The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-11-17
NEW PUBLICA TTONg.

'e ATe9 ~ sHe SGintS' by Kew. F. x. Weninoa,
ID D., 81. New York p. O'Shea.
d This volume No. Ill, contains not onlv =,
i lives of modern saints but also those of TN
beautihed servants of God. 1t has also an in
!" de1 to the now complete work.
i The records of modern saints are very int,
esting and furnish rs with much historica
? information concerning Japan and the 9th a.
eastern countries. The practical COZ sideratior,
, are also very instructive and many of the brio,
3 sentences startle rs with their truth and actn
? ality. For instance, when we read awe l;,,.
} in times when almost nothing is sin excont
} poverty"
How true! man may be guilty of almos.
every crime in the Decalogue, but if he bs r,h
there is no holding back Of respect and consid'
Grafton on the part of his fellow.mep. NotM..
is sin ercept porerty!
A man may violate his duties as a husbard
and father, may be living in open disrepa,d =,
| Gods commandments and in open defiance ~
the laws of morality but if he can copt,o,
little money or influence little trade. ther. :.
no SIN visible to the eyes of the world.
suoh men, as long as they have money. viii,
receive the worlds bow and the worlds hand
shake; but when they become beggars Az ,,oI,
as sinners, then the world will despise bo.b
their rags and their vices, and snddenly he.
coming blind to their poverty, will provs
wide awake to their foul and loathsome oaresr
Ii Christians would read the Lives of Tho
SAINTS more frequently, they might learn in
"nat sin truly consists, besides acouirinso
just appreciation OF that condition CALLED h,
coos servants, holy poverty!
COG Ihe Teacher of Mankind By Michael MILL.
C.7s Gss. d. New York: Benziger Brothers. New
niS WORK OF the learned and jealous Father
"oiler Is as interesting as it is Instructive and
- beautiful as it is solid. The aim of the
oook, winch is implied in the title, is to sbov
ID ali that God has done and is still doinp for
ne salVatlon of mankind. 1t is a book that
'e all need, for we all need to learn the won.
'erlni lessons of that great Teacher who will
ne cay be our Jndge also. The whole work
an explanation CT the Apostles Creed. and
snow how exhaustively each subject ia
eeatea' we find that the First Article: I beHe,e
goa. comprises over two hundred pages. and
1e Twelfth Article which is the last "an5
ie everlasting" comprises nearly one bundrsd
ages.
@'ner muller seems never to weary of his
SIX to enlighten souls, and as one of those
'mmissioned by Our Lord "to teach all ma.
ons," he is ever foremost in the work and
er Jealous in its performance
scturesaue Ireland. Bv John Savage. LID.
new York: Thomas Kelly.
1t seems like tautology to prefix the word
oturesque to that of Ireland, for is not Ire
no the very synonym of all that is pictur-
lue ana talrf Are not such spots as the vale
AVooa, the lakes of Killarney, the rock of Cas-
l, the caves of Ballybnnian, the bay of Glen
riff the shores of the Shannon, the valley Of
cklow, suggestive merely in name, of all
grace and loveliness that nature ever
ars But Mr.. Savage has done we'll to place
ore the eye those exquisite scenes of Irish
dscape which have been made familiar to
heart by the historisn's pen and the poets
g. He has done we'll to show to the world
" beautiful Ireland is, how truly she merits
title of Gem of the Sea-" and how her
lance captivates all those who look upon
until, like Macaulay, they exclajm in rap
Q and astonshment :"I never in nv life saw
: thing go beautiful"
he illustrations in PictUresque Ireland are of
highest order of merit, most artistic in
IT design and execution and most faithful
heir delineations. For those to whom Ire.
means homo and birtL place and land of
IT forefathers, this book must be rare and
cious treasure, awakening tenderest mem-
's OF the past and yearning hopes for the
Ire; but it must also prove rich treat to
who love Nature and are able to appreciate
the 1oak