The satirical letters of St. Jerome
By: Translated into English and with an introd. by Paul Carroll
Publisher: Gateway Editions; distributed by H. Regnery Co.
Published: 1956
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 198
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A note on the translation; title: Section I: Satirical letters; title: Bantering a negligent correspondent; title: Scolding a monk for having abandoned the desert; title: Ironical gratitude for a gift of doves and a bracelet; title: How to live as a nun in a profligate society; title: An ideal for lukewarm Christians; title: A defense of his intimacy with society ladies; title: Caricature of a windbag; title: How to be a devoted, impoverished priest; title: Invective against a brash monk; title: Calling a lecherous priest to repent; title: Ironical attack on St. Augustine; title: Section II. Miscellaneous letters; title: Eulogy for an old scholar; title: On the art of translation; title: Why study the Scripture?; title: Elegy on a young priest's death; title: Alaric sacks Rome