The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-05-07

| deaths and burials. There are no sound
ing titles or boastful pretensions. And
both of these, the pagan and the Chris
tian, the pompous title OF early greatness
and the meek memories of Christian
| love and sorrow, are objects of equal
study to the American students in Rome
Then there is Prof. Norton, son of the
well-known scholar and professor OF
Harvard, Charles Eliot Norton, who de-
| livers lectures on sculpture.
Mr.. Norton has passed four years of
fruitful study at Athens and his natural
| aptitude for this subject fed full In
the remnants of Greek art, or early
that repository of the grand art of an
cient Greece. Hence his discourses on
copies of celebrated statues by the great
masters Of Greece to be met with in tho
Roman collections OF sculpture, are re-
plete with that knowledge which comes
from an acquaintance with the actual
works that Greece still possesses.
His pupils say of him that he throws
light on his subject, on the artistic
methods employed by sculptors in diff
!, ferent periods and under varying cir
cumstances, according to the nature of
the deity or parsonage they sought to
represent, which you would vainly seek
for in the pages Of the great authorities
In Greek sculpture, such as Furstwan-
gler, Max Colligon and others.
In this connection II is well to men,
| tion that the authorities at the Vatican
are particularly gracious in Offering fa-
cilities to the students Of the American
school in Rome in the pursuit of their
studies. Not only that, but Commenda-
tore Enrico Stevenson, who is custodian
| of the Numismatic cabinet of the Vutl-
can, delivers discourses on the subject
| OF medals, illustrating them with med
ais selected from the Vatican collection.
Among other evidences of the infu-
ence and effectual presence of the
American mind in Italy may be men
toned the publication of selection Of
Archbishop Ireland's discourses, trans
lated into Italian.
This work which has recently ap-
! peared, is published at Milan, and is
entitled la Chiesa la Societa Mod
| erna-the Church and Modern Society,""
| 1t is translated from the third and lat
! est American edition, and is the only
Italian translation authorized by the
| author, being the work of the Countess
| Sabina di Parravicino di Revel.
In a notice prefiXed to this translation
Countess Parravici14 writes that it is
we'll readers shoulG know that these
/, discourses were not written for Italian
readers, and that they have not been
modified in any degree in being turned
into Italian; indeed, this translation
was not even submitted to the revision
of the illustrious author. who only after
three years asking permitted the transla-
ton into Italian.
Readers, therefor, will not forget
that these Catholic discourscs arc like
wise American" continues the translat-
or, delivered on occasion Of grand
American solemnities, and therefore
Informed by American thought and
sentiment. Whosoevcr does not take
! this fact into account could grasp only
with difficulty the sense of them, and
would, perhaps, receive an impression
not always favorable"
Each discourse is prefaced with a
note recording the occasion and cir
cumstances of Its delivery.
In conclusion, Countess Parravicino
di Revel says: ''In such fashion the
readers may appreciate these master
pieces Of Catholic cloqucnce, which
come to us from America, enjoy their
manly robustness, which seems at
times to touch on roughness. and, above
all else, draw from them q benefit for
moral and social well being Such, at
least, is the intention and the hope CT
the translator"
These are the discourscs put into
italian and published in this first VOL
ume: "The Pontiff and His Times" de-
livcred by Archbishop Ireland after his
return from Rome, in July of 1892;
CHARITY in the Catholic Church., de-
livered in July, 1886, in the 18th annual
session of the national conference of
charities and correction in st. Paul;
The Church and the Present Age" de-
livcrcd in the Cathedral of Baltimore
on the 18th of October 1S93 on occasion
Of the 25th anniversary OF the episcopal
conservation OF His Enmincnce Cardinal
Gibbons, and in presence of 13 archbish-
ops and so bishops The discourse IN
patriotism was delivered in New York,
before the commandcry OF the Loyal Leg
ion of New York, 4th Of April, 1894, the
archbishop himself being member Of
the same legion. The last of the series
is that on Human Progress" delivered
during the Columbian exposition, before
the auxiliary congress" These are th'.
themes, as treated by Archbishop Ire
land, which, translated into Italian, are
now in the hands Of Italian readers, and
which are being read by the Romans as
examples of the American mode OF treat
ing ancient arguments in this present
| day