The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1884-06-07 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

YUMAN ON THE MISSAL.  1 M. Ernest &UM is about to publish • new bait under the title "Nouvelle, Etudes elltudoire Rollgieuse." In the preface the Mortrious Uttar:dew says: "Some Fames having told me of the satisfaction with which they have reed eartaln useesges of my writings, and having drawn edification aad con. solarica hos the same, I have thought of collecting those pamper and publishing them in • little volume to be called " Lectures nausea." I should divide it into 52 who for the 52 Sundays of the year. For eath Sunday I would VVe an allied from the Gospels and from the 1 Fathers of the spiritual life, to be followed by • prayer and a short passage for edification and comfort. Except for attain omissions, • pious woman would perceive no <llliterates between such • book and • prayer-book that she carries with her to church. Perham she would end in preferring it in many respects. That would be indeed • fine victory. I will not oatmeal that of all books the etie which makes me most envious is the Missal. That book contains certainly many very beautiful things. It must, notwithstanding, be confessed that the behas bad singular poll 'mews. To merit read in the beam el inerliar gzdscditnele, to enrej the ieeleimehl• get-Aces of riv:thigthe undivided gess Of a iroinan el- the moment that she believes herself akefr with her Creator, the /diesel ought to be ROTOR of gold and fine linen. But it is nothing of the kind. This little volume, which mit many choice beings press with a fervent band, and sometimes bear to their lips, contains weaknesses, and other things which encourage woman errors, nrrmle grievous habit of compromising too much with absurdity. Thew lines, upon which so many charming eyes are fixed with • kind of paarionate tension, are often almost devoid of sense. A great step would be accomplished on the day that we could place in the hand of woman • less imperfect book of d-votion. Far be from me the thought of undertaking a work so delicate, where success could only be achieved by dint of talent, feeling, and ingenuous nese. I would pimply collect in • portable form • few snionclemgorre pagzentirtedthe,67:thoef their rmoela wissidor womenktywhligozet ambition would be satisfied if I could hope, upon my death, to enter the Church under the form of • little volume, bound in black morocco, to be held between the long tapering fingers of • finely-gloved hand."  The number of children who took part in the annual procession of Church of England Sunday• schools in Manchester on Monday was estimated to exceed 20,000. -  - The Governor of Durham Gaol received an official intimation that the sentence of death passed upon William Smith at the last Durham amazes for the murder of hie wife had been commuted to penal servitude faints. The Danish gunboat Tyne ham arrived at Stornoway with a party of naturalists, who are proceeding to the Arctic Seam for the purpose of exploring the Danish settlements of Iceland and Davis Straits. The party landed at Stornoway, and inquired minutely into the fishoiring operations there. A large district in Drogheda was suddenly deprived of water on Monday, and the water company's men were puzzled to account for the stoppage. On examination being made it WU found that • pipe had been stopped by on enormous eel several feet in lenirtb and of unusual thickness. CaIkILIA DAILY LEADER —Brief trod nolioul/2.30 Weds 11., iii insertion&