Dios, Patria, y Rey is the true watchword of beautiful, Catholic, unhappy Spain.
A Pilgrimage to the Land of the Cid. Translated from the French of Frederic Ozanam. By P. S. New York: The Catholic Publication Society. 1875.
This little volume, by the eminent writer and lecturer Prof. Ozanam, supplies much that was wanting in the one just noticed, in its appreciative sketches of Catholic objects and traditions. The book was the result of a tour made a year before the author’s death. It would be a good travelling companion in the country described, or elsewhere.
A Full Catechism of the Catholic Religion (preceded by a Short History of Religion), from the Creation of the World to the Present Time. With Questions for Examination. Translated from the German of the Rev. Joseph Deharbe, S.J., by the Rev. John Fander. First American Edition. Permissu Superiorum. New York: The Catholic Publication Society. 1875.
“This is the most celebrated catechism of the century, has been most extensively approved and brought into use, and will be of great service to those who are employed in teaching young people the Christian doctrine, as well as for the instruction of converts.”
We can add nothing to the above notice of the London edition of this catechism, which heretofore appeared in this magazine, except to say that the American edition has been revised and corrected, and adopted into the Young Catholic’s School Series.
The Victims of the Mamertine. By Rev. A. J. O’Reilly, D.D. New York: D. & J. Sadlier & Co. 1875.
The Martyrs of the Coliseum will have prepared the reader for another treat in this later work of the same author. Dr. O’Reilly is one of the most diligent workers of the rich mine of Christian traditions so successfully explored by Cardinal Wiseman, in the preparation of Fabiola. The author properly claims great authenticity for the records of this prison, the high position of its victims rendering the task of identification one of comparative ease. While the world is being filled with the exploits of “the heroes of paganism, who were at best but tyrants and murderers,” we should not ignore the deeds of those truer heroes—the persecuted champions of the early Christian Church.
The Spirit of Faith; or, What I Must do to Believe. By Bishop Hedley, O.S.B. New York: The Catholic Publication Society. 1875.
This brochure is made up of a series of lectures delivered in St. Peter’s, Cardiff, by its right reverend author. The reader will not have proceeded far to be convinced of the opportuneness of the subjects discussed, and the competence of the writer, who may also be recognized as a former contributor to these pages.