The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1959-03-06
Young Adults
THE LIGHT. Simultaneous.
Vanguard. $500.

A story of the Basque coun-
try. its people, and the snug
Cling which goes on over the
border. The main character is
a girl who becomes blind. but
is helped during her blindness
by the one who was instru-
mental in causing her blind
ness. She finally regains her
sight. An exceptional story.
THE MORE THE MERRlER.
Lenors M%sftinsIy Weber.
croweIl. s2.75.
The title expresses the
readers verdict on the Beany
Malone stories. The plot of
this latest of the series in
which Beany finances a project
by becoming a temporary
clearinghouse keeper. seems
slightly more contrived than
earlier ones. But the heroine
is still the happy, wholesome
Beany, who retains her win
some girlishness as she APP
proaches a beautiful maturity.
MY LADY MIRIAM. Meianie
Msrnss. Newman. 1925.
Warmly and wildly the au-
thor retraces the known facts
of Mary's life. The book is
both inspiring and historical
ly accurate, unusual in its
beauty of expression and
depth of spiritual perception.
MY LAST BOOK. James M.
ellis, esp, Kennedy. 1895.
Brief meditative thoughts by
an intellectual and spiritual
giant. written during the last
year of his life. The subject
matter is deep and of uni
versal urgency, but the clarity
of expression makes them easy
for young people TO grasp
and ponder.
THE NUNS ANSWER. A
CsrmeIite Nun. Resnery. $3.50.
A young sister records in
diary form. her impressions
during the five years between
the day she realizes that she
has a vocation to the day OF
her profession. Because of
her emphasis on external hap
penings ii is a more accurate
picture of "life in religion
than of religious lfe."
PADRE PIo. Nesta De Re-
beck. Bruce. S2.o5.
In our own times Padre Pho
of San Giovanni Rotondo in
Italy has gained wide public
ity by reason OF the physical
stigmata that he hears in his
body. For anyone who would
like to know something Of the
unusual life OF this holy man
this present work will be most
enlightening.
PORTRAIT OF A PARISH
IsH PRIEST. Lsneelot Shep-
psrd. Newman. $3.50.
A fascinating picture of st.
John Baptist Vlaney striving,
working, praying, warning,
%consoling. advising his flock,
and finally by his sanctity and
unearthly wisdom, winning
countless souls 10 Christ in
his remote village Of AIRS.
RESCUE DOG or The
HIGH PASS. Jim kieisssrd.
Dodd. $500.
This is an interesting story
of a Swiss boys love of his
ST. Bernard Dog. Not able to
learn readily in school. Franz
thought he was worthless, but
he proves himself, with the
help of his faithful dog, as a
worker for the monks at the
st. Bernard Holspice.
ST. ANTHONY. THE MAN
WHO FOUND HIMSELF. Nor
man Painting and Michael
Day. Franciscan Herald Press.
$3.50.
A simple but dramatically
presented fictional biography
of the loved wonder-worker OF
Padua. For many years An
thony walked through dark
places frightened by faith
alone, until he came TO the
happy certainty OF Gods de-
signs for him.
SEPARATED BRETHREN.
VIM. j. Whalen. Bruce. $3.50.
Sub-stitled survey Of non
Catholic denominations in the
United States" it discusses
thirty-six groups, including
the Protestant denominations
and less clearly defined
groups. 1t gives information
on founders, origins, early