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Show BOOK REVIEWS. ' "Roadside Flowers.' by Harriet M. Skid-more, Skid-more, is a collection of poems including many pretty legends in verse. One could wish that the author had chosen for the initial number something more in keeping with the title than the "Street Car Ride." But this is merely a detail of arangement. The greater number of the poems are. tenderly ten-derly devotional in spirit, and inculcate many lessons of faith, hope and love. A. M. Robertson, San Francisco, $1.00. The Lamp is the title of a new Catholic monthly ' devoted to church unity. It is published by the Anglican community at Graymoor, N. Y., and placed "under the special protection and patronage of Our Immaculate Lady Mary, Queeen of Heaven; and her Seraphic Knipht, St. Francis of Assisi." In order to make the mission of the publication more plain, the words of our Blessed Lord, ut omnes sint. are the headline of every page. The Lamo is ably edited, and of its honesty of purpose pur-pose there can be no question. The editors are In perfect union with the Vicar of Christ on all points save -one; "the head on earth of the Catholic church" does not believe in Anglican orders, the editors edit-ors of the Lamp do. It Is held that in declaring against the validity of Anglican Angli-can ordinations Leo XIII did not spak infallibly. Granted. But what of Christ's command to "hear th church"? Is the voice of His vicar to be heard and obeved only when it speaks in tones of infallibility? infallibili-ty? Is it authoritative only when infallible? infal-lible? The editors of the Lamp will not object to our proposing these questions, since they have quoted some words of our own as "true conception of Papal infallibility." infalli-bility." In saying that "the Pope is very rarely infuiiible' we did not mean that his authority is not always supreme. The Ave Maria. i Vv'e welcome new and cheaper editions of two admirable books bv the late Canon Bagshawe "The Credentials of the Catholic Cath-olic Church" and "The Threshold of the Catholic Church." Both are of long proved utility, and they need no recommendation to our readers. The usefulness of the first-named volume would be enhanced by an Index. R. & T. Washbourne. publishers. pub-lishers. The Ave Maria. In "The Four. Feathers" Mr. A. E. W. Mason cleverly evolves from an old saving sav-ing the plot for an interesting story. Harry Feversham, the son of the distinguished distin-guished general and himself an officer in the British army, inherits from his mother a fear of bloodshed and death bv violence, and when the moment comts to test his courage he fails. Anticipating an order to march with his regiment to the scene of war, he resigns hia commission and retires re-tires into private life. Three brother officers discovering the secret, send three white feathers to Ethne Eustace, to whom young Feversham is engaged. She demands de-mands an explanation from her lover, and he admits that the accusation is iust. Miss Eustace, a proud, high-spirited jdrl, breaks the engagement, and adding- a feather from her fan to those sent by the officers she sends him away, bitterly upbraiding up-braiding him for his cowardice. Tliousrh lacking in courage to face death. Harry Feversham show-s a wonderful firmness in meeting his father's wrath, and in accepting ac-cepting the consequences of his act. In no way does he seek to condone his con-Hoot The subsequent chapters relate in detail de-tail many stirring adventures through which the dishonored officer passes, always al-ways fighting against a sickening dread of violent death, and yet incurring risks and enduring physical tortures from which braver men would shrink. His one thought is to redeem his honor and to compel his accusers to take back the emblems em-blems of cowardice. Finally he succeeds and is restored to his place in his father's esteeem and in the affections of Miss Eu- tace, and the story ends happily. The Maemillan company. New York, $1.50. Dona hoe's. . A dainty little book of verse is "Shadows "Sha-dows of An Ideal," by Emily R. Logue. The "Ideal" is a pure and lofty one. and the inspiration of it touches everv selection selec-tion in this little volume. 'At His Call." "Light," "A Baby," "Sympathy," "Bridal "Bri-dal Song,' "Friendship and Love," "Consecration," "Con-secration," 'Longing,' "Fidelity" and "At Parting" are some of the themes of which this gentle poet sings, always sweetlv. Peter Reilly company, Philadelphia. 50 cents. Donahoc's. |