7 ReGdUuj, Jßiä Qo* Gailtoiioi Compiled and Edited THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION New York, N. Y Price 2 5 cents G a + W i c , L i br real tragedy of tragedies. The reader will find nothing of the melodra.- 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST matic in his life story, but he will feel something akin to what he ex- periences when he reads about St. Thomas More—that noble champion of the faith with whose name that of Fisher will be forever linked. FRANCIS O F ASSISI C H E S T E R T O N , G I L B E R T K E I T H St. Francis of Assisi. New York, Doubleday, Doran, 1923. 2}4P- $ I . J O . C. V. Trent, in The mind of the saints, says: "Chesterton's life of St. Francis is perhaps the best study in personality that hagiography has yet produced—the most penetratingly psychological. He tells the story of St. Francis' soul; everything else is either picturesque background or in- evitable result." FRANCIS BORGIA Y E O , M A R G A R E T The Greatest of the Borgias. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1936. 374P. 42.50. "It is rare," says Mrs. Yeo, " for a man to find a perfect friend and a perfect lover. Francis Borgia had both. When he had lost Eleanor he found Ignatius of Loyola." The author makes her characters come to life and move against a vivid and kaleidoscopic scene. FRANCIS DE SALES B O R D E A U X , H E N R Y St. Francis de Sales, theologian of love. Tr. by Sister Benita. New York, Longmans, 1929. 282p. $2.50. It was the same sweetness which aided the gentle bishop of Geneva in converting 72,000 heretics that drew Henry Bordeaux, French Academy member, out of the field of fiction into that of hagiography. FRANCIS XAVIER M A Y N A R D , T H E O D O R E The Odyssey of Francis Xavier. New York, Longmans, 1936. 364P. $2.50. BIOGRAPHY i 7 In the opening chapter we see Francis amongst the Basques, a people unique and apart; we follow him from his boyhood home to the Uni- versity of Paris, where he meets Ignatius Loyola; to India where the Portuguese respond to his ardent love; to Japan, where he makes converts— not in masses—but one by one; and to China, where his Odyssey ends in a leaky old shed outside Canton. GABRIEL O F OUR LADY O F SORROWS H O L L O B O U G H , C A M I L L U S J . St. Gabriel, Passionist. New York, Kenedy, 1923. 278p. $I.JO. How the young Italian, Francis Possenti, was transformed from a worldling who gave his tailor many a despairing moment, into a Saint who "having lived a few years, fulfilled a long time," is a touching story, ably told by a Passionist father. G E M M A GALGANI PROSERPIO, L E O St. Gemma Galgani. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1940. 232p. $2.00. Gemma Galgani, "the white Passion flower of Lucca," long the object of popular veneration, has at last been declared a Saint. Dr. Proserpio's is the most up-to-date account of the stigmatic, having been published since her canonization. GREGORY T H E GREAT SISTER O F N O T R E D A M E , A The Life of St. Gregory the Great. New York, Kenedy, n.d. 2j8p. $I.JO. Abbot Vonier, O.S.B. of Buckfast, in his foreword to this biography, says: "Anyone who makes us love St. Gregory the Great does our faith a great service. The present well-written volume cannot fail to endear the great Pope to every reader." IGNATIUS LOYOLA T H O M P S O N , F R A N C I S St. Ignatius Loyola. London, Burns, Oates, 1909. This is a classic life of the great founder of the Jesuits, and it contains over 100 illustrations. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST ISAAC J O G U E S T A L B O T , FRANCIS X A V I E R Saint Among Savages; the life of Isaac Jogues. New York, Harper, 193 J. 4 6 6 p . $3.50. In short and vividly descriptive sentences (though not in a short book) a Jesuit recounts the heroic deeds of another Jesuit, who, with Rene Goupil and Jean de la Lande, was one of the first North Americans to be canonized. ISABELLA O F SPAIN "WALSH, W I L L I A M T H O M A S Isabella the Crusader. New York, Sheed and Ward, 193 y. 3o8p. $2.jo. This is a condensation of the author's Isabella of Spain, published five years earlier by McBride in New York and Sheed in England. The earlier volume contains map, illustrations, longer quotations, selected bibliography, and index. J E S U S CHRIST OUR LORD O ' B R I E N , ISIDORE The Life of Christ. Paterson, N. J., St. Anthony guild, 1937. j4op. pop. ed. $1.00; lib. ed. $2.50. While the Gospels will always remain the chief source of information concerning Our Lord, many worthy lives have been written paraphrasing or simplifying the Gospels. Father O'Brien's very readable volume is designed for study clubs as well as for the casual reader, is equipped with questions, etc., at the end of each chapter, and with an index. J O A N O F ARC L Y N C H , D E N I S St. Joan of Arc; the life-story of the Maid of Orleans. New York, Benziger, 1919. 348p. $2.50. O f many inspiring lives of St. Joan, this by Father Lynch has been chosen for first mention on the strength of Father Reville's statement that it is "satisfactory from every point of view." (Cf . My Bookcase. America Press, 1928. 4th ed.) B I O G R A P H Y i 7 E L I Z A B E T H J O R D A N J O R D A N , E L I Z A B E T H Three Rousing Cheers. New York, Appleton, 1938. 403P. $3.50. Miss Jordan, eminent American journalist, has had adventures enough to take the dullness out of several lives. Author of several popular works of fiction, she once said that she has never written a line of which she has had to be ashamed. J O H N CHRYSOSTOM A T T W A T E R , D O N A L D St. John Chrysostom, the voice of gold. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1 9 3 9 . 2 0 2 p . $2.00. The names of persons who lived as long as sixteen centuries ago are often only names; it may be difficult to realize that they belonged to persons who hoped and prayed much, worked hard and sometimes felt annoyed, wrote letters and longed for answers to them. St. John Chrysostom will never again be a mere name to one who has read this book. J O H N BOSCO G H E O N , H E N R I The Secret of Saint John Bosco. Tr. by F. J. Sheed. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1936. 203P. $2.00. T o imitate the Boston boy who called Demosthenes the Edward Everett of Athens, one might call Don Bosco the Father Flanagan of Turin. His beautiful devotion to Mary, Help of Christians, his founding of the Salesians, and the manifestations of his marvelous influence over his fellow- beings are here described in the characteristic Gheon style. SHEILA K A Y E - S M I T H K A Y E - S M I T H , S H E I L A Three Ways Home; an experiment in autobiography. New York, Harper, 1937. 2j8p. $2.50. The distinguished English convert, Sheila Kaye-Smith, had, as a child, three ambitions: to live in the country, to become a celebrated novelist 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST of rural life, and to be extremely High Church. How she attained these desires, Miss Kaye-Smith relates in her autobiography. FRANCIS C L E M E N T K E L L E Y K E L L E Y , FRANCIS C L E M E N T The Bishop Jots It Down; an autobiographical strain on mem- ories. New York, Harper, 1939. 3J3p. $3.00. These wise and witty memoirs of Bishop Kelley have been called a social document of our times. What charming pictures they give of life on Prince Edward Island, of Bishop Rogers, of Cardinal Gibbons, and of a thousand other scenes and notables! And they are to be continued in The Bishop Sums it Up. SEUMAS M A C M A N U S M A C M A N U S , S E U M A S Rocky Road to Dublin. New York, Macmillan, 1938. 3MP- $2.50. Seumas MacManus of Donegal, a story-teller since he was seven years old, tells his own story in this book. It is in the third person, with Jaimie, "the wee red f o x " as the central figure. FRANCIS AUGUSTUS M A C N U T T M A C N U T T , FRANCIS A U G U S T U S A Papal Chamberlain; the personal chronicle of the author, edited by John J. Donovan; pref. by G. K. Chesterton. New York, Longmans, 1937. $4.00. Illustrated with many plates and filled with interesting stories about notable personalities, diplomatic affairs, and social life in many lands. MacNutt served at the Vatican during the pontificates of Leo XIII and Pius X . MARGARET M A R Y ALACOQUE G H E O N , H E N R I The Secret of St. Margaret Mary. Tr . by F. J. Sheed. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1937. 39p. $1.00. BIOGRAPHY i 7 Gheon has the gi f t of choosing the details which will sharply outline the character of the person whom he is describing; thus he is able to give concise yet adequate presentations of the varied lives and missions of the Saints. Margaret Mary, like many another holy soul, endured for a long time the unenvied lot of one misunderstood by her own companions. She was the humble instrument chosen by Our Lord to propagate the devo- tion to His Sacred Heart. M A R I A N N E O F MOLOKAI JACKS, L E O V I N C E N T Mother Marianne of Molokai. New York, Macmillan, 1935. 203P. $2.00. Good account of the work of Mother Marianne and the other Franciscan Sisters among the lepers of Molokai. The death of Father Damien, the visit of Stevenson, the devotion of the lepers to Mother Marianne, the assistance (and hindrance) of the officials, the superstitions and customs of the natives,—these are some of the details from the complete picture. J A C Q U E S M A R Q U E T T E R E P P L I E R , A G N E S Pere Marquette, Priest, Pioneer, and Adventurer. New York, Doubleday, 1929. 298P. $3.00. One of America's best beloved heroes of history is the winning and intrepid Jesuit whose name is written up and down the Mississippi valley. M A R T I N O F TOURS F O L E Y , LOUIS The Greatest Saint of France. Milwaukee, Morehouse, 1931. 32ip. $1.25. "Written because it seemed that there was a need for the retelling of the ancient story in a new form, and especially that it was time for this great character to become more familiar in America, where he seems now to be comparatively little known." 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST MARY T H E M O T H E R O F GOD G E R B E T , O L Y M P E P H I L I P P E The Lily of Israel; the life of the Blessed Virgin; rev. ed., with a foreword by Rev. William Livingston. New York, Kenedy, 1916. 33 y p . $ I . J O . A little book which has brought thousands of souls nearer to Our Blessed Lady. Some readers took exception to certain imaginative passages in the work as it first appeared; these portions have been omitted from the re- vised edition. In Mary, a 1939 Bruce publication in the Religion and Culture series, Sister Eleanore succeeded as usual in uniting inspiration with literary charm. MARY O F T H E I N C A R N A T I O N R E P P L I E R , A G N E S Mère Marie of the Ursulines; a study in adventure. New York, Garden City pub., 1937. 34ip. 79$- There is something suggestive of Willa Cather in this narrative of the young French widow who joined the Ursulines, became Mother of a com- munity in French Canada, and taught the Indians for thirty-four years. T H E O D O R E M A Y N A R D M A Y N A R D , T H E O D O R E The World I Saw. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1938. 313P. $3.50. Autobiography of a well-known author, lecturer, and instructor in litera- ture. The scenes are laid in India, England, and America, as the author's progress through five faiths is described with charm and candor. ALICE M E Y N E L L M E Y N E L L , V I O L A Alice Meynell; a memoir. London, Cape, 1929. 3J2p. $j.oo. "The pencilling mamma," whose little children edited newspapers under the table while she composed poems or perhaps listened to readings by Francis Thompson, is remembered with filial affection by one of said edi- tors, Viola. B I O G R A P H Y i 7 J O H N MOODY M O O D Y , J O H N The Long Road Home; an autobiography. New York, Mac- millan, 1937. 263P. $2.00. This oft-reprinted classic of a Wall Street financial expert's life and con- version is of particular interest to business men and men in public life. T H O M A S M O R E H O L L I S , C H R I S T O P H E R Sir Thomas More. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1934. 3 i ip . $2.25. With such a subject, who could fail to interest? Nevertheless, this prod- uct of an English Catholic's literary talent has a special charm. The short epilogue beginning "Four Things They Killed When They Killed More" will remain long with the reader. J O H N H E N R Y N E W M A N R o s s , J O H N ELLIOT John Henry Newman: Anglican minister, Catholic priest, Roman cardinal. New York, Norton, 1933. 2j8p. $2.75. Father Ross has been associated with the work of the Newman Clubs at the Universities of Texas, Columbia, and Illinois. This product of his research is most enlightening with regard to the religious controversies that were carried on during Newman's long lifetime. LOUIS PASTEUR V A L L E R Y - R A D O T , R E N E The Life of Pasteur. Tr. by Mrs. R. L. Devonshire. Garden City, N. Y . Doubleday, 1923. 484P. Vallery-Radot's is the monumental life of the great French bacteriologist. Pasteur has been nominated "The World's Greatest Benefactor"; he enjoyed the unique distinction of having an institute founded in his honor while he was still alive; but may we not consider the greatest glory his having believed and lived that Science brings us closer to God? 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST ST. P A U L FORBES, M O T H E R F R A N C E S A L I C E M O N I C A The Life of Saint Paul. London, Washbourne, 1916. iz6p. We journey with St. Paul from the time that he begins to "kick against the goad" until he offers to Christ the supreme proof of charity. ST. P A U L A L A G R A N G E , FRANCOIS St. Paula; adapted from the French by the Benedictines of Talacre. London, Washbourne and Bogan, 1934. 290P. 12s. 6d. This Roman lady of the fourth century was remarkable in domestic life, as wife and mother; in the cloister, where she spent some sixteen years; and in the sphere of learning, as pupil and fellow-worker of St. Jerome. SARAH W O R T H I N G T O N KING P E T E R M C A L L I S T E R , A N N A S H A N N O N In Winter We Flourish; life and letters of Sarah Worthington King Peter, 1800-1877. New York, Longmans, 1939. 398p. $3.jo. "Pre-eminent among the leaders of civic and charitable enterprise in early Cincinnati was Sarah Worthington King Peter." Mrs. Peter was instru- mental in bringing several religious orders to Cincinnati, and the people of that mid-western city are justly proud of their benefactress. P E T E R CLAVER L U N N , A R N O L D A Saint in the Slave Trade: Peter Claver (1581-1684). New York, Sheed and Ward, 193j. 2j6p. $2.50. Given the subject sanctity, and the author an objective-minded person, the result is a stimulating piece of writing. Arnold Lunn, a convert, was attracted to Catholicism, writes Father John O'Brien of Illinois University, by its sheer reasonableness, and not by any " funny internal feelings." B I O G R A P H Y Only the first part of this book is devoted to Saint Peter; in the second part are discussed the questions of the nature of happiness, the implica- tions of love of neighbor, the Catholic attitude to slavery, the principles of asceticism, the rights of the body, and the real nature of "practical Christianity." PIUS XI B R O W N E - O L F , L I L L I A N Pius XI, Apostle of Peace. New York, Macmillan, 1938. 2j7p. $2.jo. In this popular biography the author presents successive pictures of her subject as child, priestly student, mountaineer, librarian, Papal diplomat, and Pope. M I G U E L P R O J U A R E Z BLOUNT, MRS. MELESINA MARY (Mrs. George Norman, pseud.) God's jester; the story of the life and martyrdom of Father Michael Pro, S .J. New York, Benziger, 1930. 226p. $1.50. Miguel, or Michael Pro, young Mexican Jesuit, was a model of hope and fortitude during the darkest times experienced by Mexican Catholics. The stories of how he evaded capture for months, seeming to bear a charmed life, make thrilling reading, while his eventual seizure and execution add poignancy as well. K N U T E R O C K N E S T U H L D R E Y E R , H A R R Y A . Knute Rockne, Man Builder. Philadelphia, Macrae-Smith, 1931. 335P- The author knew Rockne well, having been trained by him at Notre Dame. The illustrations are of important players, teams, and games in Rockne's career. The autobiography of the great coach (Indianapolis, Bobbs, 1931. $2.50) needs no recommendation. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST E L I Z A B E T H A N N S E T O N F E E N E Y , L E O N A R D Elizabeth Seton: an American woman; her story. New York, America Press, 1938. 2/2p. $2.00. When a writer of Father Feeney's brilliance chooses a subject of so many possibilities as the life of Mother Seton offers, the result is something emi- nently readable. J U N I P E R O SERRA R E P P L I E R , A G N E S Junipero Serra, pioneer colonist of California. Garden City, N . Y . Doubleday, 1933. 3*2p- $2.50. Fray Junipero Serra, Franciscan founder of nine California missions, is honored not only by the Church, but also by the nation, which reveres him as "The Apostle of California." E L L E N E W I N G S H E R M A N M C A L L I S T E R , A N N A S H A N N O N Ellen Ewing, Wife of General Sherman. New York, Benziger, 1936. 379P. $3.50. The character of Ellen Ewing, the Catholic wife of one of the most hated, and at the same time most respected and loved Civil War Generals, William T. Sherman, stands out with beautiful clearness in this book. Mrs. Sher- man loved her Faith, her husband, her children, her neighbors, and her country, and what more could be asked of any woman? M A D E L E I N E SOPHIE M O N A H A N , M A U D Saint Madeleine Sophie, foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart, 1779-1865. New York, Longmans, 1925. i o j p . $1.25. N o "streamlined" course of studies did the young Madeleine pursue under the tutelage of her seminarian brother Louis. She early felt the call to be a religious and made up her mind to become one, but she saw nuns for the first time when she entered the Convent to remain there. B I O G R A P H Y i 7 W I L L I A M A. S T A N T O N K A N E , W I L L I A M T E R E N C E A Memoir of Wm. A. Stanton, S .J. St. Louis, Herder, 1918. z6zp. $ I .2 J . Father Stanton, S.J., was the first American priest ordained in the Philip- pines under the American regime. He died when he was only forty years old. Had anyone mentioned to "Buck" Stanton during his lifetime that his biography might some day be written he would have thought it foolish, but the thousands who have read Father Kane's book have thought other- wise. HALLIDAY GIBSON S U T H E R L A N D S U T H E R L A N D , H A L L I D A Y G I B S O N The Arches of the Years. New York, Blue Ribbon books, 1936. 277P. 98(/;. This is the often-reprinted autobiography of a well-known British physi- cian and convert. Dr. Sutherland is the author of two standard works on tuberculosis and a critical examination of birth control, and he has con- tributed many articles to the medical press of Britain and America. J O H N BANISTER TABB T A B B , J E N N I E MASTERS Father Tabb, His Life and Work; a memorial by his niece. 2d ed. Boston, Stratford, 1922. 174P. $2.00. The various anecdotes and memoirs related of this Southern poet-priest show him to have been most human and lovable. A feature of this work are the poems, humorous verses, etc., which are quoted. C A T H E R I N E T E K A K W I T H A S A R G E N T , D A N I E L Catherine Tekakwitha. New York, Longmans, 1937. 264P. $3.00. The Indian character and religion as affected by the French and the missionaries is the approach taken in Sargent's life of the holy Mohawk maiden, the first Indian girl known to have made a vow of virginity. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST TERESA O F AVILA M U L L A N Y , K A T H E R I N E F R A N C E S Teresa of Avila, the woman; a study. New York, Pustet, 1929. 115p. $I.2J. A good book with which to begin an acquaintance with the great Carmelite mystic. In it we see the divinely-inspired wisdom of the Saint in all her human relationships. T H E R E S E O F LISIEUX G H E O N , H E N R I The Secret of the Little Flower. Translated by Donald At t - water. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1937. 242p. $2.00. This places Therese in her bourgeois background; shows what she had to combat in her nature, and that she became a Saint because she conquered obstinate self-will and selfishness. T H O M A S O F C A N T E R B U R Y S P E A I G H T , R O B E R T St. Thomas of Canterbury. New York, Putnam, 1938. 244p. $2.jo. Written by the man who had the role of St. Thomas in the play "Murder in the Cathedral." Gerald Walsh, S.J., of Fordham University, and Chris- topher Dawson contributed valuable suggestions towards the biography. WILLIBRORD VERKADE V E R K A D E , W I L L I B R O R D Yesterdays of an Artist Monk. Tr. by John L. Stoddard. New York, Kenedy, 1930. 304p. Story of the early life of a successful Dutch artist. What someone has termed "Unrest for God" led him to the Church, and In Quest of Beauty (New York, Kenedy, 1935) continues the narrative of his life, relating his experiences as oblate, novice, monk, and priest in the Benedictine Mon- astery at Beuron, Bavaria. B I O G R A P H Y J O H N M A R Y V I A N N E Y G H E O N , H E N R I The Secret of the Curé d'Ars. With a note on the saint by G. K. Chesterton. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1929. 2iyp. $3.00. Living in the years following the French Revolution, this humble parish priest "cut across the whole trend of his time at right angles," says Chesterton, "quite content to know that the angle was right." V I N C E N T DE P A U L L A VEDAN, H E N R I L E O N E M I L E The Heroic Life of St. Vincent de Paul. Tr. by Helen Younger Chase. New York, Longmans, 1929. 279P. $2.50. A vivid presentation by a member of the French Academy distinguished for the dramatic quality of his writings. V I N C E N T F E R R E R G H E O N , H E N R I St. Vincent Ferrer. Tr. by F. J. Sheed. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1939. i9op. $2.00. The influence of this Dominican miracle worker over his own age was well-nigh sovereign. It was the time of the great fourteenth century schism, and Vincent labored incessantly to end it. He was known as the "Angel of the Judgment" and induced thousands to do penance. M I C H A E L WILLIAMS W I L L I A M S , M I C H A E L The Book of the High Romance; a spiritual autobiography. New York, Macmillan, 1931. 4o6p. $2.25. " I have been one acquainted with Death" might be the theme of Mr. Williams' autobiography, for he writes much about the peculiar fascination which the mystery of death has always held for him. Halifax and the sea, Boston and a five-and-ten, San Francisco earthquakes and journalism, the Little Flower and at last peace—after thirty crowded yet lonely years when art was religion—these are a few of the things glimpsed in the past of the man who made The Commonweal a great American weekly. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST EDUCATION B Y EDWARD A . F I T Z P A T R I C K , P h . D . Pres., Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wis. The following list of books is compiled in accordance with the suggestion to prepare a list of solid but non-technical books published since 1910, in which the ordinary or average Catholic reader could find out the general principles of a Catholic system of education. Textbooks and specialized theses or monographs were excluded. A L L E R S , R U D O L P H Psychology of. Character; tr. with an introd. by E. B. Strauss. New York, Sheed & Ward, 1931. xv, 383P. $4.00. This is a somewhat difficult book using, with special competence, the techniques of all schools of modern psychology in the light of Catholic philosophy. It is really a psychology of character—a rare but very useful treatment of character. Vera Barclay's Practical Psychology js a rear- rangement of this book for the general reader. It is now included in the very inexpensive ( j o cent) series. Allers is perhaps the leading Catholic authority in this particular field. C H A R I T A S , SISTER M . In the Service of God; tr. by Sister M. Charitas. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1938. xvii, i88p. $1.50. This is a series of fifty-two meditations (one-a-week) on the teacher and teaching. The form is an adaptation of the Ignatian spiritual exercises. The mother of children and the teacher in the classroom will be im- mensely helped spiritually by this book. Fathers, too, could profit greatly. It is a method of studying the subject in accord with the great spiritual tradition of the Church. F I T Z P A T R I C K , E D W A R D A . I Believe in Education. New York, Sheed & Ward, 1938. x, 2l8p. $2.jo. E D U C A T I O N 3 1 " A book which starts from the fundamentals of education and never loses sight of them throughout a survey of everything from the function of the State down to how to write a classbook, is long overdue in this coun- try. Now that it has come, it gives us in credo form a complete state- ment of every main problem." London Tablet F I T Z P A T R I C K , EDWARD A . Foundations of Christian Education; introd. by William M. Magee. (Marquette monographs on educ. No. j . ) Milwaukee, Bruce, 1930. 2j8p. $1.80. This book regards the New Testament as the fundamental historical docu- ment of Christian education, and answers for the Christian educational scheme the major educational questions of aim, content, method of teach- ing and organization, first from the Gospels and then independently from the Epistles. It reveals how completely and specifically Christ planned the Christian educational system. H O V R E , F R A N S DE Catholicism in Education; tr. from the French ed. of G. Simeons by Edward B. Jordan. New York, Benziger, 1934. xx, 493P. $3.48. A fine statement of a Catholic philosophy of life and a Catholic philosophy of education. The fundamental principles are stated in the first half of the book; in the second half representative Catholic educators of mod- ern times are discussed: Bishop Spalding in America, Cardinal Newman in England, Bishop Dupanloup in France, Cardinal Mercier in Belgium and Otto Willmann in Germany. Readers who like this book should follow it up by reading the author's Philosophy and Education. H U L L , E R N E S T R . Formation of Character; with a preface by the Bishop of Salford. St. Louis, Herder, 1925. I7ip. $1.00. A brief simple book on character centering around the conception of character as "life founded on principles, as distinguished from life domi- nated by mere impulses from within and mere circumstances from with- out." This is the best introduction to the subject. The author, a Jesuit, is the editor of the Bombay Examiner. The reader could follow up this work with the same author's Collapses in Adult Life. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST K A N E , W I L L I A M T . An Essay Toward the History of Education . . . Chicago, Loyola university press, 1935. xvi, 637P. $2.40. This is the best general history of education written from a Catholic standpoint, and what is especially significant, directly from the documents. In this particular, it is superior to practically all (including the non- Catholic) histories of education. It has a number of surprisingly frank statements. It is stimulating reading. The author exhibits wide knowl- edge and a fresh viewpoint in this book. This was the author's first major book, and more important than his later book in educational theory. LINDWORSKY, J O H A N N Training of the Will; tr. by Arpad Steiner and Edward A. Fitzpatrick. (Marquette monographs in educ. No. 4.) Mil- waukee, Bruce, 1929. j-226p. $1.80. The most difficult subject in the whole field of education is the training of the will, and this is the simplest and soundest treatment of the sub- ject. Other education may blink its lack of knowledge of will-training, but for Catholic education it is central; hence, the importance of this book. The author knows his field (Catholic and non-Catholic) thoroughly and uses constructively—even creatively—his materials. M C G U C K E N , W I L L I A M J . Catholic Way in Education. (Religion and culture ser.) Mil- waukee, Bruce, 1934. xvii, 13 ip. $1.50. This is a very stimulating book stating the Catholic philosophy of edu- cation so that it "may arouse controversy and from this controversy may emerge a more definite policy with regard to the whole fabric of Catholic education in the United States." He outlines in detail his plan of Cath- olic education for "Utopia, U.S.A." There is an unfortunate approach to the problem in the general condemnation of "educationists" of whom, of course! the author is a distinguished member. This is corrected some- what in the last chapter on Modern Psychology and Catholic Education. PIUS X , P O P E Teaching of Christian Doctrine. (Acerbo nimis) April, 190J. Decree on Promotion of Catechetical Instruction. (Sacred con- gregation of the council). E D U C A T I O N 3 3 These are the two basic documents on the teaching of Christian doctrine. Al l persons introduced in the education of children and Catholic edu- cation generally should know these documents. Both are found in Fitz- patrick's Methods of Teaching Religion in Elementary Schools and the decree is found in Bandas' Religion: Teaching and. Practice. The Encyclical is found, too, in collections of Encyclicals. O n this basis as time per- mits the subject should be pursued further. Pius X I , POPE Christian Education of Youth. (Divini illius magistri) New York, America press, 1930. The basic reading on the Christian formation of youth; i.e., Catholic education. The school, home, church and state are succinctly and in- cisively discussed in their relation to education. Co-education, so fre- quently used in this country even in Catholic schools, is condemned. The aid and purpose of education is stated extraordinarily well in brief compass. S T U A R T , J A N E T E R S K I N E Education of Catholic Girls; with a preface by the Archbishop of Westminster. London, Longmans, 1914. xv, 257P. $1.25. This is a comprehensive treatment, in a winning literary style, of the education of girls from the time they leave the nursery to the period of higher education, considered under the subject matter of Education, Religion, Philosophy, English, Mathematics, etc. There are chapters de- voted to "character," "lessons and play," the "realities of l ife," and the "higher education of women." The fine spirit of the book and of the women to be developed is lacking in the usual pedagogical treatises. T A H O N , J O S E P H V , First Instruction of Children and Beginners . . . St. Louis, Herder, 1930. 7- n j p . $1.25. A well sustained historical discussion of the use of the catechism in religious instruction showing clearly how its use arose out of the " R e f - ormation" situation. This is followed by a critical discussion of the contemporary use of the catechism. This is a simple, enlightening and unconventional discussion of the problem. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST FICTION B Y SISTER M A R Y J O A N PATRICIA, S . S . J . Librarian, Regis College, Weston, Mass. The fiction titles in this selected list were chosen with consid- eration of the varied tastes of different types of reader. Current literature is bound to have situations to which a book selector might take exception but the adult reader for whom this bibliography was compiled should know how to delete any pas- sages to which he may object. A L D R I C H , BESS STREETER Miss Bishop. New York, Appleton, 1933. 337P. $2.00. Ella Bishop is one of the most noble and lovable characters in current fiction. As a teacher of Freshman English in a midwestern college, launched in the i S 70's, she unselfishly devoted her life to needy students. Her dream of marriage was almost an accomplished fact, but circum- stances intervened, and Ella cheerfully bore the burdens of two genera- tions. A L D R I C H , BESS STREETER Song of Years. New York, Appleton, 1939. 49op. $2.50. Mrs. Aldrich depicts in this pleasing novel the wholesome family life of sturdy Jeremiah. Martin, his wife, seven daughters, and two sons. The author gives actuality to the pioneer experiences in Iowa through the years I8J4-I86$. A L D R I C H , BESS S T R E E T E R Spring Came on Forever. New York, Appleton, 1935. 333P- $2.00. In pleasing and homely style, Mrs. Aldrich interweaves the stories of two German-American families who made their way to Nebraska in the pioneer days. F I C T I O N 4 7 A S H T O N , H E L E N William and Dorothy. New York, Macmillan, 1938. 414P. $2.jo. In this literary novel, Miss Ashton tells the story of Dorothy Wordsworth and the brother she inspired. The author gives life to the Wordsworths and their friend Coleridge, basing her account of their literary work, their travels and their home life on Dorothy's Journals and the Words- worth family letters. B A Z I N , R E N É Magnificat. New York, Macmillan, 1932. 244P. $2.00. Christianity is the very atmosphere of the novels of the great French novelist, René Bazin. It animates his characters and is the very breath of life to them. A t a time when France is facing a spiritual rebirth, the Catholic appreciation of spiritual values has pointed significance. Gildas Maguern sacrifices the love of Anna to answer a divine call to the priesthood. B E N S O N , R O B E R T H U G H Lord of the World. New York, Dodd, 1908. 3j2p. $2.00. Monsignor Benson, setting his story around the year 2000 A.D., develops his theories about the end of the world and the condition of society that preceded it. Having shown what man has made of man and human affairs in a pantheistic communistic system that discards the true God, he brings his novel to a sublimely beautiful finale. B E N T L E Y , E . C . , A N D A L L E N , H . W A R N E R Trent's Own Case. New York, Knopf, 1936. 324P. $2.00. Trent himself becomes involved when the wealthy old philanthropist is found murdered in his London house. B O N N , J O H N LOUIS So Falls the Elm Tree. New York, Macmillan, 1940. 287P. $2.50. Since, as the author says in his preface, " I see no reason why there should not be a novel-biography" then "you may call this, if you will, a novel about Mother Valencia." It was this Mother Ann Valencia, in- trepid, well-loved, and very human Sister of Saint Joseph who came from France and founded St. Francis' hospital in Hartford, Conn. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST BORDEAUX, H E N R Y The Fear of Living. (La peur de vivre) Authorized English version by Ruth Helen Davis. New York, Dutton, 1913. 384P. $2.00. Though not a recent publication, this book, crowned by the French Academy, is too good a Catholic novel to be omitted from this list. Mme. Guibert faces the trials of life fearlessly and even joyously, when it means duty or the happiness of her children. She is a sharp contrast to Alice Dulaurens, who reaps only misery because she is afraid of life and too weak to work out its problem. B O R D E N , L U C I L L E P A P I N Silver Trumpets Calling. New York, Macmillan, 1934. 47op. $2.50. Russia under Soviet rule. The Bolshevik attack on religion and the cru- sade of young Bolshevik aristocrats who dream of winning back Russia to the faith. B O R D E N , L U C I L L E P A P I N Sing to the Sun. New York, Macmillan, 1933. 38op. $2.00. This novel is built around the life of the great "little poor man," beloved St. Francis of Assisi. The whole world has run after him indeed. B O R D E N , L U C I L L E P A P I N White Hawthorn. New York, Macmillan, 193 j . 395P. $2.50. Mrs. Borden places her characters in the setting of fourteenth century Italy. Lovely little Fiorenza, dancing girl, is saved from the fate which befell her notorious sisters, and through the kindly intervention of Contessa Buondelmonte, comes under the direction of the royal Birgitta of Sweden. Through her guidance she is fitted to become the bride of the mysterious Kenneth Starforth. B O R D E N , L U C I L L E P A P I N Starforth. New York, Macmillan, 1937. 488p. $2.50. The story of the Starforths told in White Hawthorn is continued in this novel which places Maris in court life as lady in waiting to Mary Tudor. The action is developed in the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor, and Elizabeth. F I C T I O N 4 7 B U R T O N , K A T H E R I N E Sorrow Built a Bridge. New York, Longmans, 1937. 288p. $2.50. This fictional biography of Hawthorne's youngest daughter is a charming narration of the family life of the Hawthornes at home, in Concord and abroad, and more particularly, of Rose who through sorrow in an un- happy marriage to George Lathrop and in the death of their child, con- secrated herself to the cancerous poor and later under the name of Mother Alphonsa founded hospitals to carry on her heroic work. C A T H E R , W I L L A Shadows on the Rock. New York, Knopf, 1931. 28op. $2.50 N o American novelist surpasses Willa Cather, and she has written nothing better than this refreshing novel in which she reproduced daily life in Quebec as seen by the little daughter of an apothecary in the days of Count de Frontenac. C H A S E , M A R Y E L L E N Mary Christmas. Boston, Little, 1936. 142P. $i .2j . Mary Christmas is an Armenian peddler of laces whose faith, idealism, vivid personality, beauty of character and far vision of spiritual values endear her to the Westcotts, who joyfully anticiapte her periodic visits as she makes the round of the Maine villages. With gentle charm and humor, Miss Chase introduces us to a character she personally loves. C H E S T E R T O N , G I L B E R T K E I T H The Poet and the Lunatics. New York, Dodd, 1929. 269P. $2.JO. Our most versatile and paradoxical author has written eight detective stories in which Gilbert Gale, poet and artist, plays his part. Those who enjoyed the great Chesterton as a writer of mystery stories immortalizing Father Brown, will welcome these "episodes in the life of Gabriel Gale." C O A T S W O R T H , E L I Z A B E T H Here I Stay. New York, Coward, McCann, 1938. 246P. $2.00. A courageous girl with faith in Maine stays on alone though the rest of the settlement goes westward to fertile Ohio in the Spring of 1817. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST C O O K , E . T H O R N T O N Justly Dear. Charles and Mary Lamb. New York, Scribner, I939- 3Jip- $2-Jo- This biographical novel reconstructs in fictional form the lives of Charles and Mary Lamb whose hospitality and love of books gathered about them beloved literary friends, Coleridge, Wordsworth and his sister, Hazlitt, Keats, etc. C O R B E T T , E L I Z A B E T H Mrs. Meigs and Mr. Cunningham. New York, Appleton, 1936. 342p. $2.00. The lovable Mrs. Meigs, eighty-two years young, enjoys the simple pleasures of life with a zestful relish in her bungalow by the lake where her relatives and friends foregather. Her kindly intervention in the affairs of her grand-children and her friendhip for Mr. Cunningham who shares her love of books, brings about interesting episodes in the story. C O R B E T T , E L I Z A B E T H She Was Carrie Eaton. New York, Appleton, 1938. 32op. $2.00. Elizabeth Corbett reverts to the youthful days of her favorite heroine, "Mrs. Meigs," a belle in a small mid-western town in the 1870's. C O R B E T T , E L I Z A B E T H The Young Mrs. Meigs. New York, Appleton, 1934. 274P. $2.00. The "young" Mrs. Meigs is a delightful old lady independent of and beloved by her children and their children. D A Y , C L A R E N C E Life With Mother. New York, Knopf, 1937. 25op. $2.00. Clarence Day's inimitable wit is as delightful in this collection as in his earlier book, Life With Father. This is the kind of book to make you chuckle. You will certainly be tempted to read passages aloud to someone at hand. D E L A F I E L D , E . M . The Provincial Lady in America. New York, Harper, 1934. 24jp. $2.J0. F I C T I O N 4 7 The provincial lady leaves her English shores and comes to the United States where she traverses the country and confides to her diary her im- pressions of American scenes and people. Her visits to Mount Vernon, New York, and the Concord home of "Little Women" are described with her usual pungent wit. D E L A F I E L D , E . M . The Provincial Lady in London. New York, Harper, 1933. 302p. $2.jo. In a fluid diary style, E. M. Delafield jots down her droll views of daily happenings in London. A few strokes of her witty pen sketches the various characters she meets. D E L A F I E L D , E . M . The Provincial Lady in Wartime. New York, Harper, 1940. 349P- $ M ° - In her account of adventures in England during the early weeks of the present war, the provincial lady keeps to the surface of things but she certainly challenges our respect and admiration for the plucky English women who "stand b y " undaunted. War or no war, the author loses none of her piquant wit and penetrating observation. D I N N I S , E N I D The Curtain Rises and Other Stories. St. Louis, Herder, 1937. 1 9 2 P . $ I . 2 J . In twelve charming short stories, Enid Dinnis again displays her happy gift of weaving the spiritual into the most commonplace or unusual occur- rences of daily life. With a mystical touch and the gentle humor of sanctity, she strips off the earthly quality from even the sordid and brings to light a glowing beauty. D O N O V A N , J O S E P H I N E Black Soil. Boston, Stratford, 1930. 32op. $2.50. Tim Connor, Nell and the children, of good Irish stock, make their home in pioneer Iowa. Like other settlers, they have to struggle to get a comfortable living from the prairie. German, Dutch and Austrians join the community and life becomes easier. The figures in this typical, well-written Catholic novel will remind you of people you know, admire and love. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST D U C H A R M E , J A C Q U E S The Delusson Family. New York, Funk, 1939. 30 IP- A fine, simple French-Canadian family leave their Quebec farm to come to Holyoke, Mass., in the 1870's. Their beautiful, quiet, happy home might be that of any good Catholic family. The appeal of the novel is universal. Every Catholic reader will recognize persons he knows well. D U D L E Y , O W E N FRANCIS The Masterful Monk. New York, Longmans, 1932. 3i4P- $2.00. In this novel of conflict, Beauty, the society girl, asking herself why she is a Catholic, falls under the sinister influence of Julian Verrers, apostate Catholic and advocate of free love. Brother Anselm, of fine physique and courage, takes up the cudgels for Christianity and defends the Catholic point of view, saves Beauty from the domination of Verrers, and prevents him from killing Basil. E B E R H A R T , M I G N O N G . The House on the Roof. New York, Doubleday, 1935. 3°2P- $2.00. Who shot Mary Munroe in the house on the roof as she sang the Massenet "Elegie" to Deborah Cavet's accompaniment? The reader is mystified to the very end. E L I O T , E T H E L C O O K Green Doors. Boston, Little, 1933. 313P. $2.00. Green Doors, the home of the Farwells, lay just beyond Meadowbrook not far from Boston. Petra's third stepmother, Clare, subtly puts the girl at a disadvantage to emphasize her own charms. Dr. Pryne, engaged by Clare to psychoanalyze her stepdaughter, finds that he has fallen in love with her. The plot and characterization are well drawn by a convert to the Catholic faith, grand-daughter-in-law of one of Harvard's Presidents. F A R J E O N , E L E A N O R Humming-bird. New York, Stokes, 1937. 29pp. $2.50. Eleanor Farjeon, granddaughter of Joseph Jefferson, has never outgrown a love of the magical or fantastic with which she delicately colors this tale. The Watteau fan, the gold-encrusted humming-bird and the enchanting antique shop suit her purpose admirably. F I C T I O N 4 7 F O R D , L E S L I E The Town Cried Murder. New York, Scribner, 1939. 279P. $2.00. The setting is lovely colonial Williamsburg after the restoration. Melusina Yardley, proud and domineering, opposes the sale of Yardley Hall to the Restoration and arranges an engagement between her young niece, Faith, and the middle-aged Mason Seymour. When this wealthy bachelor is found murdered in his library, the number of clues forms a bewildering web. F U L L E R , I O L A The Loon Feather. New York, Harcourt, 1940. 419P. $2.50. A story of fur-trading days on Mackinac Island, and of the daughter of Tecumseh, an Ojibway chieftain. G E I J E R S T A M , G O S T A A F . Northern Summer. A translation from the Norwegian by Joran Birkeland. New York, Dutton, 1938. i2op. $I.JO. Life on a Norway fiord as heartwarming as a cloudless summer day. Idyllic pictures painted with a magic brush so altogether simple that the artistry is natural. See also Storevik. G A L L A G H E R , L O U I S J . The Test of Heritage. New York, Benziger, 1938. 372p. $2.JO. In the foreword, Princess Radziwill says of the book "the most fascinating Russian story I have read in a long, long time. It brought back a realistic series of historic and domestic pictures in which the heritage of the Rus- sian social classes was tested to exhaustion." GIBBS, P H I L I P Blood Relations. New York, Doubleday, 1935. 477P. $2.50. Audrey Middleton, aristocratic English girl, marries Count von Arnsberg and goes to his home in Germany shortly before the first world war. In the light of current events, this novel is particularly illuminating, for Sir Philip Gibbs reproduces, with the accuracy of an eye-witness, the first world war, the revolution, the Locarno Pact, the League at Geneva, and the rise of Hitler and Nazism. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST GIBBS, P H I L I P Cities of Refuge. New York, Doubleday, 1937. 47°P- $2-5°- Especially equipped by his journalistic experiences in the first world war, and by his European travels since, Philip Gibbs writes a convincing story of the Russian refugee, with the action developed on two continents. Dollfuss, Hitler and other international figures enter the scene. GIBBS, P H I L I P The Cross of Peace. New York, Doubleday, 1934- 343P- $2.J0. Beneath the experiences and friendships of Captain Armand Gatieres and the pictures of post-war Germany, France and England, one reads the deep-rooted desire of peace animating a distinguished war correspondent who knows whereof he writes. GIBBS, P H I L I P This Nettle, Danger. New York, Doubleday, 1939. 4 I OP- $2.jo. Taking his title from "Henry I V , " "out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety," Sir Philip expresses the reaction of John Barton, New York correspondent, who lives in London in the days preceding the Pact of Munich and gains a deeper comprehension of European affairs and especially of the British attitude. G O U D G E , E L I Z A B E T H Sister of the Angels. New York, Coward, McCann, 1939. i j j p . $i . jo . Christmas at Torminster Cathedral is blissfully happy for Henrietta, her poet father, and the modern Fra Anglico, who has been commissioned to complete in the walled-up chapel the unfinished frescoes of the medieval monk. Though not a Catholic, the author seems ever conscious of the monks to whom the Cathedral once belonged. H A L L A C K , C E C I L Y The Happiness of Father Happé. New York, Kenedy, 1939. 167p. $1.50. These twelve delightful escapades of the charming and thoroughly simple old monk and world renowned scientist overflow with true Franciscan joy and are altogether too good to miss. F I C T I O N 4 7 H A L L A C K , C E C I L Y Mirror for Toby. New York, Macmillan, 1934. 276p. $2.00. In this thoroughly Catholic novel, the author uses even episodes of un- pleasant realism to present the Catholic solution of the problems that arise. Toby O'Malley, charming Irish tenor and artist, goes through a period of purifying suffering and finds that his fear of inherited insanity is baseless and no impediment at all to his happy married life. H E M O N , LOUIS Maria Chapdelaine. A tale of the Lake St. John country. New York, Macmillan, 1921. 288p. $2.00. The haunting beauty of this French-Canadian tale is moving and lasting because, for all their simplicity, the sturdy characters take on heroic pro- portions in their love, sacrifices and fidelity to duty. The Catholic family life is homely and heartwarming. The story of Maria's love for Francois Paradis, the tragedy of his loss and her brave decision is told with realistic charm in gracious phrase. H O R N B A C K , F L O R E N C E The Walters Family. Paterson, N . J., St. Anthony Guild Press, 3 5 7 P - $ 2 - S ° - In this "narrative accpunt of their problems and how they were met," the author, a Catholic psychologist, analyzes a typical Catholic home. H U R L E Y , D O R A N Herself: Mrs. Patrick Crowley. New York, Longmans, 1939. 3o8p. $2.00. The redoubtable Mrs. Patrick Crowley—"and every parish has one"—wins the Irish sweepstakes and takes her friend Maria Killoran to celebrate the good fortune, by a trip to New York where she punishes a crazed Com- munist, meets Governor A l Smith at the zoo, etc. Mr. Hurley's inimitable style makes the reader chuckle all through the book. A t the same time, he presents, with admirable accuracy, fine, lovable, true-to-life Catholics. H U R L E Y , D O R A N The Old Parish. New York, Longmans, 1938. 263P. $2.00. It would have to be an Irish-American or, as Mrs. Patrick Crowley would say, an American of Irish descent, who could write the collection of 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST stories in these pages. From the old parish, Mrs. Crowley herself came and she appears often with her friends in these tales of the New England "Millington." Doran Hurley puts many a chuckle into his sympathetic, clever and tender characterizations. J O R D A N , E L I Z A B E T H Daddy and I. New York, Appleton, 193 $. 264P. $2.00. As the title-page explains, this novel is intended for grown-ups. It is a chronicle of small-town life and youth, as seen through the eyes of an ultra-modern young lady of fifteen. J O R D A N , E L I Z A B E T H First Port of Call. New York, Appleton, 1940. 26jp. $2.00. A luxury airplane runs into bad weather. Its passengers and crew man- age for a time to cling to life buoys. Some are rescued but not all. The heiress finds herself with others on a strange island which she desig- nates as "first port of call—a place we'll leave for another place when we're ready to pass on." K A Y E - S M I T H , S H E I L A Summer Holiday. New York, Harper, 1932. 293P. $2.50. In recapturing childhood impressions which, no doubt, are her own, the author reminds us sharply of Stevenson, Kenneth Grahame and A. A . Milne. As a study of two little girls, aged five and seven, this book, intended for adults, is rich in the understanding of child psychology. K A Y E - S M I T H , S H E I L A Selina. New York, Harper, 1935. 304P. $2.50. We met Selina in Summer Holiday by the same author. Here we relish the account of her further episodes until she becomes a school girl. K E L L Y , FRANCIS C L E M E N T Problem Island. Patterson, N. J . , St. Anthony Guild Press, 1937. 292P. $2.50. A kindly old gentleman takes a group of young children who have sur- vived an earthquake to a Pacific island. After 20 years of isolation, the success of their education, according to his radical theories, is revealed in the plot of this extremely interesting story. F I C T I O N 4 7 K E N T , LOUISE A N D R E W S Paul Revere Square. Boston, Houghton, 1939. }66p. $2.50. Mrs. Kent knows her Back Bay Boston and treats its foibles with a tol- erant sharpness far less caustic than Marquand's in "The Late George- Apley." Though this novel is not nearly as good as "The Terrace," the reader will thoroughly enjoy the Boston and Vermont scenes and characters. K E N T , LOUISE A N D R E W S The Terrace. Boston, Houghton, 1934. 309P. $2.50. A New England story of the Merediths who live in Snowden, not far from Boston. The houses on the terrace were built by Ezechial Meredith as wedding presents for his five sons between the years 1820 and 1830. Miss Kent has a good literary style, a pleasing sense of humor and a charming understanding of children. K R E Y , L A U R A L E T T I E And Tell of Time. Boston, Houghton, 1938. 713p. $2.75. This fine, dignified picture of the South in the Reconstruction period is. told in well-turned prose. L A G E R L O F , S E L M A Marbacka. Translated from the Swedish by V. S. Howard. New York, Doubleday, 1934. 288p. $2.50. "Lieutenant Lagerlof wanted to have Marbacka not only a productive and well-cared-for farm, but a beautiful place, with stately avenues of ap- proach, and extensive gardens of flowers and shrubbery on all sides of the dwelling home." In such happy environment, this contented, Swedish family lived a serene and full life. L A N E , R O S E W I L D E R Let the Hurricane Roar. New York, Longmans, 1933. i$2p. $i . jo. Very wisely, the author tells this tale of pioneer Dakota with an economy of words that keeps it within the limits of the novelette and makes it more gripping and dramatic in effect. Young Charles and Caroline know what they want and willingly begin their married life facing the perils and hardship of prairie life in the 70's. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST L I N C O L N , J O S E P H C . A . Hall & Co. New York, Appleton, 1938. 336P. $2.50. With the kindly connivance of Uncle Carver, retired salt, Estelle Hall and Dick Elton work out problems to a happy issue despite the old feud between the former business partners, Andrew Hall, Estelle's doughty father, and Bartlett Deane, stubborn stepfather of Dick Elton. L I N C O L N , J O S E P H C . Christmas Days. New York, Coward, McCann, 1938. i j8p. $1.50. A typical Lincoln book, with the salty tang of Cape Cod, introduces un- mistakable Yankee characters on the Christmases memorable to Rogers and David Hay in the fifties, sixties, and the seventies of the nineteenth century. L I N C O L N , J O S E P H C . Great-Aunt Lavinia. New York, Appleton, 1936. 339P- $2-5°- Another Cape Cod story of the early twentieth century with interest centered on seventy-five year old Aunt Lavinia and her successful inter- vention in the affairs of her great-niece. L O R D , D A N I E L A . Storm-tossed. St. Louis, The Queen's Work, 1936. I97P- $1.00. Catholic social justice is contrasted with Communism. A Catholic loses his faith and joins the communist ranks; a communist worker is influ- enced by good Catholic example and becomes a Catholic. M A C M A N U S , F R A N C I S Candle For the Proud. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1937- 32op. $2.50. Donnacha Ruadh, eighteenth century poet, schoolmaster and "spo2ed priest" suffers domestic and political vicissitudes and abandons the faith, but finally, having saved a priest from death, returns to the Church. F I C T I O N 4 7 M A C M A N U S , SEUMAS Bold Blades of Donegal. New York, Stokes, 1935. 3 i8p. $2.00. Seumas MacManus is a born story-teller and an Irish one at that, with the love of fairy lore and Irish landscape, and of fine simple Irish people running in his veins as the love of the Faith beats strong in his breast. M A C M A N U S , S E U M A S The Rocky Road to Dublin. New York, Macmillan, 1938. 325P. $2.50. Irvin Cobb, in the preface, calls the rocky road to Dublin "a tally o f its author's own life almost from conscious babyhood to the time when a measure of real success first came to him as an author. It is told in the third person, thinly disguised." Reading the book made him "of a sudden, all Irish—and powerfully proud of i t ." M A R Q U A N D , J O H N P . The Late George Apley. Boston, Little, 1937. 3 j 4 p . $2.50. Posing as a minor biographer writing the biography of a friend, the late George Apley, 1866-1933, Marquand satirizes Beacon Hill society with delicate irony. N A T H A N , R O B E R T Portrait of Jennie. New York, Knopf, 1940. 2i2p. $2.00. Tenderness, humor, and fantasy are all blended in Mr. Nathan's delicate story of Jennie and Eben Adams. The artist first meets Jennie in Central Park, a little old fashioned girl, playing hop scotch in the wet winter dusk. She comes into his life only four times after that, but is always so vividly real and present that the artist finds his inspiration and fame through her and mourns her loss as a very great tragedy. The author plays with a concept of time throughout the book. N A T H A N , R O B E R T Winter in April. New York, Knopf, 1938. 228p. $2.00. Mr. Nathan has a decided gi f t for portraying naive young girls such as Ellen just turning fifteen, and fine gentle, whimsical old men such as her grandfather, Henry Pennifor, scholar and member of the Academy. Eric, his secretary, wins the devotion of Ellen, and of the entire household. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST N O R D H O F F , C H A R L E S , a n d H A L L , J A M E S N . The Hurricane. Boston, Little, 1936. 257p. $2.50. Nordhoff and Hall know the South Seas. They have lived there for years. In this gripping novel, they show the beauty of that earthly para- dise and with sharp contrast and vivid description recreate the terrible and devastating hurricane which swept down upon the peaceful settlement and wrought tragic havoc. P I N K E R T O N , K A T H E R I N E Wilderness Wife. New York, Carrick, 1939. 327P. $2.75. As exhilarating as a cold frosty walk on a sharp winter's day in this tale o f the author's actual experiences in the northern wilds. Because of her husband's ill health this intrepid wife took up a new life in the Canadian •woods with much zest and a sustaining sense of humor. She helped her husband make their log cabin home, hunt food, travel on dog sleds and even ran a trap line. Their greatest triumph was the rearing of their baby girl under conditions that would have dismayed most mothers. P O L L O C K , W I L M A The Upps of Suffolk Street. New York, Dutton, 1937. 314P. $2.jo. The Upps are a lovable Jewish family living in the East side of New York. Kuppelman Upp, the father, is a marriage broker. Rebekah is entirely devoted to the welfare of her family. The purchase of a bogus matrimonial magazine induces the family to move to Connecticut. The plot is amusing; the characters lifelike and the details, conversation, cus- toms and ideas, most realistic. R A W L I N G , M A R J O R I E K I N N A N The Yearling. New York, Scribner, 1938. 428p. $2.50. The haunting beauty of this simple, sincere tale of the Florida wilds is pervasive and lingering. Jody, through sorrow and responsibility, changes in one year from boy to man. So real is he that one shares his devotion to his pet fawn, his love of nature, zest for hunting, triumph at cap- turing Old Slewfoot. The affection between father and son is touching. F I C T I O N 4 7 R I N E H A R T , M A R Y R O B E R T S The Wall. New York, Farrar, 1938. 338P. $2.00. The sheriff in the mystery story sums up the plot: "It's not a pretty story, but as a matter of human interest, and well, human motives, it's a humdinger." R O B I N S O N , M A B E L L . Bright Island. New York, Random House, 1937. 268p. $2.00. Thankful Curtis leaves Bright Island off the coast of Maine to face diffi- cult adjustments in boarding school and returns to the complete and controlled life of her beloved island home. "She had no sense of making a decision" but when she finally chose sturdy Dave rather than the charm- ingly gay Robert or the kind and wise scholar, Orin Fletcher, Thankful felt content. People of any age will enjoy salt tang and staunch char- acterization. SHIELS, EDWARD Gael Over Glasgow. New York, Sheed, 1937. 3J7p. $2.50. The Catholic author endows Brian C N e i l , the central figure of his first novel, with "the pride of princes, the purity of saints, the courage of heroes, the singing fire of poets." As apprentice engineer in the ship- yards of Clydebank, young O'Neil experiences the general strike, depres- sion and unemployment of the 1920's, finds work on the "Queen Mary" and attains his ambition as managing engineer on his uncle's model farm. S H U S T E R , G E O R G E N . Brother Flo, An Imaginative Biography. New York, Macmillan, 1938. 12op. $ I.JO. A very human and likeable character is Brother Florian, onetime police- man, now porter at "Merrymount" (unmistakably Notre Dame). With whole-hearted interest, he shares the campus experiences of this mid-western college and is loved by the students to whom he is completely devoted. S P E A R M A N , F R A N K H . Spanish Lover. New York, Scribner, 1930. 438P. $2.00. The gallant and dashing Don John of Austria is the Spanish lover of Spearman's historical novel of the sixteenth century. The valorous half brother of Philip II of Spain, hero of Lepanto, is the central figure in this dramatic story of love and war. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST T H O M A S , D O R O T H Y The Home Place. New York, Knopf, 1936. 237P- $2.50. Depression affects the fortunes of the three Youngs and their families so they return to the Middle West farm of their parents and try to adjust themselves to living with the other members of the crowded household. T U R N B U L L , A G N E S SLIGH Remember the End. New York, Macmillan, 1938. 468p. $2.50. Young Alex MacTay comes from Scotland to Pennsylvania in the nineties and by sheer ambition, will power and hard work achieves success as a coal baron. His love for his wife is the one beautiful thing in his life, for in overriding all obstacles he has crushed his love of fine things and lost the affection of his only child. U N D S E T , SIGRID The Longest Years. Translated from the Norwegian by Arthur G. Chater. New York, Knopf, 1935. 332p. $2.50. Though the heroine is called Ingvild and the story is written in the third person the reader who knows the facts of Sigrid Undset's life can readily see this book is written out of her own experiences. The author is said to have come into the Catholic Church -through the archaeological re- search described in the story. V A N DE W A T E R , FREDERICK A Home in the Country. New York, John Day, 1937. 198P. $2.00. The author and his wife tire of cliff dwelling in New York and seek a home in the' country. Their two year search ends in the purchase of a New England farm and a colonial house by a rushing stream, surrounded by Vermont hills and wooded acres. The style has gusto, gracious charm, humor and overflowing joy in simple living. V A N S W E R I N G E N , SIGRID As the Morning Rising. New York, Benziger, 1936. 362P. $2.jo. In this fictional account based on the truth, Elizabeth Seton develops from a generous, lovely, wholly natural child, into the much feted belle of New York society and the beautiful wife of William Seton, strong and brave in difficult trials, sweet and calm in success and triumphs. F I C T I O N 4 7 V A N S W E R I N G E N , SIGRID White Noon. New York, Benziger, 1939. 3 6 7 p . $2.50. Based on family documents and letters, this novel continues the biography of Elizabeth Seton who accompanied her sick husband to Italy to benefit his health and returned to New York, a widow, in the June of 1804. V I N C E N T , R A Y M O N D Born of Woman. Translated by George Libaire. New York, Morrow, 1939. 3i2p. $2.50. While this novel necessarily loses much in translation from the French, it is still a movingly beautiful tale of the land and sane, peaceful family life on the farm with its daily intermingling of joy and sorrow. Against this background, the romance of Marie and Laurent unfolds. W A L S H , M A U R I C E The Dark Rose. New York, Stokes, 1938. 323p. $2.50. "The chronicle of the wars of Montrose as seen by Martin Somers, Adju- tant of women in O'Cahan's regiment" has the pervasive charm of a contemporary Celtic author who loves the old and new in Scotch and Irish history, legend and romance. W A L S H , M A U R I C E Green Rushes. New York, Stokes, 1935. $2.50. "Six men and four girls spend a night of June during the Black-and-Tan war at the Angler's Hotel above Lough Aunach in a certain mountainous district of southwestern Ireland." From their strangely intermingled life stories, the novelist weaves a zestful plot, with much humor and some pathos. W A L S H , M A U R I C E The Key Above the Door. Boston, Houghton, 1926. 2 9 2 p. $2.00. It was surely an Irishman who wrote this book, chivalric and virile, poetic in feeling, and Celtic in phrasing, in lilt and easy humor. Deft ly, the author unfolds the plot he has woven around Tom King, the philo- sophic Celt who lives for a while in the Highland cottage, of the over- bearing sophisticated Edward Leng and of Agnes de Burc who seeks peace and finds happiness through the key above the door. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST W A L S H , M A U R I C E The Road to Nowhere. New York, Stokes, 1 9 3 4 . 3 7 5 P . $ 2 . 5 0 . In leisurely fashion, altogether refreshing and thoroughly masculine, Maurice Walsh spins a typical Celtic romance of the open road and the tinkers who follow it. W A L S H , M A U R I C E The Small Dark Man. New York, Stokes, 1 9 2 9 . 3 1 4 P . $2.00. Maurice Walsh is Irish to the core and incurably romantic in deftly un- folding the story of Hugh Forbes, in search of the red-haired girl of his dreams and Frances Mary, the flaxen-haired sister of Charles Grant. When the titian Allison Ayre enters the scene, complications develop. W A L S H , M A U R I C E Sons of the Swordmaker. New York, Stokes, 1939. 297P. $ 2 . 5 0 . The author has done an unusually difficult task well in creating such vitally living characters for an historical novel of the first century B.C. Withal, his narrative has the dash and the charm, that mark the high literary style of this contemporary Catholic. W A L S H , M A U R I C E While Rivers Run. New York, Stokes, 1 9 3 8 . 3 7 5 P . $ 2 . 0 0 . A modern Scottish tale, full of Highland appeal, told with the verve and wit of an Irishman who revels in sport, likes a generous dash of adventure, and admires brave men and lovely women. W A R D , M R S . W I L F R I D Tudor Sunset. New York, Longmans, 1 9 3 2 . 3 J 3 p . $2.00. This fine Catholic novel revealing the intrigue, glamour and persecution of Elizabeth's reign is true in essence and fervent in tone. W H I T E , H E L E N C . Not Built With Hands. New York, Macmillan, 1935. 513P. $ 2 . 5 0 . In fine narrative style, with dramatic forcefulness, historical accuracy and glowing description, a Catholic novelist makes real the personality of Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, arbiter between Henry, Emperor, and F I C T I O N 4 7 Gregory VII, saint and pope. Much research into the eleventh century struggle between Church and state must have preceded the writing of this very fine work. W H I T E , H E L E N C . To the End of the World. New York, Macmillan, 1939. 675p. $2.jo. Aristocratic Michel de la Tour d'Auvergne, newly ordained, chooses monas- tic life at Cluny rather than ecclesiastical distinction. Forced by the French Revolution to leave Cluny, he faces turbulent days but emerges from the struggle with steadfast faith and the realization that Christ in saying " I will be with you all days to the end of the world" did not promise earthly triumph. W H I T E , H E L E N C . A Watch in the Night. New York, Macmillan, 1934. 44jp. $2.00. This is a splendid historical novel distinguished by scholarly treatment and fine prose. Jacopone da Todi, the thirteenth century lawyer and poet of Umbria, gives up his worldly life on the death of his beautiful wife, joins the Franciscans and devotes his life to the needy. W H I T E , O L I V E B . The King's Good Servant. New York, Macmillan, 1936. 52ip. $2.50. In stately prose worthy of the best New England tradition and in com- plete harmony with the spirit of the England of which she writes, the author develops a fine historical novel about the worthy and lovable char- acter of Thomas More, saint and scholar, father and statesman, faithful chancellor to Henry VIII and martyr for his faith. W I S E , E V E L Y N VOSS The Long Tomorrow. New York, Appleton, 1938. 2j3p. $2.00. As a young priest, Father Pierre goes to a dreary, poverty-stricken farming community on the Minnesota prairie. Gradually he overcomes hostility, wins the confidence of the people he so unselfishly befriends, starts a school and church, founds a cooperative dairy and cheese factory, and lives to see his dreams accomplished in a happy thriving town. 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST Y O U N G , STARK So Red the Rose. New York, Scribner, 1934. 43 ip. $2.50. So red the rose is a sensitive novel of the gracious South of Civil War and pre-Civil War period. GENERAL REFERENCE B Y P A U L R . B Y R N E Librarian, University of Notre Dame, Ind. "Reference books are libraries in miniature . . . shortcuts to learning, passkeys to the accumulated wisdom of the ages." An attempt has been made. in this brief list to call attention to those titles which the average Catholic reader might have occa- sion to consult and which would be a help to him in his reading and study. These are books which are to be consulted for information—not to be read through. Special treatises in the various fields of knowledge often contain better or more up-to- date information than general reference sources and these should also be consulted. American Yearbook; a record of events and progress, 1910-19, 1925-39. New York, Thomas Nelson, 1911-40. $7.50 each. Contains long signed articles by specialists. Treats of all the important events of the year grouped by large subjects. Primarily a record of prog- ress in the United States but includes foreign information. Good bibliog- raphies. Well indexed. Catholic Encyclopedia; an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline, and history of the Catholic Church. New York, Encyclopedia press, inc. [1907-22] 17V. illus. ports, maps. $$0.00. This encyclopedia has as its purpose " to give its readers full and authorita- tive information on the entire cycle of Catholic interests, action and G E N E R A L R E F E R E N C E 55 doctrine . . . It records all that Catholics have done, not only in behalf of charity and morals, but also for the intellectual and artistic develop- ment of mankind." Pref. Unlike Encyclopedia Americana and Encyclo- ipaedia Britannica, it does not aim to be a general encyclopedia. However, for information regarding any phase of the activities of the Catholic Church or of Catholics, it will be found exceptionally helpful and authoritative. In order to use it to best advantage, the index volume should be consulted first. Volume i of a revised edition, which purposes to be a general as well as a Catholic reference work, was published in 1936 by the Gilmary Society, Inc., New York. Columbia Encyclopedia . . . compiled and edited at Columbia University; Clarke F. Ansley, editor in chief. New York, Columbia University press, 1940. 1949, 24P. $17.50. The best one-volume encyclopedia. Articles are brief but concise. Highly recommended for home or school use where a larger encyclopedia cannot be afforded. Encyclopedia Americana; a library of universal knowledge. New York, Americana corporation, 1939. 30 v. illus. ports, maps, diagrs. $119.50. The best and most up-to-date American encyclopedia. The 1939 edition listed h ere is a plate-revision printed from the plates used in the last com- plete revision of 1918-1920. Excellent for articles in the fields of science and technology. Specialists wrote and signed the important articles. Contains biographies of living persons. Bibliographies are good but not always adequate. Since 1923, its annual supplement, The Americana Annual, an encyclopedia of current events, has not only kept The En- cyclopedia Americana up-to-date but has also furnished a record of events and progress for each year. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 14th ed. A new survey of universal knowledge . . . New York, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., [C1939] 24V. illus. ports, maps, diagrs. $129.50. The most famous encyclopaedia in the English language. The strong Eng- lish bias so evident in earlier editions has been largely overcome, though many articles are still strongly British in viewpoint. Articles dealing with topics of Catholic interest which gave offense to Catholics in earlier editions have been rewritten by Catholic specialists. Bibliographies and maps are good. The 14th edition was published originally in 1929. Subsequent 4 6 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G L I S T issues with later copyright dates are only plate revisions of the original 1929 issue. It is important to consult the index in location material on any given subject. Index Librorum Prohibitorum. Index librorum prohibitorum ss. mi d. n. Pii pp. xi iussu editus, anno mcmxxxviii. [In Civitate Vaticana] typis polyglottis Vaticanis, 1938. xxviii, 508p. $1.50. (Obtainable through Catholic book club, 140 East 45th St., New York City.) A n alphabetical list by author of the books condemned by the Catholic Church. Following the preface are the specific canons regarding the con- demnation of the books. Romans à Lire et Romans à Proscrier, compiled by Louis Bethléem (Paris, éditions de la Revue des Lectures, 1932, 11 . éd.) not only lists books which come under the laws of the Index but also gives information concerning them and their authors. Lincoln Library of Essential Information. Buffalo, New York, Frontier Press, 1938. illus. maps. 7-2174p. $15.50. One of the best and most serviceable of the small encyclopedias. Articles are brief. Kept up-to-date through frequent revision. Very handy for home and desk use. Well indexed. National Catholic Almanac 1907-1940. Paterson, New Jersey, At . Anthony's guild, 1907-1940. Illus. xix, 759p. pa. 75^. Formerly known as St. Anthony's Almanac and as The Franciscan Almanac. Although called a Catholic almanac, the content is not limited to things Catholic. Contains information on the Church, the hierarchy, religious orders, societies, and a short dictionary of Catholic terms. The summaries of the encyclicals of Pius X I and Pius XII are helpful. Information on national and state government is included. The index is found in the front of the volume. Official Catholic Directory, 1886-1940. New York, Kenedy, 1886-1940. $6.00. A n annual publication arranged alphabetically by archdiocese and diocese. Gives historical and statistical information about each diocese in the United States and its possessions, Great Britain and Ireland, Canada and other parts of British America, Cuba and Mexico. Contains location of parishes, names of churches and pastors, missions, schools, religious orders, etc. G E N E R A L R E F E R E N C E 5 7 Statesman's Yearbook; statistical and historical annual of the states of the world, 1864-1939. London, Macmillan, 1864-1939. $J.JO. A carefully edited annual of statistical and descriptive information about all the governments of the world. Bibliographies given with each country are very helpful and usually up-to-date. The most comprehensive of all the books of this type. Ranks with the World Almanac as a "must" book for any reference department. S T E V E N S O N , B U R T O N E G B E R T , ed . Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern. 3d. ed. rev. and enl. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1937. xiii, 2 8 n p . $12.jo. The most complete and up-to-date dictionary of quotations published. Contains over 70,000 quotations in prose and verse. Arranged by subject, and covers a wide range of interest. Easy to use because the quotations are indexed under key words as well as by subject. John Bartlett's Familiar Quotations ( n t h ed. rev. and enl., Christopher Morley, ed. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1937) is highly recommended as a substitute. U . S . B U R E A U O F T H E C E N S U S Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1878-1939. Washing- ton, Govt. prtg. off., 1879-1940. $ 1. jo each. Includes statistics of all phases of national life. Figures supplied from official government sources. Many tables are cumulative, going back as far as 1789. W E B S T E R , N O A H Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language. 2d. ed., unabridged. An entirely new book. Springfield, Mass., G. & G. Merriam Company, 1934. xcvi, 32iop. illus. ports, diagrs. $20.00. The newest revised unabridged dictionary and the most useful. Noted for the clearness of the definitions. Entries are given in historical sequence. Has the divided page with the main words of the language in the upper half and the minor and obsolete words in the lower. Contains "600,000 vocabulary entries." 4 6 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1 8 6 8 - 1 9 4 0 . New York, The New York World-Telegram, 1 8 6 8 - 1 9 4 0 . $1.00. pa. 60^. A necessary handbook for any reference department. The most compre- hensive collection of miscellaneous information. Extremely useful for quick reference. Contains a vast amount of statistical material, much of it from official government sources and with sources given. Carefully edited, though occasional errors creep in. The index will be found in the front of each volume. World Book Encyclopedia. Modern, pictorial, comprehensive. Chicago, Quarrie Corporation, [ C 1 9 4 0 ] . 1 9 V . illus. plates, ports, maps. $ 7 6 . 5 0 . Especially prepared and highly recommended for school use. Outlines and questions included with some articles. Kept up-to-date by The World Book Encyclopedia Annual. Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia (Chicago, F. E. Compton & Company [C1937] 15v.) is another useful encyclopedia espe- cially prepared for children. L I T E R A T U R E B Y FRANCIS X . T A L B O T , S . J . Editor: America ESSAYS, CRITICISM, HISTORY A L E X A N D E R , C A L V E R T The Catholic Literary Revival. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1 9 3 5 . 399P- $2. jo . A survey of Catholic •writings and writers from Newman till the 1935 vintage. It proves that Catholicism is alive in modern literature. BARING, M A U R I C E Puppet Show of Memory. Boston, Little, 1 9 2 2 . 4 5 7 P . $ 5 . 0 0 . Boon fellow with Belloc and Chesterton, but not crusading as they. Punch and Judy and Other Essays is more revealing. He is better known as a novelist. L I T E R A T U R E 59 B E L L O C , H I L A I R E The Cruise of the Nona. Boston, Houghton, 1925. 329P. $4.50. Vitality, sureness, impishness, virility, characterize all his limitless books. On, On Anything, On Something are all Bellocian. B I C K E R S T A F F E - D R E W , FRANCIS B R O W N I N G D R E W , count. Levia-pondera, an Essay Book. New York, Longmans, 1918. 37ip. $3.00. Preeminently a novelist, he is quite as interesting in his essays. French Windows, Discourses and Essays turns an original thought in a charming paragraph. BREGY, K A T H E R I N E M A R I E C O R N E L I A Poets and Pilgrims; from Geoffrey Chaucer to Paul Claudel. New York, Benziger, 1925. 2iop. $2.50. Gracious and keen evaluation of things and people interesting to the literary-minded. Far-away appraisals are in From Dante to Jeanne d'Arc, and nearer ones in Poefs Chantry. C O L B Y , ELBRIDGE English Catholic Poets, Chaucer to Dryden. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1936. 2o8p. $2.25. A poetic procession is led by Chaucer and ends with Dryden. A colorful commentary on all poets who are still worth recalling. D A L Y , J A M E S J . A Cheerful Ascetic and Other Essays. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1931. 147P. $1.75. Considered one of the best stylists of his time, and certainly one of the best artists touching deep topics lightly. D I M N E T , E R N E S T The Art of Thinking. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1928. 2i6p. $2. jo . A book that was read by millions at the time of publication. Philosophiz- ing urbanely, it makes thought easier. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST D U N N E , P E T E R F I N L E Y Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen. Boston, Small, 1 8 9 9 . $ I . 2 J . The "Mr. Dooley series," when published, swept the country. His sayings were on every tongue; they still remain in living memories. E G A N , M A U R I C E FRANCIS Confessions of a Booklover. New York, Doubleday, 1922. 249P. $2.JO. The author was Minister to Denmark, "the listening post of Europe," during the World War. The finished diplomat reveals himself in these literary reports; they are suave yet dynamic. F E E N E Y , L E O N A R D Fish on Friday, and Other Sketches. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1934. 2i4P- $1.50. A really great contemporary poet who writes as creatively and effectively in prose. He is a story-teller, glinting and whimsical. G I L L , E R I C Beauty Looks After Herself. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1933. 2 j 3 p . $2.00. Essays by an artist, attempting to define beauty as the child of goodness and truth. The clipped, direct style appeals to cultured readers. K E L L Y , B L A N C H E M A R Y The Well of English. New York, Harper, 1 9 3 6 . 4oip. $3 .00. The poets of English literature from the Saxons till the late thirties shown against their religious background. Most intelligent, instructive, and charmingly refreshing. K I L M E R , J O Y C E Essays and Letters. New York, Doubleday, 1918. 2 vols. $ 5 . 0 0 . The poet Kilmer, because of Trees and other achievements, is better re- membered than Kilmer the essayist. But his prose pieces are gracious, light and altogether relaxing. L I T E R A T U R E 61 K N O X , R O N A L D Caliban in Grub Street. New York, Dutton, 1930. zzzp. $2.50. One of the cleverest minds in England exulting in the agility of his thoughts. As good, of better, are his other works. MADELEVA, SISTER M A R Y Chaucer's Nuns, and Other Essays. New York, Appleton, 1925. 2i6p. $1.25* A nun-poet writes on the nuns of the poet. In added essays she treats of the nineteenth century religious poets. Read also Pearl, a Study, about the medieval vision-poem. M A Y N A R D , T H E O D O R E Preface to Poetry. New York, Century, 1933. 43^p. $2.75. Treating of the nature, the patterns, the content, the kinds of poetry. A practical handbook for the poet, an inspirational guide for the non- practising poet. See his Our Best Poets. M E Y N E L L , A L I C E C H R I S T I A N A The Second Person Singular, and Other Essays. New York, Oxford, 1922. 140P. $2.50. Never to be forgotten, even after the lapse of years since she wrote. A n ultimate artist in the essay style. Continue with The School of Poetry and Hearts of Controversy. I M U L L A N Y , PATRICK F R A N C I S Philosophy of Literature. Philadelphia, McVey, 1906. 289P. $ 1.50. One of the first standard analyses of Catholic literature, and still valuable, decades later. Sound in its approach and keen in literary appreciation. N O Y E S , A L F R E D Some Aspects of Modern Poetry. New York, Stokes, 1924. 349p. $2.50. Views of a poet on the modern poets. His preferences are for those who follow the traditional modes, adapted of course. His wrath is on the contemporary cliques of pseudocritics and poets. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST R E I L L Y , J O S E P H J O H N Newman as a Man of Letters. New York, Macmillan, 1925. 3 2 9 P . $ 2 . J 0 . A thorough study by a professor interested in the human values of writers, and the literary values of human beings. See his Dear Prue's Husband. R E P P L I E R , A G N E S Under Dispute. Boston, Houghton, 1924. 334P- $2.00. Truly under dispute would be the selection of any one title to represent this greatest of modern light essayists. Read all of her dozens of books. S H E E H A N , PATRICK A U G U S T I N E Under the Cedars and the Stars. New York, Benziger, 1904. i87p. $2.00. Judged perfect in the beginning of the century, he still attracts meditative and literary minds. See Parerga, and his novels. S H U S T E R , G E O R G E N A U M A N The Catholic Spirit in Modern English Literature. New York, Macmillan, 1922. 36jp. $2.00. A comprehensive treatise on the Catholic contribution in recent centuries and especially the last. Splendid in its way, and stands up well against criticism levelled at it. S K I N N E R , R I C H A R D D A N A Our Changing Theatre. New York, Dial Press, 1931. 327P. $3.00. For more than a decade, a critic of new productions on Broadway. He knows the theatre and judges it analytically. T H O M P S O N , FRANCIS Collected Prose Works. New York, Scribner, 1913. $3.75. The collection may be broken down into the smaller and earlier volumes. The greatest poet's soul of a generation speaks in unimpeachable English. L I T E R A T U R E 69 W H I T E , H E L E N C O N S T A N C E The Metaphysical Poets. A study in religious experience. New Y o r k , Macmillan, 1936. 444P- $3.00. This study in religious experience is literary-scientific. It applies the prin- ciples of poetry and mysticism to the 17th century poetic-metaphysicists. And yet, it is interesting. P O E T R Y B E L L O C , H I L A I R E Sonnets and Verse. New York, McBride, 1 9 2 4 . i 6 6 p . $ 2 . 7 5 . These are the poems he wishes to be remembered by. Superb as he is in his serious moods, he is enchanting in his light verse. BREGY, K A T H E R I N E M A R I E C O R N E L I A Bridges, with other verse in varying moods. Atlanta, Bozart Press, 1930. 47P. $i . jo . Firm, sculptured and polished verse, finished with a stroke of mastery. The strength is the beauty, and the beauty is the strength. C H E S T E R T O N , G I L B E R T K E I T H Collected Poems. New York, Dodd, 1 9 3 2 . 3 9 1 P . $3.00. He is in the tradition of Homer and Virgil, in that of Horace, in that of Dante. For the greatest poems of the early 20th century, read his Ballad of the 'White Horse, or his Lepanto. C O L U M , PADRAIC Anthology of Irish Verse. New York, Boni, 1922. }6ip. $ 3 . 0 0 . Some ninety poets contribute to these 340 pages of genuine Irish poetry- They are divided into seven frames. Full and satisfying. C O L U M , PADRAIC Dramatic Legends and Other Poems. New York, Macmillan, 1 9 2 2 . 3 0 0 P . $ i . j o . A volume illustrative of the power, the sweetness and the versatility of the poet. He is best when closest to the Celtic tradition. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST D A L Y , T H O M A S A U G U S T I N E McAroni Ballads and Other Verses. New York, Harcourt, 1919. 1 4 9 P . $ 1 . 7 5 . American, of Irish descent, the poet of the Italian-Americans, and loved by them. Draws tears of pathos and laughter. His many other titles are genuine poetry. D U G G A N , E I L E E N M A Y Poems. New York, Macmillan, 1939. 6jp. $2.00. The greatest poet yet to rise from New Zealand. Softly spoken beauty characterizes her work. She writes little, but what she writes is incan- descent. Introduced by Walter De La Mare. F E E N E Y , L E O N A R D In Towns and Little Towns. New York, America Press, 1927. io8p. $i. jo. One of the truly authentic poets of the twenties and thirties. Inspiring of thought and masterful in expression, he has continued with many others. G U I N E Y , LOUISE I M O G E N Happy Ending, the Collected Lyrics. Boston, Houghton, 1927. 1 9 4 P . $ 2 . 5 0 . The best poems, in her own estimate, are gathered in this selection. Sheer loveliness glimmers through her work. She is preeminently the Christian laureate. H I N K S O N , K A T H A R I N E T Y N A N Collected Poems. New York, Macmillan, 1930. 38ip. $4.00. The Irish Renaissance was glorified in her. In her work is substance, reality, a tender sensitiveness, and a perfect pattern. H O P K I N S , GERARD M A N L E Y Poems, edited with notes by Robert Bridges. New York, Ox- ford, 1930. i59p. $3.00. Credited, and rightly, with being the poetic pioneer of the late last century, he is also one of the greatest in the entire English tradition. L I T E R A T U R E 6 5 K I L M E R , A L I N E Selected Poems. New York, Doubleday, 1929- 66p. $1.50. Magic is in every line of these selected poems. It is in every line of the books from which these were chosen. Here there is majestic quietude in familiar settings, and perfect art. K I L M E R , J O Y C E Collected Poems. New York, Doubleday, 1918. $2.00. Some of his poems form an integral unit in the American tradition. Al l of them are haunting in retrospect, but brave and cheerful when first encountered. KILMER, JOYCE, editor Dreams and Images; an anthology of Catholic poetry. New York, Boni, 1926. 286p. $2.50. Compiled before his death in the first European war, it was one of the first Catholic anthologies, as such. It shows the rare taste of a true poet and keen critic. LESLIE, SHANE, compiler An Anthology of Catholic Poets. New York, Macmillan, 1926. 37ip. $2.00. A collection that ranges through a thousand years of the Catholic rosary of English poets.1 A balanced selection. M A C D O N N E L L , J A M E S FRANCIS C A R L I N My Ireland, Songs and Simple Rhymes. New York, Holt, 1918. i28p. $1.50. The great " f ind" of 1918, an unknown acclaimed by the critics. His Celtic freshness, innocence and poignancy linger through the decades. M A D E L E V A , SISTER M A R Y Penelope and Other Poems. New York, Appleton, 1927. $9p. $ I . 2 J . Recognized as the most perfect poet living in a cloister, she ranks with the best of her contemporaries. She is lucidly clear, daring, superbly modulated. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST M A Y N A R D , T H E O D O R E The Book of Modern Catholic Verse. New York, Holt, 1928. 4 9 4 P . $ 2 . j o . A carefully winnowed selection of the more distinguished poems of the last and present century. Practically all the good poems are here, certainly all the good poets. M A Y N A R D , T H E O D O R E Man and Beast. New York, Longmans, 1936. 86p. $1.75. Represented by a series of notable sheafs since 1916, he is always vital, sometimes uproarious, then meditative, then lyrical, usually surprising. M E Y N E L L , A L I C E C H R I S T I A N A Poems. New York, Scribner, 1923. 144P. $2.00. Quoting Ruskin, whose remark was based on three lyrics, "The finest thing I have seen, or felt, in modern verse." Exquisite poetry in the highest field of all, the religious. N O Y E S , A L F R E D Collected Poems. New York, Stokes, 19x3-20. 3 vols. $8.25. He startled his generation by affirming that poetry should be popularly written. Most experimental in forms, subjects, appeal, he reached his sublimest conclusions in Catholicism. . SARGENT, D A N I E L God's Ambuscade, a book of poems. New York, Longmans, 1 9 3 j . 66p. $2.00. Several volumes lead up to this title, in which deep and solemn prayer wavers through a web of silk. He finds God in the universe, and God resides in his poetry. T A B B , J O H N B A N N I S T E R Poems. Boston, Small, 1910. 172P. $1.25. A genius, he compresses all humanity in the briefest measures of words. His lyrics are the size of diamonds, as glinting, as hard, as fragile. LITERATURE 6 7 T H O M P S O N , FRANCIS Selected Poems. New York, Scribner, 1930. 140P. $2.00. These poems were considered the best by Wilfred Meynell. But Thompson defies selection. He was a poet of God's own making, and has no equal in God's design of him. W A L S H , T H O M A S , editor The Catholic Anthology. New York, Macmillan, 1932. 584P. $ 2 . j o . An inspired poet in his own right as well as a great scholar, the compiler offer« selections from all periods of the Christian era and from all peoples. The only anthology of its kind in English. DRAMA B E N S O N , R O B E R T H U G H The Upper Room. A drama of Christ's Passion. New York, Longmans, 1925. 72p. $1.65. A drama of the Passion, reverent, convincing, and strongly adapted for presentation. C L A U D E L , P A U L The Tidings Brought to Mary; a mystery. New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, 1916. i7 ip . $2.00. Most sublime among modern miracle plays. The City, The Satin Slipper, are involved, even for reading, and highly poetic. G H E O N , H E N R I The Marriage of Saint Francis. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1 9 3 3 . 94P- $ 1 . 0 0 . Together with his Saint Bernard, The Comedian, etc., this is part of a fascinating series originally played on the steps of the great cathedrals of France. L A VERY, E M M E T G O D F R E Y The First Legion, a drama of the Society of Jesus. New York, French, 1934. 132P. $i. jo. A keen play on the Jesuits, amazingly well received. Was followed by a Newman play, The Second Spring, and Brother Petroc's Return. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST M A R T I N E Z SIERRA, GREGORIO The Cradle Song, and other plays. New York, French, 1934. 107P. $2.00. Translated from the Spanish, but having universal appeal. Another group is titled The Kingdom of God. T A L B O T , FRANCIS X A V I E R Shining in Darkness. New York, Longmans, 1932. 153P. $2.00. Intimate dramatizations of the Nativity and the Resurrection sequences educed from the Gospel texts. MISSION LITERATURE B Y P H I L L I P S T E M P L E Librarian, Riggs Memorial Library, Georgetown Univ., Washington, D. C. Some 200 volumes of mission literature were examined and sifted in order to compile the following list. One book, at least, is devoted to each of the major geographical divisions of missionary endeavor, and these divisions are covered again, of course, in such general works as Schmidlin's Catholic Mission History. Obviously it was not possible to include an entire book on each missionary order, though as it is, six are repre- sented by separate volumes. As far as possible, each historical period receives attention. The criteria of selection set by the Committee illustrate other exclusions of important works. For example, Fr. Hughes' monu- mental History of the Society of Jesus in North America is not included precisely because it is monumental, and therefore not adapted to the "average Catholic library user." This principle applies to many other works. MISSION L I T E R A T U R E 6 9 For the benefit of any reader who wishes to pursue his studies beyond this limited list, Fr. Stephen J. Brown's Catholic Mission Literature; a Handlist (1932) is recommended. The Catholic Periodical Index under "Missions" and related headings is most useful. Finally, the usual bibliographical tools in any well- stocked library will complete the picture, so far as works in English are concerned. A T T W A T E R , D O N A L D The White Fathers in Africa. London, Burns, Oates, 1937. xii, n 6p. 3 s 6d. To bring to the Dark Continent has been and is the glorious task of Cardinal Lavigerie's "White Fathers." By the blood of their martyrs they have established churches, schools, leper settlements, orphanages, and hospitals in a ruthless wilderness. Those wishing a more exhaustive treat- ment are referred to Joseph Bouniol's The White fathers and their missions. (London, Sands, 1929. 334P-) B O L T O N , H E R B E R T E U G E N E Rim of Christendom; a biography of Eusebio Francisco Kino . . . New York, Macmillan, 1936. xiv, 644P. illus. maps. $j.oo. The saga of the 17th century priest Eusebio Francisco Kino—founder of missions and explorer of the American Southwest. Told in minute detail, the story is nonetheless interesting. The Kino manuscripts are thoroughly covered. Photographs, reproductions of documents and maps, index, and comprehensive bibliography add distinctive value to this splendid work. C A P U C H I N MISSION U N I T , C U M B E R L A N D , M A R Y L A N D India and Its Missions. New York, Macmillan, 1923. 3 i j p . maps. $2.50. A n outstanding virtue of this book is the careful study of the country, history, customs and literature of India which precedes and illumines its treatment of the missions proper. The history of missions is traced and their contemporary work described. C O N S I D I N E , J O H N J . Vatican Mission Exposition; a window on the world. New York, Macmillan, 1925. 11-177P. illus. $1.40. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST This is a simple anecdotal history of mission activities, built around the exhibits which made up the Vatican Mission Exposition in 1925. The 58 photographs give a pictorial world-view of missions. The section devoted to statistical charts has unusual reference value. D O N N E L L Y , D . A Prisoner in Japan; Carlo Sinola, S.J. St. Louis, Herder, 1928. i 8 i p . $1.50. The task of Christianizing Japan as seen through the life of one missionary martyr of the 17th century. His inspiring martyrdom is shown to be the culmination of a life of prayer, discipline, and sacrifice. DUCHAUSSOIS , P I E R R E J E A N BAPTISTE Mid Snow and Ice; the Apostles of the Northwest. New York, Kenedy, 1923. xiii, 328p. illus. $3.75. A priest who has covered the terrain himself describes in detail the work of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Photographs illustrate the difficulties of his heroic pioneer enterprise, which extends from Ontario to the Pacific, and from the United States to the Arctic. D U T T O N , C H A R L E S J . Samaritans of Molokai; the lives of Father Damien and Brother Dutton among the lepers. New York, Dodd, 1932. xiv, 286p. illus. $3.00. A very readable account of two famous missionaries to the lepers, based largely on first hand documents. The book opens with a survey of the development of leprosy and the historical role of the Church in relation to it. Illustrated with photographs. F I S C H E R , H E R M A N N Life of Arnold Janssen, founder of the Society of the Divine Word and of the Missionary Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Ghost; tr. from the German by Frederick M. Lynk. Techny, Illinois, Mission Press, 1925. vi, j2op. $I.JO. Father Janssen, founder of two orders, and missionary of modern times to Germany, Austria and Holland, exemplifies the familiar story of an indomitable faith triumphant over apparently insuperable difficulties. Every part of the world, and especially this country, has felt the beneficent influ- ence of his work. MISSION L I T E R A T U R E 77 G A V A N D U F F Y , T H O M A S Yonder? New York, Devin-Adair, 1916. i/op. $1.25. Those who prefer romance to statistics, but still want the truth, will appre- ciate this famous little volume of short stories. Redolent with the spirit of the missions, it conveys indirectly what prosaic tomes sometimes fail to do. G I E R I N G E R , P A U L A . Outline History of Christian Missions. (Paladin ser.) Cin- cinnati, Catholic students' mission crusade, 1925. J9p. maps, pa. jo^f. A comprehensive introduction to the missions in digest form. Panoramic coverage of each period and country from 33 A.D. onward, with brief notices of outstanding personalities. Study aids, book-lists at the end of each chapter. G O Y A U , GEORGES Valiant Women; Mother Mary of the Passion and the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. Tr. by Rev. George Telford. London, Sheed & "Ward, 1936. xiv, 30ip. 6s. Helen de Chappotin was the foundress and organizer of the Institute of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, now numbering some 28 y houses and 7,000 members throughout the world. This absorbing study traces the growth of her missionary vocation, the remarkable expansion of the Insti- tute, and her contribution to missionary doctrine. H U B B A R D , B E R N A R D R . Mush, You Malemutes! New York, America Press, 1932. xiv, 179P. illus. maps. $3.00. Carrying the faith to the Esquimos, travelling by dogsled and plane, the "Glacier Priest" also studies the volcanoes, glaciers, animals and plant life of Alaska. Reprinted from the Saturday Evening tost and illustrated by nearly 200 excellent photographs, the narrative partakes of the freshness and vigor of the author's life. KEELER, FLOYD, ed. and comp. Catholic Medical Missions. New York, Macmillan, 1925. 7-222P. illus. $2.jo. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST This survey, edited by a convert from the Episcopalian ministry, presents an account, with photographic illustrations, of medical missions in many lands, including our own. The importance of this work as a means toward a supernatural end is emphasized, and the book closes with a constructive plan of action. K E N N Y , M I C H A E L Romance of the Floridas; the finding and the founding . . . (Science and culture ser.). Milwaukee, Bruce, 1934. xxiii, 395P. illus. plates. $3 .75 . Though popular in style and presentation, this fascinating account of the labors of Franciscan and Jesuit Missionaries in the Southeast is the result of much research. Covering chiefly the period 1512-1J74, a rapid supple- mentary sketch brings the story up to 1934. M C G L I N C H E Y , J O S E P H F . Conversion of the Pagan World; a treatise upon Catholic foreign missions, tr. and adapted from the Italian of Rev. Paolo Manna. Boston, Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 1921. xv, 303P. illus. plates, ports. $1.50. Although written twenty years ago, this book remains one of the soundest and most readable treatments of mission work in general. It describes the mission field, the mission workers, the problem of cooperation and the functions of mission societies. M A C L A G A N , SIR EDWARD D O U G L A S Jesuits and the Great Mogul. London, Burns, Oates, 1932. xxi, 43 3p. illus. plates, ports, map. 17s 6d. The missionary labors of the Portuguese Jesuits in the Mogul Empire of India from 1580-1803. Reproductions of Indian paintings convey the glamor of the courts of Abkar and Jahangir. Copious documentation, arresting to the scholar, may be passed over by the casual reader bent on the narrative. M O N T G E S T Y , G . DE T w o Vincentian Martyrs; Blessed Francis Regis Clet, C.M.; Blessed John Gabriel Perboyre, C.M.; adapted from the French by Florence Gilmore. Maryknoll, New York, Catholic Foreign Mission Soc., 1925. v, i82p. illus. $1.00. MISSION L I T E R A T U R E 7 3 Describes the early lives and the missionary work in Indo-China of two French priests of the early 19th century. After years of heroic labor they were tortured and executed because they refused to renounce their faith. A n appendix summarizes .the history of Christian missions in China. O ' N E I L L , G E O R G E Golden Years on the Paraguay; a history of the Jesuit missions from 1600-1767. London, Burns, Oates, 1934. xii, 276P. js. Paraguay during the "Golden Years" comprised nearly half of South America. T o this country came the Spanish Jesuits whose brilliant aposto- late, beginning around I J86 and ending so tragically after 1760, has been called a "Vanished Arcadia." P O W E R S , G E O R G E C . Maryknoll Movement. Maryknoll, New York, Catholic Foreign Mission Soc., 1926. xix, 167P. illus. $I.JO. The story of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, presented against the historical background of missions in general, European and American. A clear, readable and factual study. A n appendix gives statistical and other data about Maryknoll. S A R G E N T , D A N I E L Our Land and Our Lady. New York, Longmans, 1939. v, 2 6 3 P . $2.JO. There are still many who are not aware of the intimate association between Our Lady and this country. That association, on both historical and spiritual plane, is traced in this splendid story of our Catholic origin and heritage. S C H M I D L I N , J O S E P H Catholic Mission History . . . tr. (by T . J. Kennedy and W . H. Robertson), ed. by Matthias Braun. Techny, Illinois, Mis- sion Press, 1933. xiv, 862p. $j.oo. The most comprehensive and authoritative single volume treatment of the subject available in English. Beginning with Christ's foundation of the mission, it proceeds chronologically and geographically to our own day. It is surprisingly readable for a work of such substance, and is indispensable as a guide to the literature of missions. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST S C H M I D L I N , J O S E P H Catholic Mission Theory. Tr. from second German edition, ed. by Matthias Braun. Techny, Illinois, Mission Press, 1932. 544P- $5.00. Written with the same degree of scholarship as its companion volume, noted above, this work offers a complete exposition of the basis, purpose and means of Catholic missions. Contains a masterly examination of the sources. Those who find it difficult to read may nevertheless use it as a convenient guide to other books on the subject. S C H U L T E , P A U L The Flying Missionary; tr. from the German by George N . Schuster. New York, Benziger, 1936. x, 2j7p. illus. maps. $2.00. The frank and informal story of a major development in modern missionary w o r k — M I V A (Missionary Communications Association). Father Schulte, a World War pilot, has succeeded in establishing air transportation for mis- sionaries on four continents. W O L F E R S T O N , B E R T R A M Catholic Church in China from 1860-1907. St. Louis, Herder, 1910. xxxvii, 47op. $3.00. This objective examination of Catholic missions in China is based on docu- mentary sources, mostly non-Catholic. The author states the Catholic position, then lets the facts speak. W Y N N E , J O H N J O S E P H Jesuit Martyrs of North America; Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Noel Chabanel, Anthony Daniel, Charles Garnier, Rene Goupil, John Lalande. New York, Universal Knowledge Foundation, 1925. xi, 246P. illus. $i. jo. This book is an adequate memorial of one of the most heroic chapters in the annals of missions. The European background of these eight giants of the faith is sketched, and frequent quotations from their own writings heighten the effect of the story. P H I L O S O P H Y 7 5 PHILOSOPHY B y R E V . W I L L I A M P . O ' C O N N O R St. Francis Seminary, St. Francis, Wis. Past Pres. American Catholic Philosophical Association. This list of books is intended for that group of serious- minded folk, unschooled in the jargon of philosophical expres- sion, who are anxious to attain some intimate knowledge of the causes and reasons for things. Philosophy is a profound science, to be sure, but an effort has been made in this compilation to select items which are not too technical or "deep." In order to present a well-rounded bibliography it has been necessary to include titles which might prove discouraging to the "armchair philosopher." However, the non-professional will find a suffi- ciency of books written in attractive style with the ultimate view of presenting the subject in simple yet interesting fashion. A L L E R S , R U D O L P H New Psychologies. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1933. Sip. $1.00. This readable little book offers an interesting criticism from the philosophi- cal point of view of the new psychologies. A L L E R S , R U D O L P H Practical Psychology in Character Development. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1934. i9op. $2.00. This abridgment of The Psychology of Character has added thousands to the readers enlightened by the teaching of Dr. Allers, a foremost Catholic expert in psychoanalysis. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST A L L E R S , R U D O L P H Self Improvement. New York, Benziger, 1939. 2 j j p . $2.50. Equipped with the experience gained during long years of psychiatrical practice, Dr. Allers aims to show people that they can improve them- selves both morally and in their social relations. BARRETT, J A M E S FRANCIS This Creature Man. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1936. 364P. $2.50. Written expressly for popular consumption, this book is devoid of technical terms and ultimate analyses. Worthy of special mention are the treatment of the emotions and the presentation of the scholastic views on the soul. B E L L O C , H I L A I R E Survivals and New Arrivals; a survey of our times in relation to the Catholic faith. New York, Sheed and "Ward, 1930. 288p. 3s. 6d. A vigorously thoughtful book presenting a survey of the present position of the Catholic Church, an analysis of the same, and a prospect and prophecy of the position of that Church in the next few generations. B R E M O N D , A N D R E Philosophy in the Making; a study in wonder and order. New York, Benziger, 1939. 223P. $1.75. This is a delightful and simple introduction to philosophical thinking; not heavy. Rather engaging. Fr. Bremond's delicious humor completely voids the popular conception of a philosopher. B R E N N A N , R O B E R T EDWARD General Psychology; an interpretation of the science of the mind based on Thomas Aquinas. New York, Macmillan, 1937. 509P. $3.00. Though the treatment is uniformly clear and concise a foreknowledge of psychology will enable the reader to grasp the full significance of the matter. B R U N N E R , A U G U S T Fundamental Questions of Philosophy. St. Louis, Herder, 1937. 3 5°P- $2-Jo. P H I L O S O P H Y 7 7 Father Brunner deals with a great number of questions ranging through practically every branch of the study of philosophy. C A M B R I D G E , E N G L A N D , S U M M E R S C H O O L O F C A T H O L I C STUDIES Moral Principles and Practice; ed. by G. J. McGillivray. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1933. 3^6p. 6d. These papers, carefully planned to attain unity, cover the fundamental principles of ethics and the application of these principles in the family, the state and in international relations. C A S T I E L L O , J A M E S Humane Psychology of Education; with a preface by Louis J. A. Mercier. New York, Sheed and. Ward, 1936. 2J4p. $2.50. A n outstanding book of special importance in these times. It presents the psychology of education in a thoroughly satisfying and conclusive manner. C H E S T E R T O N , G I L B E R T K E I T H St. Thomas Aquinas. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1933. 248P. $2.00. St. Thomas stands before us not merely as a great figure from the past, or even as the founder of a system; he is a guide for our own times, sympa- thetic, understanding, courageous. Mr. Chesterton portrays in his own engaging fashion the great luminary of the Scholastic system. C o x , I G N A T I U S W . Liberty, Its Use and Abuse. New York, Fordham Univ. Press, 1939. 442p. $3.50. This excellent work on ethics calls for the restoration of human liberty to its proper place in the affairs of men. E U S T A C E , C E C I L J O H N Mind and the Mystery; the Catholic explanation. New York, Longmans, 1937. 314P. $2.50. A reliable presentation of Catholic thought on the question of reason and faith, and on the value of the intellectual life both in itself and as a means to the sanctification of the soul. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST F A R R E L L , W A L T E R A Companion to the Summa. New York, Sheed and Ward, 4J7p. $3.jo. One of four volumes intended as an easy guide-book to the Summa. Written in a fashion attractive for the non-professional philosopher. G I L S O N , E T I E N N E H E N R Y Christianity and Philosophy. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1939. i34p. $2.00. A n attempt " to establish that the notion of a Christian philosophy appears as consistent from the point of view of the Catholic truth taken in its entirety, and from no other one." G I L S O N , E T I E N N E H E N R Y Moral Values and the Moral Life; the system of St. Thomas Aquinas. Tr. Leo Richard Word. St. Louis, Herder, 1931. 337P- This book attempts to collate from St. Thomas' doctrine those parts which deal specifically with the intricate problem of the relations which stand between God as Creator, as man as a free, social being composed of body and soul. G I L S O N , E T I E N N E H E N R Y Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. St. Louis, Herder, 1931. 372P- $2-75- This work of Etienne Gilson needs neither introduction nor commendation. The unity and harmony and comprehension of the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas are beautifully demonstrated. G I L S O N , E T I E N N E H E N R Y Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy. New York, Scribner, 1936. 49 °P- $4-5°- The author confronts rationalists with the question: what are you going to do about the Christianity of your philosophy? G L E N N , P A U L J . History of Philosophy. St. Louis, Herder, 1929. 383P. $3.00. P H I L O S O P H Y 79 A clear and orderly presentation of the subject in a brief space. Dr. Glenn has been at pains to throw light on points which beginners are likely to find dark. H O F F M A N , ROSS J O H N S W A R T Z Will to Freedom. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1936. 139P. $1.80. The author attributes man's plight to man, and not to external agencies. The book is valuable for its thoughtful indictments of irresponsible liberal- ism, inhuman Communism, and romanticist Fascism. H O V R E , F R A N S DE Philosophy and Education; the modern educational theories of naturalism, socialism and nationalism . . . from the French ed. of G. Simeons by Edward B. Jordan. New York, Benziger, i93i- 443P- $3-2i- Father De Hovre presents an objective evaluation from the Catholic view- point of contemporary educational theories of naturalism, socialism and nationalism. J A R R E T T , B E D E Space of Life Between; meditations more especially for young men. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1937. I94P- 3s. 6d. Fresh and encouraging meditations for young men. This is a time which has its special problems, and it is with these that Father Bede Jarrett is concerned. L E I B E L L , J A N E F R A N C E S Readings in Ethics. Chicago, Loyola Univ. Pr., 1926. 1073P. $3.00. This exceptional volume represents choice portions of some1 eighty fine authors—sufficient proof of the sound teaching contained in the book. LORD, D A N I E L A . Armchair Philosophy. New York, America Pr., 1928. 4th ed. I28p. $1.00. A "must" book for anyone even slightly interested in philosophy. In short, bright chapters Father Lord goes to the philosophical heart of 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST present day problems. It is a fascinating book written in the author's well-known refreshing style. M C C A R T H Y , R A P H A E L C H A R L E S Safeguarding Mental Health. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1937. 297P. $2.jo. This is a useful and competent contribution to the literature of mental hygiene. It is intended for the general reading public who will unques- tionably benefit from its sane and wholesome chapters. M C C A R T H Y , R A P H A E L C H A R L E S Training the Adolescent. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1934. 298p. $2.00. A text in psychology of adolescents from a Catholic viewpoint. Young men and young women need guidance. The author writes in a language that is readily understood by teachers and parents. M C N A B B , V I N C E N T J O S E P H Catholic Church and Philosophy. New York, Macmillan, 1927. I24p. $1.00. This is a volume of vigorous writing in which Father McNabb ably points out the Church's assimilation of all that was best in pagan philosophy. M A H O N E Y , M I C H A E L J . History of Modern Thought. New York, Fordham Univ. Pr., 1933. i88p. $1.00. A sequel to the author's Cartesianism, this volume gives students of scholasticism a knowledge of the fundamental principles of those numerous systems that have contributed to the chaos of modern thought. M A R I T A I N , JACQUES An Introduction to Philosophy; tr. E. I. Watkin. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1932. 272P. js. A brilliant work. The first part provides an instructive sketch of the development of philosophy. The second part is an outline statement of the main departments of philosophy. P H I L O S O P H Y 8 1 M A R I T A I N , J A C Q U E S Freedom in the Modern World. New York, Scribner, 1936. 223p. $2.00. Maritain examines some of the foundations upon which our various social organs and institutions are based. The three outstanding features of the work are " A Philosophy of Freedom," "Religion and Culture," and " O n Purification of Means." M A R I T A I N , J A C Q U E S Things That Are Not Caesar's; a translation of Primaute's Du Spirituel made by J. F. Scanlan. New York, Scribner, 1930. 227p. $2.jo. A universally recognized authority in Thomistic philosophy writes in suc- cession on the question of the relation of the temporal to the spiritual power, of the condemnation of the Action Française, and the supremacy of the Church, the primacy of the spiritual, and the preeminence of con- templation. M O R R I S O N , R O B E R T B A K E W E L L Think and Live. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1937. 183p. $1.70. This volume tears down the barriers of prejudice, confused thinking and false assumptions that prevent an acceptance of truth. Insistence through- out is on reason. O ' M A H O N Y , J A M E S EDWARD Christian Philosophy; essays by Father James. London, Burns, Oates, 1939. 191p. 6s. Father James treats of the relation between Religion and Reason in the development of modern thought. Though not a large volume, it is closely packed with sound and valuable reasoning. P H I L L I P S , R I C H A R D PERCIVAL Modern Thomistic Philosophy; an explanation for students. London, Burns, Oates, 1934-3 5- l v - ea- 9s. A valuable contribution to Catholic philosophical literature wherein the author presents the philosophical principles of the modern Thomist school. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST P R I N C E , J O H N F . J . Creative Revolution. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1938. io6p. $I.JO. Dr. Prinee feels that there is a need for a bloodless revolution against materialism in our economic philosophy. He discusses Communism dispas- sionately and repudiates the idea that Fascism is the only alternative. SERTILLANGES, A N T O N I N G I L B E R T St. Thomas Aquinas and His Work. London, Burns, Oates, 1933. i j o p . 5s. Pere Sertillanges' critical studies on Aquinas are authoritative. In this book the reader will become acquainted with the genius of St. Thomas reflected in his triumph as thinker, theologian and saint. S H E E D , FRANCIS J O S E P H Map of Life. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1933. 147P. $1.25. A brief but concise exposition of the Catholic answer to what is still to many the riddle of life. S H E E N , F U L T O N J . Old Errors and New Labels. New York, Century, 1931. 336P. $2.00. Here are found refutations of scientific arrogance and of unscientific philosophers, attacks on current atheism and agnosticism, etc. T U R N E R , W I L L I A M History of Philosophy. Boston, Ginn, 1929. 66op. $3.00. The purpose of this work, as the author says, has been to set forth the succession of schools and systems of philosophy as to accord to Scholaticism a presentation in some degree adequate to its importance in the history of speculative thought. V A N N , G E R A L D Morals Makyth Man. New York, Longmans, 1938. 240P. $2.JO. This is the publication in book form of scattered essays which have ap- peared in English magazines and offers a well-balanced exposition of Thomistic ethics. P H I L O S O P H Y 8 3 V o N I E R , A N S C A R The Human Soul and Its Relation With Other Spirits. St. Louis, Herder, 1913. $2.25. A good antidote for many of the wild theories so widely current today. "My task," says the author, "has been to explain some of the philosophical truths of Scholasticism in as simple language as possible." W A R D , L E O The Catholic Church and the Appeal to Reason. New York, Macmillan, 1926. n j p . $1.00. The son of Wilfrid Ward answers objections of those who think they per- ceive a contradiction between faith and reason. W A T K I N , EDWARD I N G R A M Men and Tendencies. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1937. 3 i6p. $3-5®. Though more profound than the usual sort of "collected impressions," Mr. Watkin successfully applies his clear-cut principles to discussions of con- temporary thinkers and present-day problems. W U L F , M A U R I C E DE History of Mediaeval Philosophy. New York, Longmans, 1938. 2V. $10.00. Al l who are interested in the philosophy of the Middle Ages will find this work an indispensable guide. W U L F , M A U R I C E DE Mediaeval Philosophy. Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Pr., 1922. I53P- $1.75. Professor DeWulf unfolds the system of St. Thomas, clearly and succinctly, continually recalling the reader's attention to the bearing of each aspect on the whole. ZYBURA, J O H N S. Present Day Thinkers and the New Scholasticism; an interna- tional symposium. St. Louis, Herder, 1928. J43p. $3.00. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST In the first part of the book Dr. Zybura has gathered the opinions on Scholasticism of some three dozen non-Scholastic philosophers. This is followed in the second part by an array of eminent writers on the Neo- Scholastic movement. RELIGION B y R E V . R U D O L P H G . BANDAS Archdiocesan Director of Confraternity of Christian Doctrine and Catholic Students' Mission Crusade, St. Paul, Minn. The truths revealed by God and taught by His Church are unchanging and unchangeable. The changing social and intel- lectual conditions of the times, however, and the growth of divine life in the Church's members bring to the fore and emphasize certain truths which had remained latent; they focus attention on hitherto unsuspected aspects of divine doctrines, or elicit a clearer explanation of truths which heretofore were accepted in practice or .implicitly contained in other truths. The books contained in this list reveal the perennial vigor of divine truth, its ability to dispel all error and false philosophy, its power of adaptability to all conditions and circumstances. The Catholic Church is rapidly being recognized as the sole exponent of integral truth. In the measure in which heresy is decaying everywhere around us, Catholics must assume an increasingly more active leadership in the domain of religious thought. For the soul tends naturally toward God, the human mind unceasingly seeks the truth. In the midst of the intel- lectual confusion in which they live, Americans will instinctively turn to the Church's representatives and especially to the Cath- olic laymen for an explanation of Catholic doctrine. In fact, with the growing shortage of priests and the increasing interest of the outsider in the Catholic Church, the Catholic layman in the United States will be called upon to assume a leadership R E L I G I O N 8 7 which will probably be unique in the history of the Church. In the office, in the shop, in the street car, on the golf course, in committee and board meetings, he must be ready to give an account of the faith that is in him and explain the Church's stand on the vexing problems of the day. A perusal of the books in this list will enable him to exercise this leadership in- telligently and effectively. One never tires of the object he loves. A great symphony, a beautiful poem, the august sacrifice of the Mass, yield new delights and treasures every successive time that they enter into our experience. A new acquaintance with the sublime truths which we learned in childhood and which are here pre- sented in a new dress is sure to afford further intellectual and spiritual joys. A D A M , K A R L Christ Our Brother. New York, Macmillan, 1931. 2iop. $2.00. Shows how Christ is really one of us and is a model for our daily conduct. A D A M , K A R L The Spirit of Catholicism. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1929. 237P. $1.00. Treats of Christ in His Mystical Body. A M L E T O , G I O V A N N I Sanctity in America. Paterson, N. J., St. Anthony guild pr., 1940. i j 6 p . $1.00. Brief biographical sketches of candidates for sainthood in the United States. A R E N D Z E N , J O H N P . What Becomes of Our Dead? St. Louis, Herder, 1925. 287P. $1.50. Treats of the possible states of the soul after its separation from the body. A T T W A T E R , D O N A L D Catholic Eastern Churches. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1937. 3o8p. $3.00. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST A n explanation of the history, liturgy, rites, vestments, architecture and practices of the Eastern Churches which are united to the Pope. B A I N V E L , J E A N V I N C E N T Devotion to the Sacred Heart. New York, Benziger, 1924. 37ip. $2.40. A n uncritical explanation of the origin and nature of the devotion to the Sacred Heart. B A I N V E L , J E A N V I N C E N T Is There Salvation Outside the Church? St. Louis, Herder, 1917. 68p. j o Answers the question: Will non-Catholics go to heaven? BANDAS, R U D O L P H G . Biblical Questions—New Testament. Paterson, N . J., St. An- thony guild pr. 1936. 297P. $1.50. A n explanation and solution of some of the principal problems in the New Testament. BANDAS, R U D O L P H G . Biblical Questions—Old Testament. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1936. 18 ip. $2.00. A n explanation and solution of some of the principal problems in the Old Testament. B E L L O C , H I L A I R E A N D O T H E R S W h y I am a Catholic. New York, Macmillan, 1932. 336p. $ 1.3 5 or $2.00. Five well-known Catholics describe the paths which led them into the Catholic Church. B E L L W A L D , A U G U S T M . Christian Science and the Catholic Faith. New York, Macmillan, 1922. 269P. $2.jo. A scholarly and critical examination of the claims of Christian Science. R E L I G I O N 8 7 B L A C K M O R E , S I M O N A . The Angel World. New York, Kenedy, 1927. 303p. $1.7$. A popular presentation of the scholastic theology on the existence and nature of angels. B O N N A R , A . The Catholic Doctor. New York, Kenedy, 1937. i8xp. $2.25. A discussion of the ethical aspects of certain medical problems. Call to Catholic Action. New York, Wagner, 1935. 275p. 2 v. $4.00. A course of y 6 Conferences on Catholic Action by competent authorities. Calvert Handbook of Facts. New York, Commonweal, 1928. 139p. 25^. Presents the Catholic origins and background of our country. CECILIA, M A D A M E Acts of the Apostles. New York, Benziger, 1925. 803p. $3.00. All of Madame Cecilia's scripture commentaries are a compilation of the best exegetical notes on each point under discussion. CIVARDI, LUIGI A N D M A R T I N D A L E , C Y R I L C . Manual of Catholic Action. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1936. 270p. $2.00. A discussion of Catholic action based entirely on Papal pronouncements. C O N W A Y , B E R T R A N D L . Question Box. New York, Paulist pr., 1929. 469p. $2.50, $1.00, joçf. Scholarly answers to non-Catholic attacks on the Church. D E L A N Y , S H E L D O N P . Why Rome. New York, Dial pr., 1930. 233p. $2.50. A n account of the author's conversion to the Catholic Church. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST D U D L E Y , O W E N F . Will Men Be Like Gods? New York, Longmans, 1924. 83P. $1.25. A discussion of modern problems and of man's estate in the light of Christian philosophy. E L L A R D , G E R A L D Christian Life and Worship. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1940. 42op. $3Jo. Treats of grace, the Church as the Mystical Body, the Mass and the Sacraments. F A U L H A B E R , M I C H A E L C A R D I N A L Judaism, Christianity and Germany. New York, Macmillan, 1934. n6p. $1.75. Five addresses delivered by Cardinal Faulhaber in Munich during the Advent season of 1935. FITZSIMONS, J O H N , A N D M C G U I R E , P A U L A Guide to Catholic Action. New York, Sheed & Ward, 1938. 23^p. $2.00. This work is a symposium by men well acquainted with the different phases of Catholic action in different countries. It suggests a plan of action for the United States. GEDDES, L . A N D T H U R S T O N , H E R B E R T The Catholic and Confession. New York, Macmillan, 1928. 104P. $1.00. Establishes the Catholic doctrine concerning the sacrament of Penance from scripture and tradition, at the same time answering objections of non- Catholics. GILLIS , J A M E S M . False Prophets. New York, Macmillan, 1925. 20ip. $2.00. Examines the teachings of such modern prophets as Shaw, Freud, Wells, Haeckel, Conan Doyle, Nietsche, Mark Twain, Anatole France. R E L I G I O N 8 7 G R I M A N D , C H A R L E S , A N D N E W C O M B , J A M E S My Mass. New York, Benziger, 1928. 236p. $2.50. A n explanation of the Mass, especially in terms of the Mystical Body. L A U N , F . The Chief Points of Difference Between the Catholic and Prot- estant Creeds. New York, Wagner, 1915. i8jp. $1.25. A n answer to the principal objections of Protestants against the doctrine and history of the Church. L A U X , J O H N J . Introduction to the Bible. New York, Benziger, 1932. 324p. $1.12. A study of the origin, authorship, style, and contents of the books of the Bible. L U N N , A A N O L D H . Now I See. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1933. 275p. $2.50. $1.00, jo^f. The arguments of a convert for entering the Catholic Church. M C L E A N , D O N A L D A . The Morality of the Strike. New York, Kenedy, 1921. 196p. $2.00. A n explanation of the conditions necessary to make a strike ethical. M C G I L L I V A R Y , G E O R G E J . Man. New York, Benziger, 1931. 276p. $2.50. A study of the origin, nature and destiny of man. M A R T I N D A L E , C Y R I L C . The Mind of the Missal. New York, Macmillan, 1929. 256p. $2.50. A discussion of the Ordinary of the Mass, of the most important Masses of the Church year, with reflections on the seasons and feasts of the year. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST O R C H A R D , W I L L I A M E . From Faith to Faith. New York, Harper, 1 9 3 3 . 3iop. $2 .00. A n account of the author's conversion to the Catholic Church. Pius XII , POPE The Pope Speaks. The words of Pius XII. New York, Har- court, 1940. 337p. $2.75. A fine collection of the reigning Pope's encyclicals and addresses, intro- duced with a biography of Pius by Charles Rankin. PREUSS, A R T H U R A Dictionary of Secret and Other Societies. St. Louis, Herder, 1 9 2 4 . 5 4 3 P . $ 3 . j o . Gives a brief description of each one of the hundreds of societies in the United States, and indicates which ones are forbidden to Catholics. S C H M I D T , A U S T I N G . A N D P E R K I N S , J O S E P H A . Faith and Reason. Chicago, Loyola Univ. pr., 1936. 3i6p. $ 1 . 0 0 . A n apologetical work discussing the proof for the existence of God, the immortality of the soul, the Divinity of Christ, and the divinity of the Church. S C H W E R T N E R , T H O M A S M . The Rosary. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1934. i4op. $1.50. Presents the rosary as a remedy for modern ills, especially communism and naturalism. S H E E N , F U L T O N J . The Cross and the Crisis. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1938. 219P. $ 2 . 0 0 . Discusses the salvation of a world which has gone naturalistic. S H E E N , F U L T O N J . Religion Without God. New York, Longmans,. 1928. 386p. $ 2 . j o . S C I E N C E 9 3 Shows how the various modern philosophical systems, which treat of God, really deny the God of traditional theodicy. STODDARD, J O H N L . Twelve Years in the Catholic Church. New York, Kenedy, 1930. i/4p- $1.50. The author of Rebuilding a lost faith tells us here of his happiness during the first twelve years that he spent in the Church. S U L L I V A N , J O H N F . Externals of the Catholic Church. New York, 1917. 384P. $2.jo. A description of the ritual of the Church, of her government, of religious orders, ceremonies, festivals, sacramentals, and devotions. W I N D L E , B E R T R A M C . A . The Catholic Church and Its Recations With Science. New York, Macmillan, 1927. 1 j2p. $1.00. Dispels erroneous notions concerning the Church's attitude toward science. W I N D L E , B E R T R A M C . A . The Evolutionary Problem as It is Today. New York, Wagner, 1927. 66 p. $1.00. A n examination of the evolutionary hypothesis in the light of reason and of Christian principles. SCIENCE B Y R E V . M I C H A E L J . A H E R N , S . J . Chm. Dept. of Geology, Weston College, Weston, Mass. This is a listing of a few of the most useful works of science written by Catholics. A few worthwhile books by non-Catho- lics are appended. There are, as yet, in English, not many works of "pure science" written by Catholics. But this lacuna 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST is being rapidly filled. Catholic colleges and schools use standard texts in science. Usually there is no danger of false doctrine in any of these standard works of mathematics, physics, chemistry and astronomy. There may be dangers of this sort in books of biology, geology, anthropology, because of the wide acceptance of the theory of evolution, and of such "eugenic" practices as sterilization, contraception, etc. An exhaustive survey of text- books of college biology in use in Catholic colleges, was pre- sented at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the National Catholic Association by Reverend Paul L. Carroll, S.J., pro- fessor of Biology at Creighton University. Presumably it will be published in the Annual Proceedings of that meeting. In this survey Father Carroll analyses the dubious and false state- ments of many of the authors in philosophy, theology, morals. Seven of the books in this list are "pure science/' The re- mainder—ten in number—might be classed as apologetic science. But these last contain an abundance of correct science. The five works by non-Catholics listed are by leaders in their respective fields. They should be read in the light of correct Catholic Philosophy, Theology, History, but the five are objective works by cautious scientific writers and investigators. Attention should be called to a list of one hundred Catholic books, on the subjects noted in this survey, in the Appendix to the New Catholic Dictionary. A L L E N , V I C T O R T . This Earth of Ours. (Science and culture ser.) Milwaukee, Bruce, 1939. xvii, 364P. illus. $3.50. A good text in Geology by a Catholic author, long a desideratum for our Catholic schools and colleges, has been splendidly realized by this fine text of Dr. Allen, who is professor of Geology at St. Louis University. The book is well and aptly illustrated with fine photographs and well- drawn diagrams and maps. The chapter on The origin of life gives a lucid if brief discussion of the Catholic attitude. There is a fine bibli- ography for each chapter. S C I E N C E 9 3 D O N A T , J O S E P H The Freedom of Science. New York, Wagner, 1914. ix, 419P. $ 2 . J O . This work is by the distinguished professor of Philosophy of the Catholic faculty of the University of Innsbruck. Soon after the publication of the encyclical against Modernism the Church was attacked, as was the habit of so-called "progressive thinkers," as being an enemy of the freedom of research—what we call now in America "academic freedom." Father Donat shows that the Church is never an enemy of the truth in any form. She vindicates the validity of absolute truth as against the relativity of the material universe. D W I G H T , T H O M A S Thoughts of a Catholic Anatomist. New York, Longmans, 1927. xii, 243P. $1.50. Dr. Dwight was the distinguished professor of anatomy at the Harvard Medical School, whose scholarship and outstanding Catholic character pro- foundly influenced several generations of Harvard graduates in medicine. Published shortly before the author's death in 1911 the book has been reprinted five times. The book discusses God, religion, evolution, design and plan in nature, man and the descent of man. This is a volume to be treasured and consulted repeatedly. It is really a Catholic classic in its field. H A U B E R , U L R I C H A . A N D O ' H A N L O N , SISTER M A R Y E . Biology; a study of the principles of life for the college student. New York, Crofts, 1937. xii, j$9p. illus. $3.90. This text book of college grade is already in wide use in many Catholic colleges, although it is only three years old. The authors are Catholics, so the book is free from matters of theory objectional to Catholics. In- clusion of Catholic arguments against birth control, sterilization, material- istic evolution and the origin, without creation, of plant and animal life, make this book by professors Hauber and O'Hanlon very welcome to Catholic teachers and readers. The biology is all there, but without ration- alistic philosophy. H U L L , E R N E S T R . Galileo and His Condemnation. St. Louis, Herder, 1923. port. pa. 40 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST This is the best short account of the much misunderstood trial of Galileo. In reviewing the scientific career of the great scientist Father Hull brings out the fact that the opposition to him was not exclusively Catholic; suggests the proper attitude to be taken by Catholics in this controversy; and is illuminating in his analysis of the scientific side of the controversy. This is a book to offer to sincere non-Catholics who accept the Galileo case as typical of the opposition of the Church to science. K N E L L E R , K A R L A . Christianity and the Leaders of Modern Science. Tr. from the 2d German edition by T. M. Kettle. St. Louis, Herder, 1911. $1.80. The author of this book, which is a translation from the German, was an eminent Austrian Jesuit who was for a time a collaborator of Pastor in his History of the Popes. The book is a study of the religious beliefs of the great pathfinders of science through four centuries. The study was made from their intimate persopal writings. Overwhelmingly these great discoverers were believers, and a surprisingly large number were Catholics. The book was first published early in the present century, but it is precious for the apologete perennially. L E B E C , E . Medical Proof of the Miraculous. Tr. from the French by Dom H. E. Izard. New York, Kenedy, 1923. illus. $2.00. This is an unique book. A miracle is defined as "a sensible work beyond the powers of nature and attributable to God alone as the principal cause." Dr. Le Bec, who has had a long experience at the medical bureau at Lourdes, explains how it is proved that a cure is above the powers of nature. This is a very valuable book, which is all too little known to Catholics. M A C E L W A N E , J A M E S B . A N D S O H O N , FREDERICK W . Introduction to Theoretical Seismology. New York, Wiley, 1939. 2 pts. pt. 1, ix, 366P. $6.00. pt. 2, viii, 149P. $2.75. This is a highly technical work, but it is included because it is in the estimation of seismologists "the last word" on its subject-matter. Father Macelwane is head of the Department of Geophysics at St. Louis Univer- sity, and is President of the Jesuit Seismological Association. Father Sohon is professor of mathematics at Georgetown University and director of its Seismological Observatory. For one who knows the higher mathematics these books are priceless. S C I E N C E M E N G E , E D W A R D J . General and Professional Biology with' Special Reference to Man. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1924-25. 2d edition. 2 v. 484; 498p. v. 1» $3.50. v. 2, $4.00. This comprehensive text-book is from the pen of the professor of Biology at Marquette University. It covers the three divisions of Biology: General Biology, Introductory Embryology, Comparative Anatomy. There are chapters on the History of Biology, in which the helpfulness of the Church in the development of this science is stressed; on Paleontology, in which the development of man is discussed according to Catholic principles; on Evolution. It is a long book of over 1,000 pages. M O R E U X , A B B E T H E O P H I L E Modern Science and the Truths Beyond . . . with a foreword by T. Corcoran. Philadelphia, P. Reilly, 1930. xii, 240P. illus. $2.00. The author was the famous director of the Bourges Observatory. He is a scientist of the first rank, well-known in France. He is a prolific writer. The present work is an attempt to examine up-to-date scientific discovery in the light of Catholic philosophy and theology; and a synthesis of the "philosophia perennis" with modern science is lucidly outlined. M U N T S C H , A L B E R T Cultural Anthropology. (Science and culture ser.) Milwaukee, Bruce, 1934. xxiv, 42ip. plates. $3.75. This book by the professor of Social Anthropology at St. Louis University is not merely a work of great scientific value but is one of the most sig- nificant volumes from the standpoint of Catholic apologetics, for it demon- strates the complete harmony between the findings of exact anthropological science with the theology and philosophy of the Catholic Church. The work is richly documented; much of it is based on personal experience and observation. O ' H A R A , C H A R L E S W . A N D W A R D , D U D L E Y R . Introduction to Projective Geometry. New York, Oxford, 1937. ix, 298P. $4.00. This book is recommended as a fine introduction to this branch of mathe- matics which has been too much neglected, for all that it is essential f o r .any advanced work in modern physics. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST O ' T O O L E , G E O R G E B . The Case against Evolution. New York, Macmillan, 1925. xiv, 4o8p. $3.50. In this trenchant criticism of the theory of evolution the learned Bene- dictine examines the evidence from the standpoint of both science and philosophy. The work is in two parts. The first discusses the theory in general in its genetical, morphological and geological aspects; the treat- ment of the first aspect is happier than that of the last. The second part is devoted to the problem of origins—the genesis of life, of the human soul, and of the human body. A book requiring close study, but well worth such application. W A S M A N N , E R I C H Modern Biology and the Theory of Evolution. St. Louis, Herder, 1923. xxxii, J39p. plates. $6.25. Father Wasmann was one of the outstanding entomologists of his genera- tion. His researches were epoch-making in their results. His sound philo- sophical viewpoint combined with his extensive knowledge of the scientific facts make this book one of the best examples of its kind ever written. This work and other writings of Father Wasmann did much to bring about a saner attitude on the part of both biologists and philosophers towards the theory of evolution and its implications. W A L S H , J A M E S J . The Popes and Science . . . New York, Fordham Univ. Press, 1915. j2 jp . $2.00. This is the best known of the many writings of this eminent apologist for the massive influence of the Catholic Church on the development of science all through the history of the Church. The book is popularly written. It has had a great influence on many non-Catholic minds in turning them to a new and more just consideration of the cultural tradi- tions of the Church. W H I T T A K E R , E D M U N D T . A N D W A T S O N , G E O R G E N . A Course of Modern Analysis. New York, Macmillan, 193 j . 6o8p. $10.00. This is the fifth edition since 1902 of this well-known text in a difficult, but extremely important field of higher mathematics. The authors are leading authorities on the subject. S C I E N C E 9 3 W I N D L E , B E R T R A M C . A . The Church and Science. St. Louis, Herder, 1926. xvi, 514P. $3.00. This book is a veritable classic on the relations of the Catholic Church to scientific discovery and theory. The author was a man of science of great distinction, a convert to the Catholic Church. A t one time, he was professor of anatomy at the University of Birmingham, and was the author of a widely-used Atlas of Anatomy. He was later president of Queen's College, Cork. When this was merged into the National Univer- sity of Ireland he came to St. Michael's College, Toronto, where he was professor of archaeology. The present work won the Gunning Prize of the Royal Victoria Institute, London, 1919. * B U R K I T T , M I L E S C . The Old Stone Age; a study of paleolithic times. New York, Macmillan, 1933. xiv, 254 p. illus. $2.50. Prehistoric anthropology is now a more exact science than it was in the generation dominated by the Darwinian hypothesis. In other lands and in other languages eminent Catholic anthropologists like Breuil, Obermeier, Schmidt are names to conjure with. Splendid work in anthropology is being carried out at the Catholic University. Professor Burkitt is the professor of the subject at Cambridge University in England where a Catholic lady Dorothy Garrod is also professor in the subject, the first woman and first Catholic since the Reformation. * C R O N E I S , C A R E Y G . A N D K R U M B E I N , W I L L I A M C . Down to Earth; an introduction to geology. Chicago, Univ., Chicago press, 1936. xviii, jo ip . illus. maps. $j.oo. This is one of the new kind of science text which the University of Chicago has issued in all the major sciences during the past five years. The books are eminently readable; the standpoint is rigidly scientific; hypotheses (say on the origin of life) are "advanced with extreme diffi- dence." The chapters on earthquakes and the interior of the earth were "critically examined" by Father Macelwane. A fine feature are the deco- rative drawings and the rotogravure illustrations. * Non-Catholic. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST * M I L L I K A N , R O B E R T A . Electrons ( + and — ) , Protons, Photons, Neutrons, and Cosmic Rays. Chicago, Univ., Chicago press, 1935. x, 49 2p. illus. H Dr. Millikan is one of the world's outstanding investigators in interatomic and subatomic physics. He was the Noble Prize winner in 1923. He is director of the Norman Bridge Laboratory of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. This book is non-mathematical, and while it requires attentive reading, will reward the student or reader with a wealth of knowledge of the most remarkable discoveries in science ever made. * M O R E , LOUIS T . The Dogma of Evolution. New Jersey, Princeton univ. press, 1925. 386p. illus. $3.50. Before the close of the nineteenth century practically all the criticism of the theory of evolution came from theologians and philosophers. But since the first World War the theory has been subjected to much trenchant examination by scientific men themselves. This book contains the lectures delivered under the Louis Clark Vanuxem Foundation by the author at Princeton in January 192 j . Professor More, who is professor of physics at the University of Cincinnati, is the author of another work The Limi- tations of Science. Frank discussion is good for the soul of science. * M U R R A Y , R O B E R T H . Science and Scientists in the Nineteenth Century. New York, Macmillan, 1925. xvii, 45op. $j.oo. This remarkable book rehearses the history of the difficulties experienced by scientists like Darwin, Jenner, Simpson, Lister, Pasteur, Helmholtz to have their discoveries accepted by the world of science. Opposition was sometimes bitter and prolonged. The value of the book for Catholics lies in its demonstration that the world of science is often filled with prejudice; that there has always existed a warfare of science with scientists, more keen than any so-called "warfare" of science and religion. * Non-Catholic. SOCIOLOGY IOI S O C I O L O G Y BY EVA J. Ross, PH.D. Prof, of Sociology, Trinity College, Washington, D. C. The social sciences deal with man in his social relations, and chiefly comprise history, sociology, economics, political science, and social anthropology. Sociology is a study of the process of social relations and of the groups or institutions which man forms in connection with these relations; economics studies man's social activities and organizations in connection with earning a living; political science analyses and describes the constitution, legislation and adminis- tration of States and their governments; and social anthropology describes the culture of primitive social groups. Today, as never before in the world's history, it seems neces- sary for the ordinary citizen to have an awareness of the social conditions and trends of his times. To exercise his duty as an intelligent citizen, there is a positive need for the Catholic to be well-informed on the social question and to read and study at least a selection of the books cited below. The general method employed by the social scientist is that of induction—the observation, analysis, and classification of social facts and conditions. Catholic social scientists realize that man's nature and final end are not wholly to be discerned from observation, and that man's social conduct is often unpre- dictable. They therefore give a small, but nevertheless important place in their studies to the second method of attaining truth: deduction, by which one deduces from a knowledge of the intelligible nature of a thing, what necessarily flows from that nature, and what are correct norms. Because authors in the social science field frequently ignore the necessity of studying man's social relations by these two complementary methods, the 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST Catholic will need to become acquainted with Catholic litera- ture on the subject before he undertakes any extensive reading of other points of view. With one exception, all the books listed are of Catholic authorship. A G A R , H E R B E R T A N D T A T E , A L L E N , EDS. Who Owns America? Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1936. x, 342P- $3-°°- A highly important symposium on the modern economic and political organization of the United States by a number of leading students and critics. Suggestions for reform are mainly those of the rural-agrarian group. B R U E H L , C H A R L E S P A U L The Pope's Plan for Social Reconstruction. New York, Devin Adair, 1939. xii, 3j6p. $3.00. A good introduction in fairly simple style to the Quadragesima anno ency- clical letter of Pope Pius XI. Its practical application is discussed and there is a good bibliography. CIVARDI, LUIGI A Manual of Catholic Action. Tr. by C. C. Martindale; preface by Archbishop Cicognani. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1936. 27op. $2.00. A standard reference on the subject of Catholic action, its aim and organization. C R O N I N , J O H N F . Economics and Society. New York, American book co., 1939. xvii, 45<>p. $2.jo. A n excellent introduction to economics, which gives details of the prac- tical working out of economic principles in the United States, and dis- cusses these in relation to Catholic social doctrine. Good bibliographies - for further study. D A W S O N , C H R I S T O P H E R H . Religion and the Modern State. New York, Sheed and Ward, 193j. xxii, i j4p . front, illus. $2.00. SOCIOLOGY I O I Every Catholic should be acquainted with at least one of this author's works. This book gives a brief history of the new political forces in the western world, especially the dictatorships. It discusses the Catholic doc- trine of the state and the inherent conflict between Christianity and com- munism. D E L A Y E , E . What is Communism? Tr. by Bernard F. Schumacher. St. Louis, Herder, 1938. i9ip. $2.00. A simple explanation of the philosophy of communism, including a com- munist view of fascism. E P P S T E I N , J O H N The Catholic Tradition and the Law of Nations. Washington, D. C., Catholic association for international peace, 1935. xxi, j2 jp . $3.50. This book makes heavy reading, but it is the most authoritative state- ment in English on the Christian principles of peace and war. It gives an account of the origin of this Christian doctrine, with a history of the major peace endeavors prior to 1935, including an account of the League of Nations. The duties of the citizen, and the ethics of war are also ful ly discussed. F A N F A N I , A M I N T O R E Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1936. v, 224P. $2.00. A penetrating analysis of capitalism and its connection with Christian thought, both Catholic and Protestant, written by a professor of the University of the Sacred Heart, Milan. The book provides stiff reading, but is very much worth while. F I C H T E R , J O S E P H H . Roots of Change. New York, Appleton-Century, 1939. xv, 39ip. $2.50. A n analysis of the philosophy and methods of a number of important Catholic and non-Catholic theorists and practical workers who influenced the changing course of the world's social organization and social attitudes. The book includes a consideration of St. Vincent de Paul, Pope Leo XIII, Bishop von Ketteler, Ozanam, J. J. Rousseau, Schurz, Leon Tolstoy, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, and others. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST F U R F E Y , P A U L H A N L Y Fire on the Earth. New York, Macmillan, 1936. ix, i j 9 p . $2.00. A thought-provoking, popular plea for Catholics to adopt a more literal interpretation of the teachings of Christianity regarding social life. GERRARD, T H O M A S J . Marriage and Parenthood; the Catholic ideal, rev. by Edgar Schmiedeler. New York, Wagner, 1937. vii, 178P. $1.00. A brief exposition of the Catholic doctrine regarding such topics as the sanity of marriage, family life, education, the duties and relationship be- tween husband and wife, parents and children. Sound advice is given concerning the choice of a life-partner. H A S S , FRANCIS J . Man and Society; an introduction to sociology. New York, Appleton-Century, 1930. xviii, 456p. $3.50. A n authoritative study on social ethics, written in a clear, easily under- standable style. There are chapters on the origin of man, human per- sonality, rights and duties, justice, charity, the family, the state, property, ownership, and rural problems in the United States. H U S S L E I N , J O S E P H C . The Christian Social Manifesto, rev. ed. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1939. xxiv, 341P. $2.jo. A standard commentary on the social encyclicals Kerum novarum and Quadragesimo anno, containing also the encyclical letter of Pope Pius XX on Atheistic communism. K E R B Y , W I L L I A M J . The Social Mission of Charity. New York, Macmillan, 1924. i96p. $2.00. A n authoritative statement on the Catholic attitude toward poverty and social work, giving also Catholic principles on justice, equality, charity, and property. SOCIOLOGY IOI L A F A R G E , J O H N Interracial Justice. New York, America press, 1937. xii, zz6p. $2.00. A Catholic viewpoint, based on practical as well as ethical considerations, of the attitude to be taken regarding the race question, and especially the position of the Negro in the United States. There is a very complete bibliography. L E O X I I I , P O P E The Great Encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII. tr. from approved sources, with preface by John J. Wynne. New York, Benziger, 1903. j8op. $2.25. Many of these letters of Pope Leo XIII to the universal Church are about social questions, and are still applicable to our times. L E R O Y , A L B E R T Catholics and the International Labor Organization. New York, Paulist press, 1939. 51 p. illus. 15^. A n account of the origin, principles, structure, and results of the Inter- national Labor Organization. LIGUTTI , LUIGI G . A N D R A W E , J O H N C . Rural Roads to Security . . . (Science and culture ser.) Mil- waukee, Bruce, 1940. xiv, 387P. map. $2.75. Containing a mixture of the practical and theoretical this book shows the economic insecurity of the urban family in the United States today, and urges the need for part-time farming, and education for rural leadership. Agricultural cooperation is discussed. There is a good bibliography. M C F A D D E N , C H A R L E S The Philosophy of Communism; preface by Rt. Rev. Fulton J. Sheen. New York, Benziger, 1939. xx, 34jp. $3.50. A thorough study of communism, giving its historical background and philosophy together with a good bibliography. M C G O W A N , R A Y M O N D A . Toward Social Justice. Washington, D. C., National Catholic welfare conference, 1933. 95p. 15^. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST A pamphlet which provides a good introduction to Catholic social doc- trine in relation to the economic life of today, and in the light of the Quadragesimo anno encyclical of Pope Pius XI. M A N I O N , C L A R E N C E E . Lessons in Liberty . . . Notre Dame, Indiana; University of Notre Dame press, 1939. x, 297P. $x.so. Sets forth the foundations and ethics of liberty, and states the principles and methods of democratic government in a simple straightforward, and authoritative manner. A knowledge of these principles is a sine qua rum for the intelligent citizen. M E Y E R , J A M E S M . Social Ideas of St. Francis . . . St. Louis, Herder, 1938. 9-i28p. $ I . 2 f . A simple exposition of the application of Christian principles to the social needs of today. M I C H E L , VIRGIL Christian Social Reconstruction; some fundamentals of the Quad- ragesimo. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1938. viii, 137P. $1.3 y. A clear explanation of the principles and ethics of the major, social prob- lems of our times. M O O R E , E D W A R D R O B E R T S The Case Against Birth Control; introduction by Cardinal Hayes. New York, Appleton-Century, 1931. x, 3 u p . $2.50. A complete consideration of the problem of population and birth control, being the results, of a special investigation of the topic by the National Conference of Catholic Charities. M U R R A Y , R A Y M O N D W . A N D F L Y N N , F R A N K T . Social Problems. New York, Crofts, 1938. ix, 6i2p. $3.50. A n interesting and full discussion of such social problems as population, nationalities, race, child welfare, crime, poverty, wages, unemployment, sickness, old age, and dependency. SOCIOLOGY IOI N E L L - B R E U N I N G , O S W A L D V O N Reorganization of Social Economy. Milwaukee, Bruce, 1936. xi, 4 f i p . illus. $3.jo. Translation of a complete commentary on the social encyclicals Rerum novarum and Quadragesimo anno, written by a German described by Mon- signor John A. Ryan as the foremost commentator on these famous letters to the universal Church. O ' G R A D Y , J O H N History and Problems of the Catholic Charities in the United States. "Washington, D. C., National Catholic welfare confer- ence, 1931- xxvi, 47jp. $3.00. A brief history of charity work, with a history and details of the major Catholic charities in the United States. Contains an excellent bibliography of books and periodicals on charity and social work. O ' H A R A , E D W I N V . The Church and the Country Community. New York, Mac- millan, 1927. 7-115P. $1.25. Sets forth, the needs of the rural Catholic population, with some account of what the Church is accomplishing in religious vacation schools, and by means of cooperative enterprises. O U R S U N D A Y VISITOR PRESS The Modern Social and Economic Order; a symposium. Hunt- ington, Indiana, Our Sunday visitor press, 1939. 372p. $1.50. A n elementary but good introduction to such modern problems as democ- racy, Communism, Fascism, labor unions, wages; including a discussion of social justice, and of cooperation and other solutions to our problems, written by such experts as Davidow, Frey, and Fathers Haas, Husslein, McGowan, Sheen, and others. PARSONS, W I L F R I D Which Way Democracy? New York, Macmillan, 1939. vii, 295P. $2.00. An interesting discussion of some of the present-day problems of Chris- tianity, liberalism, democracy, and of industrial, racial, and international justice. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST P I U S X I , P O P E Sixteen Encyclicals of His Holiness Pope Pius XI. Washington, D. C., National Catholic welfare conference, 1937. 5 5 ip. $2.75. Many of these letters of Pope Pius X I to the universal Church are pene- trating analyses of modern social and political conditions, with proposed solutions for the social evils of the time. Ross, EVA J . Fundamental Sociology. (Science and culture ser.) Milwaukee, Bruce, 1939. xiv, 698P. $3.00. Gives a basic knowledge of sociology from a Catholic viewpoint. Non- Catholic theories are outlined and criticized. Major social problems and proposed remedies are outlined and discussed. Bibliographies for further study provided. Ross, EVA J. Social Origins. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1936. io8p. $ I . 2 J . A simple introduction to a section of social anthropology. Ross, EVA J. A Survey of Sociology. (Science and cuture ser.) Milwaukee, Bruce, 1932. xxii, 57op. illus; $3.50. This volume presents a thorough study of the whole field of sociology in the light of Christian principles. A n excellent bibliography strengthens a work which has proved to be a valuable contribution to Catholic edu- cation. ed. Ross, EVA J. What is Economics? Milwaukee, Bruce, 1939. x, 27jp. $2.00. A n introduction for the general reader to the details of economics neces- sary for an understanding of economic life, including some account of the major theories of organizational reform. Contains a bibliography for further study. R Y A N , J O H N A . Catholic Principles of Politics. New York, Macmillan, 1940. 366p. $3.00. SOCIOLOGY IOI A n authoritative exposition of the Catholic theory of the State, private and social ethics. R Y A N , J O H N A . Distributive Justice . . . rev. ed. New York, Macmillan, 1927. xi, 404p. $4.00. Stiff, but worthwhile reading, by an expert, on such topics as the dis- tribution of wealth, landownership, capital, rent, interest, profits, and wages. R Y A N , J O H N A . A Living Wage. rev. ed. New York, Macmillan, 1920. ix, 182p. $2.00. The standard book on the subject of a living wage for workers. S C H M I E D E L E R , EDGAR An Introductory Study of the Family. New York, Appleton- Century, 1930. xi. 384p. $2.jo, A n interestingly written discussion of the history of the family as a social institution, and all the major family problems of our times. S C H U M A C H E R , H E N R Y The Social Message of the New Testament. (Religion and cul- ture ser.) Milwaukee, Bruce, 1937. xviii, 248p. $2.00. An examination of the New Testament for the principles upon which are based the Christian solution of human problems. STURZO, LUIGI Church and State. Tr. by Barbara B. Carter. New York, Long- mans, 1939. v, j84p. $j.oo. An excellent reference manual on the history of the political philosophy of the State, and the philosophy of the Catholic Church as regards its relations to the State, including practical considerations of modern prob- lems regarding the Totalitarian State. S U T H E R L A N D , H A L L I D A Y The Laws of Life. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1936. v, 270p. diagrs. tables. $2.jo. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST A Catholic doctor's discussion of population problems, birth control, euthanasia, and sterilization. PRIMITIVE MAN. (quarterly magazine.) Washington, D . C., American Catholic anthropological soc. Issues of July and October, 1929, On primitive religion; July and October, 1930, On primitive family; January and April, 193 j , O n scientific evi- dence bearing on human evolution. 5 o^ each. YOUNG PEOPLE'S SECTION BY M A R Y K I E L Y Editorial Secretary, Pro Parvulis Book Club Empire State Building, New York. A CHILD'S OWN LIBRARY—In a list so limited in size as this one all the books selected must be the basic ones in each field. Many lovely books could not be included (for the renaissance of Catholic child literature in America is vigorous and beautiful as well as wide), and those books which dealt, however inspiringly, only with phases of a whole, had to be excluded. ' Catholics do not hold to the current, popular catch-word that "Reading is an end in itself." Our due end and purpose in showing children how to read is to provide them with one of the rich, powerful mediums for attainment of the knowledge of God. Therefore we herewith list what seems to us a cornerstone for the foundation and nucleus of the child's own library before he is five. The five books selected seem to us the highest achieve- ments we have from literary and artistic standards in the fields they represent. They include a New Testament, a book of Our Lady, a Catholic child's day from morning to evening prayers, a book of meditation, and a book permeated with the joy of the Christmas Child. All other books on this list have been erected on this cornerstone. They have been chosen to build a house of Y O U N G P E O P L E ' S S E C T I O N 1 0 9 varied rooms, each room having windows that open onto rich vistas. From some casements a child can see the past, from others his absorbing present, and from still others he can glimpse the green and winding roads into his tomorrow. And since the child is father of the man, we believe this child will make his later choice against the jerry-built houses of intellectual and moral confusion, unerringly and without difficulty. The Great Story. Douai version. New York, Harcourt, 1939. i o i p . $2.00. The New Testament illustrated in color from the Italian masters. F E E N E Y , T H O M A S B U T L E R Ave Maria. New York, Kenedy, 1938. 23P. 50^. Our Lady in exquisite water-color pictures and happy, spontaneous verse. B E N S O N , R O B E R T H U G H A Child's Rule of Life. New York, Longmans, 1934. 37P- Childhood classic of a child's day pictured and rhymed. BLISS, G E O F F R E Y A Retreat with Saint Ignatius. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1 9 3 6 . 7 9 P . $ i . 2 j . The impressive full-page detail pictures are unsurpassed of their kind. The text is meditation superbly handled. D O W N E Y , FRANCIS X . Taking Down the Crib. New York, Pro Parculis Book Club, 1937- 33P- S1-00- Christmas presented to little children as it should be, reverently, but with joyous happiness. Fine illustrations. C H I L D R E N F O U R TO SIX YEARS B U R D E K I N , H A R O L D A Child's Grace. New York, Dutton, 1938. 59P. $i.JQ. Photographs and verse depict a child's day with naive thanks to God for all the good things the day brings. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST D ' A U L A I R E , I N G R I A N D EDGAR The Lord's Prayer. New York, Doubleday (Catholic edition), 1934. 32P. $I.7J. Large pictures in decorative style and color. H A L L A C K , C E C I L Y Having a Guardian Angel. New York, Dutton, 1934. 32p. $1.00. Winsome verses accompany soft, water-color pictures from Munich. J O N E S , E L I Z A B E T H The Ragman of Paris and his Ragamuffins. New York, Oxford, 1 9 3 7 . 8 j p . $ I . J O . Two small boys spend a day in the Paris of Notre Dame. The author- artist has drawn and painted enticing illustrations. K I R B Y , ANASTASIA Dream of Christmas Eve. Paterson, N. J., St. Anthony Guild, 1937. 23P. jofi. A little poem with gay, line-drawings in red and black, of Santa Claus who came down the chimney and found a Creche! M E L L O Y , C A M I L L E The King's Christmas Present. New York, Sheed, 1936. j 7 p. $i . jo. Five stories and pictures, the latter in gold, red and silver. C H I L D R E N SEVEN T O T E N YEARS B E N N E T T , R I C H A R D Hannah Marie. New York, Doubleday, 1939. 7op. $i. jo. Richard Bennett's pictures are as superb as his fine Irish tale. BORSKI, L . M . The Gypsy and the Bear. New York, Longmans, 1933. 129P. $ I - 7 J - Short vivid Polish fairly tales in the Catholic tradition. Y O U N G P E O P L E ' S S E C T I O N 117 B O U T E T DE M O N V E L , LOUIS M A U R I C E Susanna's Action. New York, Macmillan, 1923. $1.00. A tiny childhood classic, written and illustrated by the great Boutet de Monvel. C A R E Y , G R A H A M E The Tails Book. New York, Sheed and "Ward, 1938. 132P. The "tails animals" handled with a background of Thomas Aquinas, jolly cartoons, and a wealth of animal information. C H A M O U D , S I M O N E , t r a n s . Picture Tales from the French. New York, Stokes, 1933. n j p . $1.25. Merry folk-lore from the legends of Brittany and Gascony. Decorated with gay pen sketches. C O L U M , PADRAIC The Peep-Show Man. New York, Macmillan, 1924. 65p. $1.00. A n Irish Easter story of the "white blackbird." DE A N G E L I , M A R G U E R I T E Petite Suzanne. New York, Doubleday, 1937. 8op. $2.00. French-Canadian story of the Gaspe with lovely pictures in clear water- colors. DE B E T H U N E , ADELAIDE A N D MAYERS, F . X . Saint Francis Picture Book. New York, Sheed, 1936. 3op. $1.00. Brown woodcuts and daffodil yellow cover combine in a quaint, grave St. Francis charming to a child. D E U C H E R , SYBIL, A N D W H E E L E R , O P A L Giotto Tended the Sheep. New York, Dutton, 1938. 96p. $2.50. Half-tone reproductions and water-color sketches combine with a splendid biography of the great artist. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST F A R J E O N , E L E A N O R Mighty Men. Vol. i . New York, Appleton, 192 j . i i2p . $1.00. Beowulf to William the Conqueror inspiringly narrated and illustrated with drawings by Hugh Chesterman. G H E O N , H E N R I Journey of the Three Kings. New York, Sheed and Ward, 193 j . 77p. $1.00. Fun to read aloud. A gay and playable Christmas play. G H E O N , H E N R I Saint Germaine of the Wolf Country. New York, Sheed and Ward, 1938. 7op. jo^f. A shepherdess of old France, and woodcuts by Marigold Hunt. H A D E R , B E R T A Green and Gold. New York, Macmillan, 1936. 48p. $1.00. The story of the banana and the missionaries who planted and nourished it, is also the story of the Cross and the explorers. H A R R I S , J O E L C . Uncle Remus. New York, Appleton, 1938. 23 ip. $2.00. T o be read to small folks as early as possible, for the stories are of our American tradition by a Catholic gentleman. H Y E T T , F L O R E N C E B . Fifty Christmas Poems for Children. New York, Appleton, 1923. $1.00. Old carols and modern poetry. The best selection for children. K I N G , M A R I A N Boy of Poland. Racine, Wis. Whitman, 1934. i 2 8p. $i . jo . Catholic, modern Poland in a gay, gentle storybook. L A M P L I G H T E R Week of Communions. New York, Sheed, 1936. 86p. $1.00. Meditations for children, particularly boys, excellently presented. Y O U N G P E O P L E ' S S E C T I O N 119 L A R R I E U , O D E T T E Reynard the Fox. New York, Macmillan, 1928. $1.00. A rollicking version of the ancient tale. MARYLIS Stella Matutina: the Star Story. Providence, R. I., Franciscan mission press, 1936. $ I . J O . A Christmas legend of the Blessed Virgin with delicate color-plates. M O N A H A N , M A U D Children's Saint: the Story of Saint Madeleine Sophie, New York, Longmans, 193 j . 32p. $1.40. The children's saint in a quaint and delightful biography. M O N A H A N , M A U D On the King's Highway. New York, Longmans, 193 j . j8p. $1.00. Saint Stanislaus. Illustrated by Robin. M O N A H A N , M A U D A Boy's Choice. New York, Longmans, 1935. 4op. $1.00. Saint Aloysius told and pictured for boys. M O R R O W , H O N O R E , A N D S W A R T M A N N , W . J . The Ship's Parrott. New York, Morrow, 1936. i8op. $2.00. A boy in search of the Holy Land is made unforgettable with Gordon Grant's water-colors and an inimitable story. P E T E R S H A M , M A U D Stories from the Old Testament. New York, Winston, 1938. i28p. $2.75. The Books of Ruth, Joseph, Moses and David. Clear handsome prints, glorious pictures in colors. S C H M I D T - P A U L I , E L I S A B E T H V O N Little Saint Elizabeth. New York, Macmillan, 1933. J7p. $1.00. A charming life of the Saint. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST S C H M I D T - P A U L I , E L I S A B E T H V O N Little Saint Therese. New York, Macmillan, 1933. yip. $1.00. The only full-length book, and a lovely one for small girls. SEGUR, S O P H I E , COMPTESSE DE Sophie. New York, Knopf, 1932. $1.75. The story of a bad little girl. A n old classic from the French. SEGUR, S O P H I E , COMPTESSE DE Memoirs of a Donkey. Chicago, Whitman, 1931. $1.00. For a picture of French country and child life of a generation ago, this little book stands beloved and supreme. T H O M P S O N , B L A N C H E J . Bible Children. New York, Dodd, 1937. $1.50. Careful renderings from Douai of the Biblical children. Pictures in the beautiful color work of Kate Seredy. C H I L D R E N E L E V E N TO T H I R T E E N YEARS B E N J A M I N , N O R A Roving All the Day. New York, Random house, 1937. 23op. $2.00. Deft ly and subtly in a delightful story there is interwoven the Catholic Christian attitude to the Negro. Good lithographs. B O D K I N , M A T T H I A S D O N N E L L Treasure of the Mountain. New York, Stacpole, 1937. X79P- $1.50. The story of a boy and his vocation. B O U T E T DE M O N V E L , LOUIS M A U R I C E Joan of Arc. New York, Appleton, 1896. 47P. $4.00. A costly book? No. N o book so beautiful as this is ever anything but an investment in beauty for a child. That pays rich dividends, always. Y O U N G P E O P L E ' S S E C T I O N 121 C O A T S W O R T H , E L I Z A B E T H J A N E Boy with the Parrott. New York, Macmillan, 1930. $2.00. Sebastian of Guatemala sets forth to earn a living. Told with humor. C O L U M , PADRAIC Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy. New York, Macmillan, 1918. $2.00. We cannot be sufficiently grateful to the author and the artist Willy Pogany for the superb retelling from the Greek of these stories treasured from the childhood of the world. C O L U M , PADRAIC Boy in Eirinn. New York, Dutton, 1913. $2.00. Pictures by Jack Yeats. A blend of history, legend and song in the Ireland of today. C O R M A C K , M A R I B E L L E , A N D A L E X A N D E R , W . P . Jaques the Goatherd. New York, Appleton, 1938. 22 jp. $2.00. A Swiss mountain priest guides his boy charges through a big book of Alpine adventure and life. D A R T O N , F . H . Story of the Canterbury Pilgrims. New York, Stokes, 1932. 3iop. $2. jo. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson and selections from Chaucer well chosen, well retold, introduce the classic with success. D E U C H E R , SYBIL, A N D W H E E L E R , B E N S O N Millet Tilled the Soil. New York, Dutton, 1939. 9^p. $2.jo. A full length life of the artist all children love. Fine reproductions of Millet's better known canvases. F A B R E , H E N R I Story Book of Science. New York, Appleton, 1917. 400P. $2.jo. Fabre is a boy's clearest and wisest guide into the realms of natural science. This book is an introduction to his many others. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST F A R J E O N , E L E A N O R Martin Pippin in the Daisy Field. New York, Grosset, 1935. 287P. $1.00. Writing lyrical in its fresh beauty. Illustrations delicate and fine. A story of the old English Poor Friars. G R A H A M E , E L E A N O R Happy Holidays. New York, Dutton, 1933. 248P. $2.00. Holy days of the Church calendar gathered into a quaint and fascinating volume. H A L L A C K , C E C I L Y All About Selina. London, Burns, 1932. 146 p. $1.35. A quintessence of rare charm expressed through the childhood of a delight- ful little girl. J U E R G E N S , ISABEL Wigwam and Warpath. New York, Grosset, 1936. 9ip. $1.00. A complete and valuable book on the Indian tribes excellently illustrated. K E L L O G G , C H A R L O T T E The Girl Who Ruled a Kingdom. New York, Appleton, 1938. i j 4 p . $2.00. Jadwiga of Poland touched with fresh life for American girls. Her Cause is at Rome for Beatification. K E L L Y , R E G I N A King Richard's Squire. New York, Crowell, 1937. 272P. $2.00. Chaucer's England and Richard's coronation when England was Catholic and coronation commenced with a Mass. K E N T , LOUISE A . He Went with Vasco da Gama. Boston, Houghton, 1938. 2 5 8p. $2.00. Stirring, adventurous biography of the great Christian gentleman who was also a great explorer. Y O U N G P E O P L E ' S S E C T I O N 123 L Y N C H , PATRICIA The Turf Cutter's Donkey. New York, Dutton, 1935. 245P. $2.00. Pictures in color by Jack Yeats. A perfect example of a spontaneous fairy tale narrated with flair and wit. M A C L E O D , M A R Y Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. New York, Stokes. $3.00. The best one-volume King Arthur should be based on Maloy. This one is. It also seems the most comprehensive and inviting for a wide range of children. M A L O T , H E C T O R Nobody's Boy. New York, Cupples, 1930. $1.50. An old classic from the French, eternally loved by generations of children, and a worthy recipient in its day of an individual Crown of the French Academy. M A R T I N E A U , E L I Z A B E T H Lady Green Satin and Her Maid Rosette. New York, Macmillan. $1.00. Dainty color pictures enhance the old favorite little Jean Paul, his white mice, his devotion, his child life in a quiet Catholic France of yesterday. P Y L E , H O W A R D Otto of the Silver Hand. New York, Scribner, 1914. I73P- $2.jo. The robber-barons and the monasteries in medieval Germany. And there are magnificent pictures that have thrilled more than one American genera- tion. R O B I N S O N , G E R T R U D E Sachim Bird. New York, Dutton, 1936. 2i6p. $2.00. Jesuits, Indians, and an English boy, an escaped stowaway from the ship Archangel, in Maine, in 1605. Taken from Jesuit Relations source ma- terials. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST SEREDY, K A T E The Good Master. New York, Viking, 1935. 21 op. $2.00. Hungary, a boy, a tomboy girl, and the good master. If there are more appealing pictures by Kate Seredy, we have not seen them. T H O M A S , C E N E T H E Michel's Singing Sword. New York, Holt, 1937. i96p. $2.00. Michel follows the sword that sings during the Crusades in France. V A N S T O C K U M , H I L D A Francie on the Run. New York, Viking, 1939. 303P. $2.00. A n Irish lad takes to the road and meets many a strange adventure before he gets back to Bantry, from Dublin. W A D D E L L , H E L E N , t r a n s . Beasts and Saints. New York, Holt, 1934. i j i p . $2.50. The compiler (and translator) has gathered short legends and miracles of the "Desert Fathers" into a most distinguished book. BOYS A N D GIRLS T H I R T E E N TO F I F T E E N YEARS B O L T O N , IVY The Loyal Foe. New York, Longmans, 1933. i6op. $2.00. The Wars of the Roses and a brother and sister separated by an ancient foe. B U C K , A L A N M I C H A E L My Saint Patrick. Boston, Lothrop, 1937. 243P. $2.00. Written with vitality, pictured splendidly by Richard Bennett, this is a magnificent book of power and Celtic charm. C E R V A N T E S SAAVEDRA, M I G U E L DE Don Quixote de la Mancha. New York, Dodd. 24jp. $2.50. Retold by Judge Parry, illustrated with Walter Crane's water-colors, an ancient classic is enhanced, its appeal heightened. C L E M E N T , M A R G U E R I T E Flowers of Chivalry. New York, Doubleday, 1934. / 2 p . $2.50. Noble heroines of old France walk in these handsome pages. Y O U N G P E O P L E ' S S E C T I O N 1 1 9 C O A T S W O R T H , E L I Z A B E T H J A N E Sword of the Wilderness. New York, Macmillan, 1936. 160p. $2.00. Franciscans, Ursulines, Indians, Jesuits, and a white lad portage out of the Maine country into New France in an inspiring, romantic book. C O L U M , PADRAIC Legend of Saint Columba. New York, Macmillan, 1935. 156p. $ 2 . 2 J . A poetic saga of a Saint who was a mighty Saint and a mighty man. CRISS, M I L D R E D Mary Stuart, Young Queen of Scots. New York, Dodd, 1939. 274p. $2.jo. The girlhood in France of Mary Stuart. A big book filled with romance and appealing to girls. C U R R A N , EDWARD LODGE Great Moments in Catholic History. One hundred memorable events in Catholic history told in picture and story. New York, Grosset, 1938. 114p. $1.25. Admirably short, concise statements with fine illustrations. DE L E E U W , A D E L E The Year of Promise. New York, Macmillan, 1936. 275p. $1.00. Holland with its ancient Catholic backgrounds in a romantic story. D W I G H T , A L L E N Drums in the Forest. New York, Macmillan, 1936. 255p. $ I - 7 J - Frontenac's Quebec in French and Indian days. E S C O T T - I N M A N , H E R B E R T Wulnoth the Wanderer. New York, Longmans, 1928. $i. jo. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST "How Wulnoth won the love of Egdiva the Beautiful and came out of Norway to King Edmund and a knowledge of the thorn-crowned cross and the White Christ." F A R J E O N , E L E A N O R Ten Saints. New York, Oxford, 1936. 124P. Strong, musical literature and decorative color plates make a magnificent volume of saints. FITZPATRICK, J A M E S P E R C Y Jock of the Bushveld. New York, Longmans, 1931. $1.75- In the days after the Boer War, a South African dog of extraordinary intelligence serves his master well. FROISSART, J E A N Boy's Froissart. New York, Scribner, 1879. $2.50. Edited by Sidner Lanier. England, Spain and the castle towns of France during the exciting days of the Crusades. G R A H A M , E L E A N O R Welcome Christmas. New York, Dutton, 1932. 268p. $2.00. Holly gathering, old Christmas riddles, games, ancient carols, are collected into an unusual book of the Christmas tradition. H A R T M A N N , G E R T R U D E Medieval Days and Ways. New York, Macmillan, 1937. 332P. $2.50. A n authentic, magnificent and necessary book on the Middle Ages. Satis- fyingly illustrated with prints and period maps and tapestries. H E W E S , A G N E S D A N F O R T H The Sword of Roland Arnot. Boston, Houghton, 1939. 2o6p. $2. jo. A story of the Christians who were stranded at Damascus after the Cru- saders went home. Striking pictures in full color. Y O U N G P E O P L E ' S SECTION 1 2 1 H E Y L I G E R , W I L L I A M Backfield Comet. New York, Appleton, 1934. 24<5p. Football, clean ideals and the school team make a touchdown, of Heyliger's books is but an introduction to the others. H O D G E S , C . W A L T E R Columbus Sails. New York, Coward, MacCann, 1939. 217P. 2.75. The voyages of Columbus told by the monk who waited for him in the monastery of La Rebida on the cliffs above the sea. Some very fine illus- trative work is in these pages. H O L L A N D , R U P E R T S . Big Bridge. New York, Macrae, 1938. 28ip. $2.00. The development of Christian civilization through the history of the great bridges of the world. J A C K S O N , H E L E N H U N T Ramona. New York, Little, 1916. $2.00. The famous love story of the California Indians. J A N V I E R , T H O M A S A . Aztec Treasure House. New York, Harper, 1918. $2.50. A boy and a Franciscan priest journey into the Aztec country searching a hidden treasure. K E L L Y , E R I C P H I L B R O O K A t the Sign of the Golden Compass. New York, Macmillan, 1938. i9Jp. $2.00. A n adventure tale of the world's first Catholic printing establishment, the Plantin Museum at Antwerp. Carefully made, set up in modified Plantin type, with initial letters and title page reproduced from old Plantin manu- scripts. Fine woodcut-manner pictures of stirring action. K E L L Y , E R I C P H I L B R O O K The Trumpeter of Krakow. New Y o r k , Macmillan, 1928. $2.50. Poland in the fifteenth century. $ X . 7 5 - Any one 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST K E N T O N , E D N A With Hearts Courageous, New York, Liveright, 1 9 3 3 . 3 i 3 p . $2.00. Jesuit explorers and martyrs among the Indians of the New World. Ma- terial is from the Jesuit Relations. K I E L Y , M A R Y F R A N C E S O'Donel of Destiny. New York, Oxford, 1939. 22/p. $2.00. Ireland under Elizabeth. L A M B , C H A R L E S Tales from Shakespeare. New York, Macmillan. $1.00. Clear type, inviting pictures, and altogether, an excellently made volume. LISLE, C L I F T O N Hobnails and Heather. New York, Harcourt, 1929. $2.50. American Boy Scouts tour France and England, and visit the shrines in a most engaging way. LIDE, A L I C E A . Secret of the Circle. New York, Longmans, 1937. 223P. $1.75. Mystery, castle dungeons, Cologne Cathedral along the thirteenth century Rhine. O T E R O , N I N A Old Spain in Our Southwest. New York, Harcourt, 1936. 192P. $2.00. A book filled with the beauty, the compelling sense of tradition of the Sangre de Cristo mountains, the deep holiness of Catholic New Mexico. P Y L E , H O W A R D Men of Iron. New York, Harper. $2.00. Fourteenth century England. R E P P L I E R , A G N E S In Our Convent Days. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1906. $2.00. A boarding school book for girls that has become a classic. Y O U N G P E O P L E ' S SECTION 1 2 3 S H E R W O O D , M E R R I A M Song of Roland. New York, Longmans, 1 9 3 8 . i 6 8 p . $ 2 . 5 0 . A companion volume to the Warrior Lord in format. It retells the old story of Roland as the author found it in ancient manuscript material. SHERWOOD, MERRIAM, trans. Tale of the Warrior Lord. New York, Longmans, 1 9 3 9 . $2.00. The Cid, adapted from old manuscripts into magnificent prose. Illustrated by Henry Pitz. S I E N K I E W I C Z , H E N R Y In Desert and Wilderness. Boston, Little, 1930. $2.50. A handsome edition illustrated in color, with large print, and wide pages. S M I T H , E L V A , A N D H A Z E L T I N E , A L I C E I . Christmas in Legend and Story. Boston, Lothrop. $2 .00. A rich collection of Christmas poetry, short stories, and old legends of the Infant Jesus. The pictures are half-tone reproductions from the Masters. S U M M E R S , R I C H A R D A . The Devil's Highway. New York, Nelson, 1 9 3 7 . 2 9 9 P . $ 1 . 7 5 . Padre Kino and his explorations in Alta California told through the medium of a fine exciting story. T H O M P S O N , B L A N C H E J . With Harp and Lute. New York, Macmillan. $1.25. Catholic poetry in a selective, beautifully illustrated anthology. V E R N E , J U L E S Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. New York, Scribner. $ 2 . 5 0 . A hearty favorite of boys issued in a splendid edition. 7 8 C A T H O L I C R E A D I N G LIST W E B E R , L E N O R A Rocking Chair Ranch. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1936. 21 op. $2.00. A homey modern story of young people on a ranch. We need such Catholic home stories as this for the girls, badly. W H E E L E R , B E N S O N , A N D P U R D Y , C . L . My Brother was Mozart. New York, Holt, 1937. $2.50. Fictionized biography of Mozart with a complete and carefully revised glossary of Mozart's works appended. W I L L I A M S , M I C H A E L Little Brother Francis of Assisi. New York, Macmillan, 1937. l88p. $1.75. A very appealing biography of Saint Francis. W I L M O T - B U X T O N , E T H E L M . Stories from Old French Romances. New York, Stokes. $1.25. Famous old tales retold with color and a delicate charm. 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