BOOK NOTICES

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 40, 21 October 1925, Page 27

BOOK NOTICES

Beau (Teste. By Captain P. Wren. Our copy from Robertson and Mullens, Ltd., Melbourne —6 / A story full of adventure and mystery concerning three brothers, Englishmen, who en listed in the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. It shows an intimate knowledge of the conditions of life of'that polyglot body, and with the variative style developed to the fullest, Captain Wren, is able to make the very best use of the material at. his command. The mystery is preserved well to the end, the solution being most unexpected. Almost every page has its thrill and it is easy to understand how the book has already reached its ninth edition in England aml 1 its 'eleventh in the U .S. ' - The Hound Table s/-. This quarterly is up to its , usual; high standard. It has articles on many subjects occupying public attention at the present time; e.g., The Security Pact, The : Gold Standard, Morocco, Religion and Science in Tennessee, etc. And there are the usual departments of colonial interest for -Australians and New Zealanders.

A Pilgrim’s Miscellanea. By M. D. Stenson. Our copy from Whitcombe and Tombs—7 /- • j . A collection ?of ' twenty-; accounts of j pilgrimages .mad©-- to different shrines in France, Italy, Spain', and Switzerland. They are at once historical and popular, and; what is more, they are written* in a devout Catholic 1 spirit. An excellent prize-book. St. Francis de Sales. By Allan Ross', Priest of the Oratory. Burns/Oates', and Wash•bourne, Ltd. —3/6. - ; /:{.;{ .?"v • J This is a book about a book. . Some time J ago Father Ross published a* translation;: of I St. Francis’s Introduction to the Devout | Life, and, he now gives a history and.'some- ’ thing more of that work together with a short; sketch of the life of the Saint. St. ; Francis wrote the Introduction to show that sanctity | is not confined to the* cloister, and that -the -j ordinary man and woman, in the world, could ? become a saint as well as.the. monk and nun. l Pius XT, speaking of it said among; other things: “Would -that- this book’ : were now? read by all, so that then - Christian piety j might flourish everywhere tagain, ‘and the church of Cod rejoice in seeing sanctity common amongst her people.” Father Allan Ross’s St. Francis will help immensely to get, the greatest profit out of the Introduction , and both books should be in the bookshelf of every Catholic home. . t The Riches of the Poor Man. By P. O’Connor Duffy. Burns, Oates, and Washbourne;| . Ltd.s/-. . v - 4 Thirteen short stories delightfully told. They are •'•'little histories,” told by Donochi MacLoughlin, “of what was at Lishbeg, and: what might be again.” Like the stories in Strings for a, Harp , by the same author, they are of Irish folk and Irish ways, and are, most entertaining, ' • ',l: The Eucharistic Hour. By Dom A. Green, 0.5.8. Burns, Oates, and Washbourne, Ltd.—2/6. ’ ‘ Those who belong to the Eucharistic League, whether Priests’ or People’s will find: this little book of the greatest use. It tells • how the Hour should be ordered, and is a? 7 .1-treasure-house of matter for v simple and beautiful meditations on the Blessed Sacrament. Each point of the meditations is fol-j lowed by appropriate Acts. The New Zealand Free Lance Christmas Annual (Wellington). : ;f: This popular serial, which has just reached us,right worthily sustains its high reputation. Bound up within a handsome pictorial cover, there are 80 pages of pictures, cartoons, stories; and verse, typical of New Zealand, and appropriate to the festive season. Every part of the Dominion gets a “look-in” from? the photographer, and all phases of life, sport, and industry are put under the spot-; light. This is a splendid gift; souvenir - to? send •to friends -far and near. ’ For two; two shillings its 80 - pages certainly afford excellent, measure. i -- w . v-? ' ’ V*