The present edition includes two entirely new chapters—the two last—extending over 45 pages. It is hoped that the added matter will prove of as much interest as those chapters of the first edition which received such a hearty welcome.

College of the Sacred Heart, Limerick,
September 29, 1909, Feast of St. Michael.


CONTENTS

[ CHAPTER FIRST — CULTURE: ITS NECESSITY TO A YOUNG PRIEST ]

[ CHAPTER SECOND — ENGLISH: ITS NECESSITY TO A YOUNG PRIEST ]

[ CHAPTER THIRD — SHOULD A YOUNG PRIEST WRITE HIS SERMONS? ]

[ CHAPTER FOURTH — HOW SHOULD THE YOUNG PRIEST PREPARE HIS SERMONS? ]

[ CHAPTER FIFTH — A SOPHISTRY EXPOSED—ADVICE GIVEN—
THEOLOGIAN AND PREACHER—THE DIFFERENCE ]

[ CHAPTER SIXTH — THE ART OF ELOCUTION ]