The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-14

and history of the chosen people, tnelr
glory and their fall. when they knew not
| the time of their visitation The writer
| traces their subsequent history among the
| Gentiles, dwells on the distrust they
| everywhere met with in the lands of their
| sojourning-a disgrace to the Gentiles by
| the way-the efforts of various popes to
secure justice for them, according to
| this writer; and ends with some interest
ing figures concerning the race as 1t ex-
| lists today.
y lis the living thing a machine or Is II
something more? and wherein does man
differ from his fellow animals?' Who
| Is not interested in these questions which
are still debated outside the Cathohc
| church as holly as ever? The articles on
| intellect and instinct in very excellent
and comprehensive English make the
Catholic view clear to even the least
metaphysically inclined. Interest and in
stitution touch on matters psychological
while the article on Kant" by DR.. Tur-
ner Is a clear and comprehensive study
of a, system of. philosophy that has col
ored the thought of many modern
| thinkers.
The student of church music or indeed
the lover of seemly music In our churches
| can hardly fail to be interested in the
life of Father Lambillotte, the Jesuit, who
did SO much for the restoration of the
! Gregorian chant. IJe died in 1855. having
| inaugurated a new era in ecclesiastical
| music.
A scholarly and fascinating study of
| that strange figure of the thirteenth
century, the Franciscan poet, Jacopone da
Todi, who In his humility went sadded
and bridled like an ass through the
streets of Todi, is from the pen of Liva-
RUS Oliger, the historian, editor, of ar
chivum Franciscanum Hstoricum'
| According to the eighth volume of the
Catholic Encyclopedia, more than gen.
| Grafton ago the Catholic church in Ger
many was menaced by state absoutism
| which, If carried out according to the
mind of its promoters, would have left
no room for Catholicism 1t seemed i'm
| possible that the church could win; that
| It did win, according to the Encyclope
| dia, was a gain for the German nation
| as a whole. 1t is claimed that in help
| ing to break the power of state abso-
lutism in Germany Catholic leaders were
| indicating civil liberty for all. Under
the heading "Kulturkampf," the whole
| question is ably treated by Professor
SPAIN.
| Italy, the Oldest of the nations, and
| Japan, the newest, are among those
which are fully discussed, ably treated
| in the eighth volume. The heroic mis-
| sionaries of the past among the Indian
tribes of America continue to be record
ed by Father Campbell, S. J., whose re-
| cent work on this very subject has met
| with the applause of the whole secular
press of the United States and Canada
| Other articles of interest to the general
| reader are those on Popess Joan. on In
| gress, the painter; on Knownothingism,
| and on Lace A feature of the article
on Lace (from the distinguished pen of
| Mrs. Pollen) is the illustrations of rare
| lace designs in Rosepoint, Tela Tirata,
| and Needlepoint, from the third, thir-
teenth and fifteenth centuries many of
which are preserved in the Pollen col
| lection, London.
| The most unique feature of the eighth
| volume and of the whole encyclopedia,
so far issued, is the group of articles
devoted to Ireland.
| Juvenile courts are discussed by Judge
| De Lacy, Judge of the Washington, d.
| c., juvenile court.
| The Inquisition is most interestingly and
seemingly impartially discussed, giving
| an account of the measures taken to sup
press heresy in the western church dur
| ing the Christian era This article. Tn
| question: Is written by Father Blotzer,
| a distinguished Jesuit who is very out
| spoken and who freely confesses that
| there have been abuses and excuses on
the part of ecclesiastics in the suppress
| sion of heresy
| Another most important article deals
with the subject of Justification; one of
| the great fundamental subjects of dis
| pute between Luther and the Catholic
| church at the time of the Reformation.
Justification is said to be the transform
| ing of the sinner from the state of I'M
| righteousness to the state of holiness and
sonship of God The article is written by
| DIR. Pohle. professor of dogmatic theology,
| University of Breslau
| This reviewer could go on, and on, and
| on, citing worthy articles in the eighth
volume of The Catholic Encyclopedia, just
from the press, but he is compelled to
stop somewhere. Sufficeth to say that
the eighth volume is in. line with and
fully worthy of a place with the other
seven volumes all reviewed in this paper
| from time to time. The Catholic Ency-
clopedia, IA volumes, seven volumes yet
to be issued, is a great work indeed.
''The Early Bird" BY George Randolph
Chester. (Bobbs-Merril Coz
| Sam Turner in 1.-THE Early Bird has
| had to fight his way up in the world and,
| after putting his younger brother through
| college, he Is just reaching position
when the story opens, where he can
| perhaps soon attain stable business sue
| cess Sam starts off to take vacation,
| leaving his brother to look after bus
| mess at home, the business being a gen.
eral promoting graft. Before Sam Tur-
ner reaches the summer resort where
| he Is to rest he has met 1.-The Girl and
has become involved in a land deal In
which he tries to forestall the actions of
the pretty girls father. Business habits
are so strong in Sam that he cannot al
| low the opportunity of making q paying
| deal slip, nor can he avoid putting bus
mess first, even before the pursuit Of
| the beloved woman. Mr.. Chester would
| give his readers the impression that Sam
|uel did not put moneysbefore. love, when
he sets aside temporarily hts love-mak-
Ing. Maybe not. But Samuel Turner
nor anything like him never existed south
of Mason and Dixon's line-not for long;
no, indeed The truth is, that Sam per-
spred ioe and that the pretty girl in
the story should have sent him packing
at least 40 times day and kept him
where he was put.
| That's the, way the pretty girls-God
bless 'em!-do down in Dixie, If any Sam
uel Turner's happen on the pike; and the
| dogs don't catch 'em first.
! But as for the story. 1t is all right,
really Mr.. Chester, can. when he tries,
turn out some very interesting light read
ing.
1.-THE Early Bird" is that
|