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leans G. d. Elder. W.
The Catholic World for August. New Yorh
Tne catholic Publication Society Co. New Or.
leans: G. d. Elder. VI
These sterling periodicals. are % mana,
American fashion, "on time," and bring thai,
accustomed freightsge OF mental psbulpr,
the Quarterly with seven solid. instructive ar.
ticles besides abundant book notices a..
World being filed with ta variety to suit, wa
are sorry to say, all tastes-for, to be candid.
We think suoh magazine as the catbol;,
Wor9d. should carefully svoid gratifying t..to.
that can enjoy such such stuff as Mabel wiI.
ley's Lovers.
We feel sure this un worthy production s,;n-
ped in inadvertently; for it is entirely ont =,
place in the midst of articles so refined. en,t,.
waited aud tasteful, as fill the Others pase. =,
the World.
The Commune in 1880. Downfall fthe Repubzc I,
by spectator. New York for sale by the|
American News Company. New Orleans a.
d. Elder. o'
This strange revelation of q seer has inst
reached rs. and will be more fully noticed
after perusal.
The American Catholic Quarterly Repie,o. Ju,y
1873. Philadelphia Hardy & Mahony, NsT
Orleans Chas. d. Elder
The present number contains, among ita
seven excellent articles, pepper by George D.
Wolf, on "Socialistic Communism in the
United States" which 10 the best description
of the growing evil We have read, and which
seems to meet every poir t as regards cause and|
effect, cure and prevention.
We think it ought to be spread all over the|
country; and if the editors of all secular
papers would republish it, moral revolution
might forestall the social one now SO threat
enirg.
The writer shows mp the folly of commun-|
ism and its impotency in amelioratipg the
condition of the poor. He also shows the|
besuty of the Religious life, and how the one|
is embraced through q supernatural motive
the other thorough purely nat t1ral one 81
in one, works the spirit of peace, harmony and|
ch arity, in the other, discord and hatred of
ones kind.
He compares the Orders in the Church with
the various sects who practice communism.
The former lead active intellectual lives-art|
is appreciated, science 10 studied and love of
Gods creatures finds noble and worldwide
hlust1 ations not 90 with the Qaakers, Sha.
kers, Ranters. Jumpers, and other communis|
tic scots. They represent, even from O pure1
~ humanitarian point of view, dull, unpro1
gressive, uDgraceful type of life, with no noble
aspirations or aims, no ser SO seemingly Of ths|
higher powers and capabilities OF human na-
tuce, and no provisions or influences tending
to develop them. Ne You look in vain|
among these societies for intellectual, highly
educated, refined men and women. They ars|
entirely utilitarian. Art is unknown among
them. Beauty and grace are not only not|
appreciated, but despised. Instrumental mu.|
sic is not allowed by some of them, and THE
vocal music that exists among them is gener
ally of the simplest character. Only
few of them have libraries, and where they
have them they are extremely limited, beth as
regards the number of books and the range Of
sui jscts."
But it is chiefly the writer's clear analysis
of the relations between the employer and the
employee, that should be read alike by rich
and poor. The whole analysis is founded upon
juatice and truth, and we believe the million
aire and the day-laborer will both feel that
the picture drawn is correct in all its lights
and shadows. The remedy suggested for the
extortion of one part of mankind and for the
suffering and discomfort of another, is an in
fallible one. But one of the evils of the day
is to be Indifferent to true remedies, and eager
ly to run after those that only aggravate the
disease and made it more prolonged and fatal.
The six other articles, viz: &c La Sale and
the Jesuits," by Rev. E. Jacker; " The syriac
Ferial Office" by Very Rev. James a. CorcoraD,
D. D.; "Cstholio Poetry of the English Ian
guage,"by NJ. F.s.; "The Plantation of Dss-
mond," by Rev. D. Murphy, s. J "sixtus W.
by s. B. A. Harper-are as excellent, instruct
i've and learned as they are varied and later.
esting.
The book notices are, as usual, courteous
and scholarly, but at the same time discrimi'
mating and just. Bat, as we said before, the
one article for this summers reading and
seric US meditation, is that of "Socialistio Com
munism in the United States"