The Irish Widow's Son;
Or, The Pikemen Of Ninety-eight.
A story of the Irish Rebellion, embracing an historical account of the Battles of Antrim and Ballinahinch.
By. Con O'Leary.
Boston: P. Donahoe. 1869.
This book is interesting, and free from the coarseness which is found in so many stories of Ireland. The author has succeeded in producing a readable tale of that epoch in Ireland's history when secret associations became the controlling power of that misgoverned country.
Essay On Divorce And Divorce Legislation,
with special reference to the United States.
By Theodore D. Woolsey, D.D., LL.D., President of Yale College.
New York: Charles Scribner & Co. 1869.
This book, by one of the first scholars of our country, is a very learned and laudable effort to effect a reform in our divorce legislation. It would require a long and elaborate article to do justice to the work and the subject. At present we can only say that the community ought to thank Dr. Woolsey for the labor he has performed in their service, and which he has done as well as it can be done by one who stands on the Protestant platform.
THE CATHOLIC PUBLICATION SOCIETY has in preparation, and will publish early in October, The Illustrated Catholic Family Almanac for 1870. It will contain the astronomical tables, calendars, a great amount of valuable statistics, as well as several well-written sketches of places and things in various countries. It will be illustrated with over twenty splendid wood-cuts, and will be sold for 25 cents per copy. Orders from the trade should be sent in at once.
P. O'SHEA, New York, has in press, and will publish this season,
Lacordaire's Sketch of the Order of St. Dominic;
Memoir, Journal, and Correspondence of Mrs. Seton, by Mgr. Seton, in 2 vols. 8vo;
Love of our Lord Jesus Christ, by St. Jure, vol. 2;
Library of Good Examples, 12 vols.