The work is intended, as we are told in its preface, to instruct those who wish to study illumination; to assist those who, having commenced, find many stumbling-blocks in the way, and require aid in the minutiae of the art; to furnish those who can paint, yet are unable to design with outlines, to illuminate, etc. This beautiful art is fast becoming with our young people a favorite recreation, and, with not a few, a remunerative study. To such as desire to engage in its pursuit, whether for pleasure or profit, we heartily recommend this volume as one calculated to give them much desirable information on the subject.
Three Phases of Christian Love,
By Lady Herbert. L. Kehoe. 1867.
We have received advanced sheets of this volume, which is to be presented to the public in a few days. It is not our purpose to speak of it at length in this place, but reserve it for a more extended and appreciative review which we hope to give of it in the future pages of the CATHOLIC WORLD.
It is a remarkable book; the purity and beauty of its style fitly according with the saintly biographies which the distinguished authoress has so happily chosen to illustrate the three phases of a Christian woman's life and love. We have given as the life of St. Monica as the mother; of Victorine de Galard Terraube, a young French lady of rank, as the maiden; and of the Venerable Mère Devos, superior of the Sisters of Charity, as the religious. It is a book we would wish to see placed in the hands of every woman in our country; for, whatever be her position in society, or whichsoever state of life she may have chosen, she will find in it an example of high Christian and womanly perfection, the view of which must claim her homage, and in turn exalt and refine her own character.
Mr. Kehoe, in republishing Bentley's superb English edition, offers us a volume of equal beauty and finish. As a publication it must claim the attention of every connoisseur and lover of first-class books.
Lauretta and the Fables,
Compiled by the author of Philip Hartley, etc.
Alice; or, The Rose of the Black Forest.
By the author of Grace Morton, etc.
Three Petitions. A tale of Poland and
Trevor Hall. A Christmas story.
Conrad and Gertrude: the Little Wanderers.
Peter F. Cunningham,
Catholic Bookseller, Philadelphia.
These four 16mo volumes form a very acceptable addition to our list of Catholic tales for children. Their appearance is creditable to the publisher. We hope those who have ability and leisure will furnish a larger number of such stories for Sunday-school libraries.
Books Received.
From Leypoldt & Holt. New-York.
The Journal of Maurice de Guérin, with an essay by Matthew Arnold,
and a memoir by Sainte-Beuve. Edited by
G. S. Trebutien. Translated by Edward Thornton
Fisher. 1 vol. 12mo., pp. 153. Price $1.25.
Easy German Reading after a New System, by George Storme.
Revised by Edward A. Open. 1 vol. l2mo, pp.206. Price $1.
From P. F. Cunningham. Philadelphia.
Conrad and Gertrude;
The Three Petitions, a Tale of Poland;
Alice, or the Rose of the Black Forest;
Lauretta and the Fables. 4 vols. of the Young Catholics Library,
pp. 143, 141, 124, 126
Price 50 cents each.
From D. Appleton, New-York.
The Merchant of Berlin; an Historical Novel L. Mühlbach.
Translated from the German by Amory Coflin, M.D.
pp. 394. Price $2.
Berlin and San Souci; or, Frederick the Great
and Friends. An Historical
Romance. By L. Mühlbach. Translated from
the German by Mrs. Chapman and her daughters.
pp. 391. Price $2.
From J. J. O'Connor & Co., Newark.
The exclusion of Protestant Worship from the City of Rome. By the Rev. George H, Doane, pastor of St. Patrick's
Cathedral, Newark, N.J. Pamphlets. Price 20 cents.