The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-02-14
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rary' masterpieces

ifs among the most perfect of cortempo-
rary' masterpieces.
"Our Lady of Guadalupe" BY Kev: ..
! It Roche. is a delightful and eulLyIH7
! booklet of 100 pages, containing Lus-
| tory of the wondrous apparttion OF Our
Blessed Mother on Tepeyacae MI
Guadalupe, Mexico; together VITA
minute description of the miraculous
Painting, given by the Blessed :, u =, =
| to the Indian, Juan Diego, as well as a.
| enumeration of the numerous proofs
documents, ETC., in support of the u
pernatural origin of the same. 70 lIliS
| is added the briefs of sovereign pohtl-Is
and a short history of some OF the IncAs
famous miracles, making it alt9SetIl =
a work from which the learned anu IN
learned may derive much benetlt. ne
authors purpose in publishing this
pamphlet is made known in the preface.
He says:
Il am firmly convinced that the time
is ripe for a wider propagation of devo-
ton to Our Lady of Guadalupe
amongst English-speaking Catholics
and particularly amongst the Catnollcs
of our own land.
THE story of Our Lady Of Guada-
Iupe' furnishes one of the most remark
BILE proofs of the charity, goodness anu
mercy of the Blessed Virgin toward
mankind to be found in the history or
the world.
at is a story of Gods goodness and
Mary's love, which ought to be Known
by Catholics everywhere.
THE story of this little booklet is to
contribute in a slight measure, at least
towards this desired end.
May its production be for Goa
glory and for the honor of His Immac-
ulate Mother-'Our Blessed Lady OF
| Guadalupe
AS Our Lady of Guadalupe" is pa
troness of Central and South America
Cuba, Mexico, Porto Rico and that por-
ton of the United States formerly en-
braced in the territory of New SPAIN
Father Roche's book should have
wide circulation. To aid in it's distri0u-
ton will promote in a most effeef2Ve
manner devotion to our Blessed Mother.
Father Roche is his own publisher. The
book may be obtained by ordering from
the author @ev. J. T. Roche, Fairbury.
Neb. Single copies 10 cents; special
rates for orders of 100 or more copies.
THE Five of Diamonds" by Mrs.
Guthrie, is rather improbable IaIe
with many sensational features. The
heroine, Esther Goldstein, is devout
Catholic, despite her name. She is de-
votedly attached to her step-Sister,
Adela, whose frivolous mother per-
suades her to marry a member of the
secret society. A train of mishaps fol-
lows this misguided step. Wearying Of
Adela and the poverty that marriage
with her brought on him, Paul Reinoff
deserts her, or rather makes up his
mind to annul his marriage and con-
tract another with a wealthy Russian
lady. In the meantime he becOpSA Il
victim of the Five and is sentenced to
Siberia. Esther is reconciled to Adela
and provides her with means to follow
her husband on the Siberian march.
But he repulses her brutally, and even
attempts to kill her. There are nu-
merous grewsome details before com
paratively tranquil end is reached. 1t
may be said for the author that
throughout the story she endeavors to
show the influence of the church in
molding exemplary lives, but the omis-
sion of overdrawn. unduly sensational
situations would have greatly improved
the character of the story as a whole.
H. l.. Kilner & Co., Philadelphia.