The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

| name OF It's lllueJrlOhS aubnOEb ohnooASNO -
once it's useful object, interesting matter ana
| able treatment. Concerning the manner and
value of it's English rendering, we can use no
moro suitable words than these of our own be-
loved and venerable Archbishop, himself one
| of the most profound scholars OF the age:
GAS the writings of Reverend J. B. Saint
Jure 8. j., rank high among the beet spirit
nal works we joyfully authorize S the Ri.1nd RG61,d,
9stjoD in EIslish Tbs h,s by
Religious Of our diocese. is not only faultiess,
but elegant and We rejoice in the hone that
this excellent work, which we cordially ny, re, e.
commend both to clergy and lslty, Will Dc
useful to q vast number of sous
NAPOLEON JOSEPH,
Archbishop of New Orleans"
We learn from the Publisher that this yalus-
BILE work is for sale at the Catholic Bookstores,
generally.
4nthonv: or, The Silrer Cyucifr. Translated
from the French of II. De Beugnon.
Conversations on Home Education or Mothers
Adrice to her Children. Translated from the
French by the Lady Blanche Murphy.
The Adventures ofa French Captain, at present q
Teras Planter. By just Girard. Translated
from the French.
Here are three attractive presentation books,
just issued from the press of Messrs Benziger
Brothers, New York, Cincinnati and st. Louis,
at the very moment when such books are
their most deserving pupils.
The first volume is an interesting story in
culcating o wholesome moral the second, q
very thorough manual Of instructions on sub
jects of vital interest to every woman, while
| the third portrays some phases of American
frontier life that will be new to many young
readers.
The whole series is printed on good paper
pl friI1 mt
oove1s, embellished with gold and ink arabes-
ques; but doubtless many conscientious Catho-
lies will consider that their greatest claim to
public esteem lies in the fact that they all
bear the approval of His Eminenoe, Cardinal
McCloskey.
| Handbook Of Instructions and Derotons for the
French, by Rev j. P. O'ConnelI, D. D. New
York; Catholic Publication Society Co. 1873.
| This little manual has been widely used in
France for nearly forty years, and seeing its
great usefulness, it is wonderful that so long q
period should have elapsed before it was placed
| within the reach of English readers. AS the
| translator justly says, sit is, indeed, most
useful and invaluable guide, not only for Sod
alities of young ladies, but for every pioIs
Catholic maiden. That it may be profitable
to all those " ho seek to love and initiate Mary
here below, and may lead them through the
door of her heart to heaven, is the earnest
praye of the translator"
Tho Church and the Gentle Vorld. By Aug. J.
Thebaud, s. ]. New York: Peter F. Collier.
This fine work of the learned Father The
baud is in two volumes, comprising about
one thousand pages and accompanied by
four maps, bound separately, 80 that the
reader can follow the writer as he unfolds the
marvellous spread of Christianity from Jerusa-
lem, the starting point over the whole known
world. The design of the work is to show that
the establishment of the Christian religion
was not effected by human means alone but
first and above all by miraculous agencies, by
the supernatural interposition of divine Prov
idence, planning, directing and accomplishing
events in His own time and by His own chosen
instruments.
It is difficult to review the book with cold
and critical phrases while the warm lines are
open before us, and the magnificent details
chain our whole attention. Closing the two
volumes and looking at them as whole, we
know not how to begin, in order to show the
wide and splendid field through which Father
Thebaud leads the Christian mind.
Interior Asia, Persia, Armenia, India, the
Greek-speakiDg countries, Rome, Western Eu'
| rope and Africa, these are the places we are
| invited to explore, and where wc are to meet
evidences of missionary zeal and apostolic
labor in the very earliest ages of the Church.
The chapters Prophecies are exceedingly
| interesting, and re veal the wonderful workings
| of the divine plan in clear and startling man
ner. The profound knowledge of ancient
rites, of classic works, of philosophic lore. all
make this work standard guide in these mat
| ters and grand didactio work regarding
the spread of Christianity, there is none to
compare with it in the English tongue The
Unity, Cattolicity and Apcstolicity of the
Church are shown forth in all the labors of
the past, in all the wonderful events Of every
age, in all the prosecutions brought to bear
against Her mission, and, in all the marvellous
disposition of circumstances by which She