In The Land Of The Strenuous Life
Publisher: A.C. McClurg & Co.
Published: 1905
Place of publication: Chicago, USA
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS; title: CHAPTER I; title: THE VOYAGE PAGE; title: Leaving France. — First Impressions. — Fellow-Travellers. — Exiled Nuns. — Canadian Immigrants. — American Youngsters. — A Progressive Convent i; title: CHAPTER II; title: FIRST VISIT TO NEW YORK; title: Up the Bay. — The Paulists. — A New York Monastery. — Father Elliott and Father Doyle. — A New York Sunday. — Religious Condition of America. — Standing of Catholicism. — Chinese, Italian, and Jewish Quarters. — Wall Street. — Riverside Park 14; title: CHAPTER III; title: FROM NEW YORK TO MONTREAL BY WAY OF BOSTON; title: Regrets at Missing the Hudson River and the New York Lakes. — Boston. — Its General Appearance. — An Historic Town. — Monuments and Schools. — Harvard University. — French Memories. — An Evening Vision. — A Model Parish. — From Boston to Montreal 45; title: CHAPTER IV; title: CANADIAN IDEAS AND VIEWS; title: A Visit to Canada. — Montreal. — A Sunday with the Indians. — Analysis of Canadian Patriotism. — Iroquois versus Sulpician. — Ottawa. — The Canadian Parliament. — Colonization. — The Apostolic Delegate. — The University. — The St. Lawrence. — The Thousand Islands. — Ontario. — The Poem of America  62; title: CHAPTER V; title: AN INVOLUNTARY VISIT TO BISHOP MAC QUAID; title: Unforeseen Itinerary. — A Visit to Charlotte, New York. — An Unexpected Call Upon Bishop Mac Quaid. — Reassuring Welcome. — A Model Seminary. — A Right Reverend Viticulturist. — A Tireless Cicerone. — Difficulties with Archbishop Ireland. — A Visit to a Grammar-School. — Surprise of a European 91; title: CHAPTER VI; title: BUFFALO AND NIAGARA NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY; title: Beauty of Buffalo. — The Knights of Columbus. — American Broad- Mindedness. — Niagara. — A Growing Town: South Bend. — Father Zahm at Home. — The University of Notre Dame, Indiana. — A School of Journalism. — Latin and American Systems of Education. — St. Mary's Academy. — French Origin of Notre Dame  115; title: CHAPTER VII; title: CHICAGO; title: My Fellow -Travellers. — Immensity of Chicago. — Solitude and Business. — In a Church of Colored Baptists. — Beauty and Ugliness. — The Two Chicagos. — Visit to a Public School. — Hospitality and Charm. — Hull House and Settlement-Workers. — Chicago's Wonderful History. — The City of the Future 134; title: CHAPTER VIII; title: PEORIA AND BISHOP SPALDING A SMALL CITY AND A GREAT BISHOP; title: Across Illinois. — Bishop Spalding at Home. — His Philosophy and Prestige. — A Typical American City. — Peoria, its Resources, its Social and Educational Advantages. — Administrative Simplicity in the United States. — A Bishop Beloved in his Diocese 153; title: CHAPTER IX; title: ST. LOUIS AND THE WORLD'S FAIR; title: The Louisiana of Chateaubriand and That of To-day. — The Immensity of American Cities. — Archbishop Glenn on. — The Louisiana Purchase Exposition — Its Dominant Idea. — The President of the United States at the Jesuit College. — Religious Tolerance. — The Contemplative Life. — A Pioneer: the Bishop of Wichita. — An Old French Family. — A Word About Mexico. — A Fine Christian Brothers' College. — A Grand Seminary of the European Kind. — The Living Church 171; title: CHAPTER X; title: THE CITY OF IRON AND FIRE; title: Returning to the East. — In the Manufacturing Districts. — St. Jerome and Pittsburg. — Andrew Carnegie. — His Apprenticeship. — His Social Ideas. — His Gospel of Wealth. — A Well- Bred Frenchman. — The Electric Works of Westinghouse and the Forges of Carnegie. — How Masters and Inventors are Formed. — With a Business Man. — Nocturnal Reporting. — A Club on the Twenty-second Story. — A Dantesque Scene. — Through Pennsylvania by Rail. — Irregularity of the Trains. — An Invitation to Baltimore  196; title: CHAPTER XI; title: AT THE CARDINAL'S HOUSE IN BALTIMORE; title: America Represented in the Conclave for the First Time. — Return of Cardinal Gibbons. — Public Reception in Baltimore. — A Popular Archbishop. — The Creed of Constantinople Sung in the Twentieth Century, in a Great American City. — A Walk with the Cardinal. — Conversations: Montalembert, Paul Bourget, the Catholic Press, the Conclave. — Cardinal Gibbons and the Election of Pius X  224; title: CHAPTER XII; title: AT THE WHITE HOUSE; title: The President at Home. — The Man of the Strenuous Life. — His Conversation. — A Representative American. — The Character and Ideas of Roosevelt. — Roosevelt Among Catholics and Among Protestants. — Sermons of the President. — Opposed to All Abuses and All Prejudices. — National Act of Faith. — The State, Religious and Neutral. — "Look Upon This Picture, and on This"  242; title: CHAPTER XIII; title: REMINISCENCES OF WASHINGTON; title: The Capital City. — St. Patrick's Rectory. — A Clerical Orator, Dr. Stafford. — A "Mixed Marriage" Ceremony. — Catholic University of America. — Apostolic Mission House. — Discourse of Archbishop Glennon. — Higher Education of Catholic Women. — Trinity College. — Columbian University. — The International Bureau of American Republics. — Is a Pan-American Soul Being Formed?  262; title: CHAPTER XIV; title: THE EDUCATION OF WHITES AND BLACKS; title: At the Bureau of Education. — Organization of Education in the United States. — Extraordinary Development of the Higher Education. — Statistics of Some of the Liberal Professions. — A High School for Negroes. — The Aeneid Explained by a Colored Woman. — The Negro Question an Unsolvable Problem. — The Best Education. — The Ideas of Booker T. Washington 285; title: CHAPTER XV; title: BALTIMORE REVISITED; title: Change of Plans. — At Baltimore. — Father Magnien: the Influence of a French Priest on the Church in America. — The Great Role of Cardinal Gibbons and the Episcopate. — Baltimore a Centre of Catholic Life. — The Plenary Councils. — Mgr. Falconio, the Apostolic Delegate. — How a Parish is Formed in the United States. — An Enemy of Abuses: Mr. Charles Bonaparte. — His Ideas on the Parish School. — Ought It to Receive Grants from Public Funds? — No Change Desired. — The Prosperous Convent of Notre Dame of Maryland. — Bryn Mawr School. — Johns Hopkins University 304; title: CHAPTER XVI; title: NATIONAL FESTIVITIES; title: With the Army of the Cumberland. — An Impolitic Major. — The Dedication of Sherman's Statue. — Splendid Solemnity. — Review. — Prayer. — Speeches of President Roosevelt and Four Generals. — Too Long a Ceremony. — Archbishop Ireland. — Military Soiree. — The Banquet of the Four Armies. — Prayer, Toasts, and National Songs. — At Washington's Tomb 322; title: CHAPTER XVII; title: PHILADELPHIA; title: Departure from Washington. — A Notable City. — Philadelphia. — Historic Memories. — Independence Hall. — Ecclesiastical Reunion. — Parochial Finances. — Influence of Ireland on Catholicism in the United States. — Archbishop Ryan. — Indian Commission. — An Anti-Clerical Foundation. — Girard College. — Central High School of Philadelphia. — University of Pennsylvania. — Principal Gifts Received by the Educational Institutions in One Year. — A Great College for Women. — Bryn Mawr. — Always Tolerant. — "Remain in America". 338; title: CHAPTER XVIII; title: LAST DAYS IN NEW YORK; title: Saint Sulpice in the United States. — Tuxedo Park. — The Integrity of Politicians. — McClellan and Seth Low. — Municipal Elections. — New York by Noon, Evening, Night. — "The Star-Spangled Banner" in the Sky. — The International Catholic Truth Society. — Episcopalian Clergymen. — The "North American Review." — The Hour of Parting. — At St. Paul's. — On the "Lorraine." — "Sweet Land of Liberty" 360; title: ILLUSTRATIONS; title: Portrait of Abbe' Klein Frontispiece; title: Portrait of Bishop Mac Quaid 94; title: Portrait of Father Zahm 124; title: Portrait of Bishop Spalding 154; title: Portrait of Archbishop Glennon 174; title: Palace of Education, Louisiana Purchase Exposition 182; title: Portrait of Andrew Carnegie 198; title: Portrait of Cardinal Gibbons 226; title: Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt 244; title: Portrait of Mgr. Falconio 268; title: Portrait of Archbishop Ireland 304; title: The Sherman Statue, Washington 324; title: Portrait of Archbishop Ryan 346; title: Portrait of Archbishop Keane 358; title: Digitized by Google.