The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-12-13

munity in which they life. The organ
| list is Jesus Christ himself, the divine
director of the harmony of the relig-
| ious life If this harmony is to be
perfect, the human elements of the
| spiritual instrument must be in &C
cord with one another, attentive to the
| Masters directions, and responsive to
| his behests. Following out the figure
| the music of Christian life is the glad,
willing service of God and our neigh
Dor required of every man and woman,
whether in religion or in the world.
The book presents a new departure
in the literature of spiritual treatises,
being, as it were, popular manual of
religious perfection, a sort of Spirit
ual Life Made Easy" it's hardest les
sons made winsome and acceptable.
The alIegory is sustained throughout
and admirably adapted to carry home
convincingly the practical lessons of
caution and counsel suggested by the
authors sympathetic insight into the
spirit of the real religious The re-
oesses of the human mind and heart
holds fewer. secrets from Fra Arminio
than from many even of our most sue
cessfuI problem novelists. His humOr
is of the sort that leaves a smile in
stead of q sting, and his pen is kind
even when it is keenest in tracing
shame and self-deceit.
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In the Days of King Hal. By Mar
ion Ames Taggart. Benziger Bros,
Pubs. New York. Price $1.25.
Those who have read other books by
the same author will no doubt be much
surprised not only with the very be-
ginning but also throughout the entire
work So changed is the atmosphere |
in which we find Miss Taggart that it !
it difficult to believe that it is she who |
is writing. The contrast is so great |
that she seems a complete reverse of !
herself. Heretofore we have met her |
as gay, jovial and full of sunshine. |
But now she is serious, sombre and |
tragetic
In King Hal she gives as a romantic |
tale in historic garb of the days of /
King Henry V. 1t opens and closes
in picture of sadness which is col
ored throughout with the same spirit.
The work is well executed and its at
fractions added to by the many excel
lent illustrations. Yet somehow, we fail
to shake off the feeling that it is some
one else not Miss Taggart who is tell
ing the incidents. To her new-found
friends, however, such a course will
not be the case and they Will all enjoy
her latest book
We welcome two new devotional
books, both compiled by priests and
published with ecclesiastical approval
Little Manual of ST. Joseph" by the
Very Rev. Dean Lings; and THE Holy
Rosary in Presence of the Blessed Sac
by the Very Rev. Gerard Bee
caro-, of the Order of Mount Carmel.
For ga Ie nv RenZigPr RrOtherS
The Round Table series of tales
from representative Catholic novelsts
Of the several leading countries of
published by the Brothers
Benziger. has been most worthily adj
led to in "a Round Table of Represen-
tative German Catholic Novelists"-be-
ing the fourth in the series. There is
4 quality of humaneness in German {
lotion which stands in marked contrast
to the cold looded results of it's sci
entific literature. In the novels and i
stories of Germany one unfailingly -,
inds the reflection of the best of hu- {
nan nature-kindliness love of home
and family, tenderness for the young ,
and care for the aged, with that cheer 7
and charm of family life which seems l
almost peculiarly German. The present {
volume contains stories by Rntonio ,
Jungst, Karl Domanig, Everilda Won !
Putt, NJ. Herbert, Emmy Giehrl H. I
<erner and a number of others. Each |
story is prefaced by a biographical
ketch of it's writer, with Imprinted
lalf tone set in a decorative border. y
The book should find a warm welcome
rom Germans and form all whose ac- U
luaintance with German literature is
Tut slight, and which must, perforce, =
,e learned through translation. The i
translation is III smooth, idiomatic Q
english No better book could be cho-
en- for Christmas gife. New York,
tincinnati, Chicago: Benziger Bros,
1.50 postpaid) r