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of years. can not be read in the glance OF
moment; and @ labor which is at once mon
ument of love, ZEAL and erudition can not be
criticised by an idle passer-by.
The gifted author styles his work Life Of
Pias TX. thus modestly placing 1t In class
of similar productions and claiming in it's be-
half neither privileges nor peculiar exceiien-
ces. The style in which it is written, is, OF
course, exceedingly beautiful, for Rev. ber'
nard O'Reilly has an artists skill in moulding
thought into clear and graceful expressions
The work is very voluminous; but Pope e.Flus
Life will still afford material for many future
volumes. One of our contemporaries seems 10
object to the space devoted to the early years
Of the Pontificate but we do not see this i"o'
in the light of a blemish
The trials of the new roller of Rome, and the
widespread plots and counter-plots ofgah'Zeu
against his government; the various causes oi
agitation and discouteht among the people.
and the dissensiops in the Papal Caolnet; the
strategy of the Radicals, and the policy and
position of the Pope, those eurely are leading
events which shaped the destiny not only OF
the Pontificate but of the whole of Italy
Tborouebly to understand what Plus TX
bas undergone as Ruler, Pope, and man at the
hands of his people, his subordinates and his
enemies, it is necessary to unfold ell the links
in the tcomplicated chain of conspiracy,
treachery, ill.faith and rebellion which
stretched itself about the person of the Pom
tiff and finally dragged from it's foundations
the temporal power of the Pope, and the 1nde-
pendence of the Papacy. This has been done
by our author in q necessarily lengthy man
ner but it throws clearer light upon subse-
quent events and brings into stronger relief all
the details of the great Life before US.
The impertinent dictation of Napoleon, the
conflicting aims of the Catholic powers, and
all the other obstacles to the noble policy OF
Plus TX, can not be related in few pages; ;
and we can only praise the writer who has
done his part in vindicatng the thoughts
words, and actions of our Holy Father from
the sneers of Liberals, the taunts of Pro-
testauts and the calumnies Of all haters of
order and authority.
A few inaccuracies on historical points,
which have crept into the book, can, and no
doubt, will be corrected in future editions.
These are not very important, but serve to af-
ford a pretext for dsparagpg a really fine
work.
One wonld hardly expect to find our late
illustrious friends the carpet baggers, referred
to in a Life of the venerable Head of the
Church but we read in connection with the
STRUCTURES of the press in England, France
and the United States upon the Holy Father
for not granting unconditional pardon tc
all who had been concerned in the late revolr
ton, these words page 800:
"We, Americans, boast-and right fully
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life was sacrificed for merely political OF
fense. Most true. But the disabilities IN
Cured for these same offences have not ye
| been removed from Thousands upon thousands
nor are they likely to be for some time yet
| Nor in the States which eeceded have the ceep
| fearfHl end rHinoWs affects Of carpet bag nus
| rule and domination cUue to an end after twelv'
| years of misery and suffering TO millions o
| freemen ana fellow citizens."
The italics are ours, but the cGecto describe
are still felt by our people, although th
nisrule and domination have come to an end.
We might criticise diffusiveness of style
an exuberanoe of figures, an amplifacation c
thought which though charming as compost
ton, are at times tedious in an histories
work.
The book is elegantly gotten up, bound
purple and gold, with finely tinted pages
clear, large type, and bears on its title pag
the appTo baton and commenoatlon OF n
Eminence, the Cardinal Archbishop of Ne
York.
The work is beautiful souvenir of our Hol
Father and should be treasured up by all b
children. 1t contains information very valu
BILE to the general reader, and very interestin
to the devout Catholic. Its pages are replet
with Incentives to virtue for the young, an
with consoling reflections for the old; in
word, it is "a Life which is model to b
men, and over which must soon fail tt
) shadow of a Death which, while it embalr
the memory, will also glOrify the name AZ
pontitcate of Plus TX.
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l Lawrence kehoe.
c These two numbers of the Standard Arithm
s tic are very carefully gotten up, both as 7
D CARDS type and binding, and include mar
D subjects entirely new to the student. v
: find, for instance, list containing the name
t number of gnns and tonnage of all the vesse
belonging to the United States navy. Al
the size Of the Legislative bodies of the
ferent States, population of all large citi
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