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Show j OUR BOOK TABLE, j LIFE OF CHRIST. By Rev. Walter Elliott, C. S. P. The Rev. Father Walter Elliott of the Paulists, whose "Life of Father Hecker" as translated in to French led the pope several years ago to issue an encyclical against "Americanism," so called, has written a "Life of Christ." The book, which contains nearly 800 pages, has just been issued from the printing house of the Pajlists in West Sixtieth street. It is profusely illustrated and bears the imprimatur of Archbishop Corri-gan Corri-gan and the nihil obstat of the Rev. 3- j.. jj., ueputea as censor. cen-sor. Many of the illustrations are from drawings made by Father P. J. McCor-ry, McCor-ry, C. S. P., the artist priest. Father Elliott put in several years of work on the book. It is the first he has written since the "Life of Father Hecker" appeared. The author does not put forth any claim to originality and acknowledges that he was largely influenced by Le Camus' "Vie de Jesus." He says he has closely followed the mcst generally used Catholic versions of the life of the Savior and that on disputed points he has adhered to the more commonly accepted views. "It is hardly necessary to add." says the preface, "that the life, besides giving giv-ing our Savior's history, affirms and briefly proves the doctrine he taught and delivered to his church, whose Ci-vine Ci-vine authority, whose sacraments, and whose incorporation into a living bodv are all fully explained." The book also contains the entire Gospel history, omitting only strictly verbal repetit'ons. The four-fold narrative nar-rative of the evange'ists is blended together to-gether into a continuous account of the Savior's career, together with such passages from other books of the New Testament as furnish adidtional testimony. testi-mony. This portion of the work is. for the most part, ruled off separately from the text. ' I he book as a whole is the most am-biitous am-biitous work yet undertaken by the printing establishment of the Paulist fathers, which they hope will, in time, rival in output the Methodist Book Concern. '. Catholic Magazines. The reading matter turned out in magazine form by our Catholic publishers pub-lishers is an evidence of the material progress of the church and the business busi-ness ability of the persons in control of the publishing plants. No longer are magazine pictures the cheap daubs reminding us of the early attempts to introduce are into Catholic literature. litera-ture. Only the best book paper is now-used now-used to show up a perfect reproduction reproduc-tion from the half-tone plates. Our Catholic magazines, in typographical appearance, really stand in the front row of the better class of secular publications pub-lications that come from the press of the Harpers, the Cosmopolitan or the Century plants. The selections exhibit a regard for the comprehension of the reader, the writers aiming to take the person of average education into their confidence and to broaden his understanding under-standing of the world and the people I living in it.' There is just enough of religious matter to make it instructive rather than wearisome, and plenty of wholesome truth not found generally in the Sunday supplements trf the daily papers. For example, in Donohoe's we tiind an article on "Happy Methods of Averting Strikes." In another place we find an illustrated article on "Life Afloat and Along the Tow Path." describing de-scribing a trip on the Erie canal from Buffalo to New York. Turning over the leaves we come to another and en-tirelv en-tirelv different topic. "The Church is Aroitolic," by Rev. John F. Muliany, LL. D. Thus it will be seen that every' ev-ery' feature of man's desire for knowl- edge is supplied and appeals to his interest. in-terest. What is said here of Donohoe's magazine mag-azine applies to the Catholic World and the Rosary Magazine, only that the organ of the Paulists emphasizes more clearly the advance of Catholic ( thought and Catholic inspiration. j The contents of the Catholic World (Easter number) follows: "Rabom ' (poem). M. J. Splaine; "What Wage Is a Living Wage?" Rev. John A. Ryan, S. T. L.:"The Child of the Alps" (il lustrated), Mary F. isixon-uouiei. a Synthesis of Two Schools of Thought," Altert Reynaud; "A Portrait That Burned," Elizabeth Seton; "Regina Martvrum" (poem), Norah Rylman: "My Recollections of Victor Hugo" (illustrated), (il-lustrated), Mrs. Bartle Teeling; "A Lay Person for Lent." J. Willis Brodhead; "The Akropolis of Athens" (illustrated). Rev. Daniel Quinn. D. D. : "Easter Lilies" Lil-ies" (poem), George H. Turner; "Joyce Josselyn Sinner,'' Mary Sarsfield Gil-more: Gil-more: "Subrarine Navigation" (illustrated); (illus-trated); "To a First Violet" (poem). J. Francis Dunne: "A New England Conversion." Con-version." The Easter Number of the Rosary Moga'ine shows that extra effort attended at-tended the production for April. The contents are: " 'Tis Easter Morn" (poem). Teresa Beatrice O'Hare; "Spanish Artists" (illustrated), Mary F. Nixon-Roulet; "Corbers' Resurrection," Resurrec-tion," Mary E. Mannix: "Isle of Dreams" (poem). William J. Tobin; "Record of the Captivity of the Spanish Span-ish Friars in the Philippines (1)," by One of Themselves: "Earth's Resurrection" Resurrec-tion" (poem), E. Carl Litsey; "The Old Wor'd Sen Through American Eyes (IV)." Rev. John F. Muliany, LL. T.; "My Easter" (pcem), Mary H. Cecil Berrien; "A Son of Adam (IV)," Anna f Itinniriio- "Ta rifling rTert ri irl a Wal lace (illustrated). Ruth Everett; "Qui-vira "Qui-vira (poem, illustrations by Svendsen), Harrison Conrad: "Grounds of Hope in Prayer" (Matt. viii. II), Borsut: "Letters "Let-ters From . An Embryo Settlement (IV)"; "The Angel Voice" (poem), He'en Moriarty; "Thoughts on Timely Tcpics," William Ellison; "The Third Order of St. Dominic (I)," V. Rv, Raymund Volz, O. P., S. T. L.; "The Confraternity of the Holy Rosary": "Notes Po?k and Magazine Reviews," the Editor. Benzinger's Magazine Is full of good thing", as usual. Its continued stories are the main feature. The publisher j makes this announcement: "To the twenty who tell us which of the three continuous stories that appear ap-pear between April and Januiry they prefer, .and give the best and strongest strong-est rep sons for their choice, we will send five - dollars each. The letters should nt contain more than twenty-five twenty-five words." |