The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-21
What to Read.

An able and excellent article in the Louie
Vile Adrocate, entitled PRIESTS and Press,"
suggested to us to bring again before our
readers the claims of the Catholic Almanac for
patronage.
From the article above alluded to, we learn
that there are $4,000 Protestant weeklies
circulated through the country, and only
16O, 900 Catholic weeklies. 1t also asserts that
around Henry w. Beecher's Church in Brook
Ign alone, there rotate three papers with cir
culation of 169 500 copies-more than the
united circulation of the Catholic press in the
United States.
The writer argues that this fearful disparity
is not caused by the supposition that Catholics
do not read, but by the fact that instead of
their own publications they read those of the
on-Catholic press.
Answering the objection, that our periodicals
are not equal to those of the Infdel or the nom
Catholic press, he replies that generous pa
tronage would ensure papers able to compete
with the brightest in the country in news, in
interest, in everything desiI able.
To another objection, that the people are
poor and must give what they can spare to the
Church, he answers, that charities not
limited so much by actual poverty as by dis
| in clination to give, and this disinclin alton
will sooner melt before the " constant drop
ping" of the words they read at leisure by the
freside, than it will before any other agency
you can bring to bear them.
Now the Catholic Almanac is an annual sold
at twenty five cents copy, containing Isl
pages of excellent matter, both instructive anC
edfying, solid and pleasing. The illustration
are very good, and are of characters and place.
| which should be dear to every Catholic heart
The life and features of the heroic Bshol
Ledochowski, the illustrious confcssor of tn,
! faith in Prussia, and a model of all Christians
whether of the laity clergy, should be care
fully studied by us all; and in these pages W,
tiud an excellent portrait of the man and al
admirable sketch of the holy priest and con
fessor.
There is also a drawing and sketch of Joa
of Arc, full of interest in themselves because G
the present, movement in France with a viey
to the canonzation of this noble virgin mai
tyr; and equally 80 because of the interest al
taching to the name of Edmee Pau, the youn
Lorraine artist whose short life was filed wit
noble and heroic acts. She wrote history
Our little Sister, Joan Of Arc and illustrated
with beautiful drawings. During the late wa
in France, she gave her time and talents
/. the wounded soldiers and unfortunate pri
t oners. She took down their names, she wrot
= letters for them, she drew portraits of them
send to their friends
When she died, the whole town of Name
followed her coffin, and fifty French soldier
weak from their wounds, formed part of tt
= procession.
y The portrait and lfe-sketch of James Melip
u the eloquent refuter of Mr.. Froude's caluu
II MES against Mary Stuart, is certainly worth
= few cents. He lived in our own day, and wa
6 much renown before death stilled his bus
IL hands. rare scholar, an accomplished gel
It tleman, true Cat holic, he is one of the gran
q facts which prove that the Church ever fo
n tiers virtue, learning and faith. Those men
q bers of his family who reside in our CITY ma
# well be proud of their gifted relative, viii
If we, as fellow-Catholics, may be permitted
= share in the same deep feeling.
Another American scholar and writer. who,
, our youth should be Taught to know and homo
y is DE-. J. v, Huntingdon. A convert from Ii