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Show T OUR. LITERARY TABLE The Catholic Truth society of San Francisco 1 is handling the popular edition of Cardinal "Sew- j man's "Apologia," which has been published by Longmans, Green Sr Co. It is to be hoped that tho famous work will have si great circulation now j that it has appeared at popular prie-e. It ranks with the "Confessions" of St. Augustine as a n- ; ligious autobiography, and it. will always remain a-i j a masterpiece of the English language. It is the j reply of Cardinal Newman to the erratic Dr. King5- ; leywho accused him of bad faith. The cardinal knew that he was regarded with suspicion by many -of his countrymen after his conversion and he felt-that felt-that the only way to remove that suspicion and " to repudiate the charges of Dr. Kingsley was by telling in plain language the entire story of his religious re-ligious opinions and his struggle for truth. And when the story appeared in installments, it was ' more generally read than any book of the day. ; Once for all the famous convert dissipated the mi-t of suspicion which hung over him. The book ha3 aided many a soul struggling for ( the truth. It is a work to be read by Catholics and ' to be placed in the hands of non-Catholic?. Copies'may be had for 25 cents from the Cath- ; olic Truth society, Flood building. San Francisco. ' "Answers to Objections Against the CatholK- F.J- ; lifion," by Mgr. De Segur, has been translated into English by M. V. B.. and printed and published by ; I the Society of the Divine Word. ShermervtlK V-This V-This little book Is neatly gotten up and contains all the popular objections that have been urged against ; Catholic doctrine and rcligi'At in general. The an- , swers are brief and. like all the writings of Mgr. De . Segur, are to the point. Benziger Bros., New York, hve published ,'Tr.i Life of His Holiness Pope Pius X." with a prpfu'vj by Cardinal Gibbons. The work is profusely and rieh- . : ly illustrated. It contains a brief sketch of Leo Xm and his great work for the Church and humanity. . The history of the conclave, coming from the most reliable sources, is interesting. In the preface Car- dlnal Gibbons, alluding to this, writes: "During tn f sessions of that distinguished body of Papal elector?. c the votes for Cardinal Sarto steadily increased from the first to the seventh ballot, on which h was elected." elect-ed." He opposed his own election and. "it wa3 on. after earnest entreaties of some leading cardinal"' that he finally and reluctantly consented to abide by : the will of God and accept the sacrifice ' Only perusal of the book could give a correct idea o. rn . illustrious Pontiff and the exalted offices he na filled. .. . "Anecdotes and Examples Illustrating the Lath- olic Catechism." by Rev. Splrago. has been J-upple-mented and adapted to the Baltimore C atechtm t ; Rev. James J- Baxter. D. D.. and published In hoc form by Benziger Bros.. New York The : book cm tains 5SS pages and is supplemented with n jn-which jn-which gives a list of truths that art "-"J. an anecdote or an example. In the preface the author lays great stress on the force of good example for n youthful mind, and how the knowledge of tru.h . . that are impressed by object lessons is sure t be r- tained. The anecdotes are all short and the 11 lustra-S lustra-S practical, which make the book rnor- valuaW-. , Teachers in Sunday schools will find it very useful aQd instructive. ' |
