to-day, are treated fully and satisfactorily. Useful bibliographical lists are given for the aid of students at the end of each section. To persons who desire to have at hand a sound guide on all the vital matters that come under the heading of man's duties to God we warmly recommend this. book.