Pope Leo XIII
Subtitle: His Life And Work
Publisher: Chapman & Hall
Published: 1899
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: PART I; title: CHAPTER I; title: THE POPE'S EARLY LIFE; title: Carpineto — The Pecci family and their home — The Pope's birth and childhood 1; title: CHAPTER II; title: SCHOOL DAYS; title: In the Jesuit College — Father Ubaldini's predictions — Story of a tonsure — First Communion — A ten-year-old poet — Taking Orders — A mother's death 14; title: CHAPTER III; title: STUDENT DAYS IN ROME; title: A new Gregory of Nazianza — The first oration — The 1829 Conclave — Curious sketch of a new Pope by a future Pope — The Reverend Joachim Pecci as sportsman — Father Salvagni — First public thesis — The 1831 Conclave — The Revolution — Reporter and diplomatist — The Arcadian shepherd 27; title: CHAPTER IV; title: THE PRELACY; title: Hesitation — "Wait a moment" — Enforced repose — Arguments and competitions — Cardinal Sala — The Minor Orders — The Prelacy — Cholera — A premature will — Full Orders — The first Mass 45; title: CHAPTER V; title: FROM BENEVENTO TO PERUGIA; title: Delegate to Benevento — A province overrun with brigands — A "Resurrection" — Triumph — Delegate to Perugia — Reception of Gregory XVI — Opening of the Via Gregoriana 58; title: CHAPTER VI; title: NUNCIO AT BRUSSELS; title: A poetical effusion — Wisdom sold by a fool — His predecessor's opinion of the new Nuncio — From Rome to Brussels — An accident — The Education Act of 1842 — Conflict — A dissatisfied minister — Attitude of the Royal Family — The religious orders — The recall of Mgr. Pecci — Unanimous regret — The King's letter to Gregory XVI 67; title: CHAPTER VII; title: THIRTY-TWO YEARS A BISHOP; title: Visit to England and France — Death of Gregory XVI and accession of Pius IX — Letter from the new Pope to the King of the Belgians — Mgr. Pecci's entry into Perugia — The Revolution — The Perugia clergy — Urban Ratazzi on the Bishop — A seaside meeting — Pecci and Antonelli — The end of a reign 81; title: CHAPTER VIII; title: CARDINAL PECCI AS CAMERLENGO; title: Appointment, duties, and privileges of the camerlengo — The Government's claims — Bull of 10th October — Deaths of Victor Emanuel and Pius IX — The Holy See vacant — Cardinal Pecci in power — The "Novendiales" — A diplomatic note — Preparations for the Conclave 96; title: PART II; title: CHAPTER I; title: ELECTION AND CORONATION; title: Cost of a vacancy in the Holy See — Innovations at the 1878 Conclave — An economical camerlengo — Mgr. Ricci — The first ballots- Electoral intrigues — Cardinal Pecei's frame of mind — His election- Obedience — The benediction urbi et orbi — The triple tiara 111; title: CHAPTER II; title: THE VATICAN; title: The Pope's budget — His army — The restoration of the Borgia apartments — The electric light in the Vatican 130; title: CHAPTER III; title: THE PAPAL FAMILY; title: Mgr. Angeli — The Pope's confessor — Dr. Lapponi and his patient 140; title: CHAPTER IV; title: THE POPE'S DAILY LIFE; title: Early rising — The Papal toilet — Pio Centra — Mass — Breakfast The Vatican goats — Cacciotti and Don Cesare — Audiences — A Protestant at the Vatican — As at the White House — Dinner — The Pope in his portcntitia — The stables — Returning from a drive — The Pope's study — In summer quarters — "A bit of France" 154; title: CHAPTER V; title: A POLITICAL POPE; title: Leo XIII and political cemeteries — From Toast to Encyclical — A precedent — Pius VI and the Directory — Influence of the Papal policy on St. Peter's Pence — Opposition to the Pontifical directions — The Pope's firmness and justice — Cardinal Rampolla — M. Lefebvre de Behaine — M. Poubelle — Leo XIII and Bismarck 166; title: CHAPTER VI; title: THE POPE AND THE PRESS; title: The first interviewer — Brethren at enmity — Special correspondents at the Vatican — A French woman journalist and the Pope — What Leo XIII thinks of anti-Semitism 187; title: CHAPTER VII; title: THE POPE AS WRITER AND POET; title: Political, social, and doctrinal encyclicals — The Pope's favourite authors — His amusements — An ode to Christian France — Carmina Novissima — A charade-writing Pontiff 199; title: CHAPTER VIII; title: THE POPE AND THE AMERICAN MOVEMENT; title: Progress of Roman Catholicism in the United States — The Knights of Labour — Cardinal Gibbons in Rome — Church and State — Mgr. Ireland — The Apostolic delegate and the University of Washington — The recall of Mgr. Keane — Mgr. Schroeder's intrigues — His exclusion — The Life of Father Hecker — Story of an imprimatur — The Pope's letter on the American movement 217; title: CHAPTER IX; title: THE FUTURE POPE; title: Probable successors — The vanity of prognostication — A long-lived Pope — The prophecies of St. Malachi 234; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Pope Leo XIII Frontispiece; title: The Pecci mansion at Carpineto 3; title: Count Pecci, father of Leo XIII 8; title: Countess Pecci, mother of Leo XIII 9; title: Country house of the Pecci at Carpineto 15; title: General view of Carpineto 19; title: Library of the Pecci Palace, Carpineto 22; title: Nephew and niece of Leo XIII in the garden at Carpineto 23; title: Inscription in the church of St. Leo, at Carpineto, engraved by Leo XIII when a young priest 28; title: Bedroom of Leo XIII in the Pecci Palace at Carpineto 29; title: Jesuit College at Viterbo, at which Leo XIII was educated 34; title: School and Almshouse built by Leo XIII at Carpineto 35; title: John Pecci, brother of Leo XIII 40; title: Leo XIII in 1843, when Archbishop of Damascus 41; title: Entrance to the Vatican. — The Swiss Guards' Gate 48; title: Leo XIII at Brussels, with his relatives, in 1867 49; title: The Pontifical throne 54; title: Swiss Guards preceding the Pontifical procession 55; title: The Pope's bearers 62; title: General view of the Vatican gardens 63; title: View of the Vatican gardens from the entrance 70; title: The Vatican gardens. — Vinery of Leo XIII 71; title: The Pontifical guard 76; title: Uniforms of the household troops of Leo XIII 77; title: The Vatican gardens. — The Swiss summer-house 84; title: The Vatican gardens. — The Swiss summer-house 85; title: The Vatican gardens. — The Roccolo 90; title: Entrance to the private garden of Leo XIII 91; title: Courtyard of St. Damaso in the Vatican 98; title: The Vatican gardens. — The Leonine Tower 99; title: Mgr. Pecci at the death-bed of Pius IX 103; title: Pio Centra, the Pope's valet 106; title: Bedchamber of Leo XIII in the Leonine Tower 107; title: Mgr. Angeli, private secretary to Leo XIII 117; title: Mgr. Mazzolini, private chaplain to Leo XIII 119; title: Mgr. Cagiano di Azevedo, maitre de chambre to Leo XIII 124; title: Private oratory and chapel of Leo XIII 125; title: Waiting-room in the Leonine Tower 129; title: Doctor Gaetano Mazzoni 134; title: Private antechamber of Leo XIII 135; title: Doctor Lapponi 143; title: Mgr. Constantini, almoner to Leo XIII 148; title: The Vatican. — The country house 149; title: The Vatican. — Interior of the country house 155; title: The throne room in the Vatican 162; title: The round room in the Leonine Tower 163; title: Mgr. Pifferi, sacristan to Leo XIII 169; title: Mace-bearer and chaplain to Leo XIII 176; title: The Vatican. — The country house 177; title: Mgr. Delia Volpe, major-domo to Leo XIII 183; title: Mgr. Sambucetti and Count Soderini, Masters of the Ceremonies to Leo XIII 190; title: Private library of Leo XIII 191; title: Choir of the Sistine Chapel 197; title: Leo XIII at the time of his accession 202; title: Leo XIII in his study (1898) 203; title: Cardinal Rampolla 206; title: Leo XIII and the Pontifical Court 212; title: Cardinal Vincenzo Vannutelli 213; title: Cardinal Ludochowski, head of the Propaganda 222; title: Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli 223; title: Cardinal Parocchi 228; title: Cardinal Gotti 229; title: Cardinal Svampa 232; title: Cardinal Ireland 233