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ward & Lothrop.
Even were the identity of the author
of this work not generally known to be
that of GoSse. the eminent English
author and critic, the book would inevi-
tabIy attract the widest attention. The
theme is so compelling and the pres
entation so mastery that no thoughtful
man could fail to yield to its charm. The
sto-y is that of the relationship between
a father and son during the second half
of the nineteenth century. The father
was scientist a completely possessed
devotee of an austere phase of English
Professionalism. whose life was embitter-
ed by his failure to reconcile his scientific
discoveries with the rigidly orthodox
tenets of his religion. The son, fostered
in an atmosphere of science, was pre-
destined to rebellion from the creed OF
his parents The gradual division in
thought between the two, and the final
separation constitutes a soul-tragedy of
whose sincerity the reader cannot fail
to be convinced.
Aside from the personal claim that such
a narrative must possess. the significant
feature is that this conflict was typical
of countless others that were In progress
during those critical years when Oar
wins Origin of Species" was beginning
to revolutionize the thought of the world.
A
Is derived from the fact that the phase
of life is already a thing of the past. to
be forgotten unless 1t be preserved In
SOME such candid yet restrained form as
the author of the book has been able to
create.
An admirable feature of Father and
Som is that the author has been so far
the possessor of an indestructible sense OF
humor and of nice a faculty OF OBJ
servation, rendered effective by SO COM
ticffo
tive instead of being somber-as the
theme would naturally make it's full of
light and color. The types of character
are already almost archaic to the modern
world; they are presented with unfailing
skill: each member of the little COM
munion CT THE Saints lives again. AS
for the portraits OF the father and
mother. they are rendered with so re-
markable a compound of keenness and
exquisite sympathy that they must unfail-
ingly live in the permanent portrait gal
lery of the worlds significant personali-
ties.
THE CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA.
An International Work of Reference
on the Constitution, Doctrine. Disci-
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Church Edited by Charles G. Her
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lated the editors and publishers to even
create efforts in the second volume of
this great work. just about to appear
In this second volume of the fifteen
which will constitute the entire produc-
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coming very close to the minds and
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