BOOK NOTICES

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LII, Issue 51, 23 December 1925, Page 17

BOOK NOTICES

The Path of Prayer, by Vincent McNab'b, O.P. Burns, Oates, Washbourne. 1/- net. Father McNabb, explains that this little book is made up of extracts from the diary of his friend, Sir Laurence Shipley. It is the story, told in delightful language, of how a man stricken ..with a terrible disease kept growing nearer to God as death approached. It is a beautiful little book. The Counsel Assigned, by Mary .Raymond Shipman Andrews. Angus and Robertson, Sydney. Price 2/6 net. This artistically published volume contains an enchanting story about Abraham Lincoln. Its restraint and its delicacy of diction make it a little classic. Irish Tales of Love and Beauty, by Josephine Ransom. Stockwell, London. 3/-. The author understands the importance of the ancient legends of a people, and she has felt the eharm and the poetry of the folklore of the Gael. These stories of Maeve and Etain and Macha and Brigid are beautiful, and we ought to be thankful for them in these . days of worthless „noysls.

Sing Ye Wisely by Gregorius. From Pellegrini, Sydney. Post free 2/6. The Object of this book is to show our Catholic people how they may “sing wisely” in accordance with the spirit of the Church and the instructions of the Holy See. In simple language that appeals to all the reader is taught how to reverence and love the grand traditional music of the Church and to appreciate its superiority over modern music. The book is at once a practical manual and a vindication of Gregorian / Chant. It has been warmly received by the authorities, and it ought to be widely read by Catholics. Saint Madeleine Sophie by Maud Monahan. Longmans. Price (paper) 2/6, (cloth) 3/6. This opportune life of the foundress of the great teaching Order of the Sacred Heart Sisters is an inspiring and edifying book. It shows us how God chose the humble daughter of a French vine-dresser to be His instrument in building up a barrier against the dangerous tendencies of secular education, which is the radical cause of the chaos and unbelief of the present age. There is a preface by Cardinal Bourne. Christ in His Brethren. By Raoul Plus, S.J. Translated by Irene Hernaman. Burns, Oates, Washboume. Price 6/-. A volume like this comes appropriately at a time when, in accordance with the wishes oi the Pope, we ought all be striving for the restoration of the peace of Christ among men. The learned Jesuit deals with the great laws of unity, charity, and solidarity which govern our common life in Christ. And, having laid the foundations, he proceeds to point out the means by which the reign of Christ may be brought about. These illuminating chapters on The Exterior Apostolate, the Apostolate of Prayer, and the Apostolate of Suffering, are full of inspiring thoughts for all zealous Catholics. St. Augustine's City of God, by Joseph Rick a by, S.J. Burns, Oates, Washboume. Price 3/6. Father . Rickaby’s name on any book is sufficient introduction and ample guarantee of its worth.ln the present volume the scholarly writer gives us a study of' the great classic, which may be described as the first attempt to produce a work on the philosophy of history. This book throws a flood of light on St. Augustine’s masterpiece, and will prove a boon to students of Patrology. i Key to the Doctrine of the Eucharist , hj Dorn Anscar Yonier, 0.5.8. Burns, Oates, Washboume. Priced/-. Dom Vomer’s works are well known to Catholic readers and to them the appearance from his pen of a study on the doctrine of the Eucharist will be -welcome. This volume, the fruit of much thought, aims at bringing home to readers all the rich doctrines that are contained in the simple but accurate words which teach us in our childhood that Christ’s Body and Christ’s Blood, nothing more, nothing less, nothing lower, nothing higher, are offered up on the Catholic Altar. Few take care to live well, but many to live long, though it is in every man’s power to do" the "former, but in no man’s power to do the latter. .