Book notices

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LI, Issue 8, 21 February 1924, Page 23

Book notices

Catholic Missionary Work in Eawkes May, N.Z. By Rev. James Hickson, S.M7 Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd. Father Hickson is to be congratluated on having provided in this interesting book an eloquent memorial of the apostolic labors of the pioneer priests and brothers of the Society, of Mary who laid the foundations' of the Church in Hawkes Bay. He has given us an ordered and well-documented narrative of the progress of Catholicity in that fertile province, from the first missionary visit in 1841, down to our own day. This slender volume must have entailed prolonged study and no little research, but the good accomplished ought to be ample reward for the labor involved in rfs production. It is a careful and reasoned statement of a truly noble achievement, and it must have a permanent value as a contribution to the history of the Church in this Dominion. We cordially recommend Father Hickson’s book to all our readers. Ihe Acm Henry Ford, by Allan L. Benson. Angus and Robertson, Sydney. Price, 7/6. In many ways Mr. Ford is the most famous man in the world to-day. Besides being a multi-millionaire, he is spoken of as a probable President of the United States. What is,, more than all is that he is a successful social reformer who has done much practical .work to prove how the' differences between capital and labor might be bridged. Mr. Benson’s biography is an authentic study of the character of this wonderful personality. It is illustrated with fourteen good pictures, and it reads like a romance. liosfrevor Annual: 1923. The Adelaide college annual is one of the neatest and most artistic of its kind that we have seen this year. The fine illustrations in sepia, the notes and articles are a credit to the editors and a sign of the well-being of the successful Brothers’ College in the capital of South Australia.v .... .