The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1854-06-08

his narrative endeavored TO avoid the extremes
of admiration or adherence into which SO
many authors have been betrayed, when com
menting on the life and deeds of that unfortu-
nate Queen. The narrative Of Mr.. Headley is
spirited and entertaining.
THE OLD BREWERY AND NEW Mission HOUSE OF
THE FIVE POINTS BY the Ladies of the Mission.
New FORK: Stringer 4 Townsend
This is deeply interesting account of the
extraordinary missionary efforts which, COM
menced not long since, bid fair to produce an
entire revolution in that famous, or rather in
famous, locality in New York, known as the
Five Points. 1t elbows what Christianity can
effect, when brought directly to bear upon the
most loathsome vice, by heroic, determined
men and women, glowing with zeal to do good
to the outcast and abandoned. The profits on
the sales of the book, we are informed in the
preface, are to be applied to the support of the
Ladies Mission at the Five Points
THE LECTURES OF FATHER GAvAzzI. Corrected by
himself New York NJ. W Dodd For sale by
Gray g. Ballantyne and Taylor Maury, Washing
ton, d. c. vol, PIP. 1893.
We heard Father Gavazzi lecture twice, and
We felt the spell of mis- admirable elocution and
rhetorical power in the delivery Of the two lee
lures to which we listened though we but i'm
perfectly followed the course of his remarks,
from our great distance from him and his i'm
perfect pronunciation. The report we read in
the newspapers at the time, we had supposed
to be full, and so to give us all that was said
and worth knowing; so that this volume has
been laid aside for examination at some very
leisure hour. And now We have to say, that
every page of these lectures is full of the most
important facts and variations, grouped with
great skill and power. Father Gavazz is one
of the thousands of great and gifted minds who
cannot sink their nationality in their relations
to the Church of Rome-men who have for
long years hoped the time would como when
the Church Of Rome would range itself on the
side of freedom. All ages have had such mon,
and usually tho Pope has beguiled them by
promises of reform, until, wearied by fruitless
labor ard corrupted by honors conferred, these
great restless souls have been quoted in the
lsp of ease and Church preferments. In the
life OF Gavazzi revolution intervenes, and he,
like all great spirits, rose to eminence in the
storm and whirlwind of war and, once awake
and free from the shackles of caste, he would
not submit to go back to his priestly office, to
be lost in the gloom of monastery, or to spend
his life as the director of an academy. He was
eloquent-too much 80 for the peace of Plus *
and his Cardinals.
Gavazzi sees no hope for Liberty in Italy, 50
long as the Hierarchy holds its sway
One word as to this book-as to its merits
as literary labor 1t has been prepared by
the friend of Gavazzi, G. B. Nicolni, fellow
exile, and author of History Of the late Ro-
man Republic, and revised by himself; and, so
far as we know, it is the best book of the kind
extant. The lectures are twenty in ell. The
cost Of the book is one dollar, and we wish it
may have sale equal to the vastres1 Of the
subjects discussed.