, 1876-11-18
srcn,-but that " Ills rancrrDus and passluratu
rhetoric must 10 for what It Is worth.

AAs@FnAA~ H'Ank ~ Ava "tH~ ~ ~ ""At'h
CATHOLICISM AND I'AGAEISAi.
CONTEMPORARY EVUl.ET1OS: AN EssAY 1v
HnM f!EcENr s'niAL GHASHEs. nY ST. flKottiE
AiisAnf. i:n'"', ~. Eth. New York; u. Ap'
The argument presented In this essay Is In
tercgtfng us canltl expression of the npIntons
VI II n1an whose vision llas hccr broatlcncd by
extensive anl exact aclcntlilc culture, and whose
intelligence yields tho most jealous and unques-
tionlng faith To tho dogmns Of tic Rotnan-
Catholic Church. In cdrtaIn departments Of
Natural History his word IS accepted a.nong
the learned III England us All authority; In
Questions pertaining To religious, civil, and
social a(In!rs, his viewA nrc regarded by tt,usc
outside nf his sect rs subject to fatal distortion
through The Influence nf desppttc creed. hut
II Is ns representative nf the more enlightened
portion OF The buly VI Catholics that lie speaks
In the present volume md In tils character 1t
Is worth while To hear what he has to say,
Tho inquiry which Mr. Mtvart undertakes 10
dIsposs of relates to the ultimate effect upon
Christianity Of The ruyIval Of the pagau scns,.
nicnt, whlrl', beginning With tho thirteenth,
century. Is continuing It's uninterrupted prog.
rcss through tile rrc.ett era. Tile ltsc of the
ter,u Christianity hc lfmita strictly tt, thc
CltholiG hHrch,-FrOlcKtAntisn being declared
1y l'ltn Negative factorin the 8t,nl OF furucs
which lave tna'le ~ Impress on tic world; nr,
tranttn! It s',c little elect, 1t as been merely
ChristIan 'isiiitcgratton. The Increasing spread
of aganf.tn for It'll inlcti.tc pcrisul Il, euc r.
considered by him as RATIONAL forecas: FROM
tn, present attitude of things. It! a'tn!ttei,
worst TINT may result fruni the full ,leyt!np-
ment OF tic workings 1T scientific, p!losopiifc,
and estctle evolution fs reclaimed II, tItc .r.v,.-
latton; MIL yet Is l"uked nrou without ,lisn,ny,
Inf,&
Catholic Chtsrch !. confidently twedt .tc,l.
The ca'lses which will secure tllc rc-rsa,fsll-
,ntit uf Christianity arc: First, til. reactn
which nnat sooncr ur Inter Fct It, against the
the popular tislc toward the old ttcocrAcy. Sec
emily, the c..usa.i,nf Of the 1,copc in Sc!encp
and philosophy wi! bring tllenl Into closcr rull-
ncstloil witlt the Slrrgy, su! enable them to
Church; and, thus Invested OF prejudice and
alarm, they will readily tGnlc ,I,,lsr IT. control
| agatn. Thirdly, thu ef[crt upon the Church
been to strengthen Its 'rga,'ization, to give prc
cs,o' and tlfHtiuctnsss To ia do4snas, tt perfect
unanfnfty IN the faith mud ni.ns of tts followers.
and to increase thu efficiency Of Its Eorernilt.
power. While losing It's hold upon Npora!t.
sway, aud, by tho stimulus of opposition, It llas
Developed vgnr, discipline and nrtlor, mil pre-
pnrctf Itself for the right maintenance ii tho
supremacy II IS IGfeslttcf TO attAi1,
| III unfolding his argument, Atr. M!rnrt Is, In
the man, cuol III Ills Misunderstanding for Ills
| nplnions tr respect belonging to them as tic
utterances Of MI lo,lcst Catholic; but urea.
stunally tassion gets the better of courtesy, AMI
he fndulges III the usc nj bitter wor.ls. Calling
BIstnurclt, dar!badi, and Vtctor Emmanuel
"obeccnc creatures III rapfnc," nlNl "utc)carl
vnltures anl hycllas,'" may crafty persoai
spitc, but It does INT add weight to the autl'or's
assertions, nnr inrrcasccoaltrnrcin III the rl,arita
qI1n Rutrit n} thu Church hn 1rf,ru11ft,s ff,rtn
1'yndall, and othc,e ut the naturnstc school ol
scientists, receive sid.-l,tta Of considerable
severity now nid then; but, to this sort Of treat
nent from MI. Mirart, theyare well accustomed
| THE EARTH.
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a vast topic, like ttat Of tho slow eincryoncc
OF our world from n condition Of chaos OF III
preparation through long geologic ages for ts,<
liabltatton Of plants and animals. and Of their
evolution frn1M the lowest for1us to the highest
In The scale OF being, Ia II difficult one to com,
press into thu pages OF u single duodecInio. Al
most, only tic csscnttal points Of tue subject
can be introduced; and these, to afford ron
lectcd and comprehensive tdca NJ tho wllule
must be graphically presented, anl 80 skill
fully linked together that the gaps which must
| frequently octl,r shall Do 81 distributed, and
their existence so indicated, that n true per
| spcctive slsaIl be properly preserved. 1t Is .
task detnnndlng complete mastery Of thc theme,
skill III maintaining symmetry while diminish
| ing tta proportions, talent for writing lucid
narrntfYc, And ample time.
Prof. Cunning gives Buf1cfent evidence OF
possessing tho first qualiticnt[U 1its funIltari
ty with tho faets Of the carlta history Is tmt Of
one trained to rcpclt them from memory and III