"Then I shouldn't like to go there, miss; for I can't abear music and singing. When Miss Susan sings and thumps that pianny, I always stop my ears and run out of the room." "Oh, but Miss Susan screams so! The angels sing so soft and sweet, and so beautifully; and you'll sing, too, Tom!" "Na, miss, na! I be's sartain sure that if I began to shout, they'd soon sing out, 'Hold your jaw!' and to hear them angels go on sing, sing, sing all day, and all night too, would soon send me mad in no time at all." : "I'll tell 'e what, miss unless you've been to Heaven, and seen it yourself, I doesn't believe a jot about it; those things are said to amuse folks. I remember all the tales that were told about 'Meriky-that the trees were so big, that a hundred men could stand in a hollow one; that there was such lots of gold in some parts that the chairs and tables were made out it; but when Bill O'Flannigan went out, he said that none of that was true, that he never see a gold chair or table, and that he never could get any gold at all-that all the accounts were humbug! So I never believes anything unless I sees it. I'd believe if you'd see'd it, miss," adds the philosopher, "because you be so awfully petticular about what you calls a lie." For the rest of Lily's adventures, her apprenticeship to a London dressmaker, her misfortunes while there, and the ultimate discovery of her remaining parent, we must refer to the little book. There are some well-drawn characters in it, besides Tom, such as Phoebe, the servant at the Heslopes', and the old apple-woman with whom Lily finds refuge when lost in London; and the story is not at all deficient in interest to the class of readers for whom it is intended. LITERARY NOTES. A VERY prolific writer-Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin, better known as Collin de Planey-has passed away, at the ripe age of 87. Although brought up a Catholic, his first efforts in literature were directed against the Church, principally against the Jesuits; but, like Louis Veuillt, Paul Féval, and many others, he saw the error of his ways, and became the defender of those whom he had so bitterly attacked. His repentance was sincere, for he undertook to destroy all his bad works and to re-write them in a Catholic tone. The Society of St. Victor was founded by him for the propagation of good books among the poorer classes, and more than a million of books were distributed. He is credited by the Polybiblion with the authorship of one hundred volumes. His "Biographie pittoresque des Jésuites, ou Notices abrégés, théologiques et historiques sur les Jésuites célèbres," "Resumé des Constitutions des Jésuites," "Légendes de la Ste. Vierge," "Vie de Ste. Adélaide," "Vies des Stes. et des Bienheureuses pour tous les jours de l'année" (two volumes in 12mo), "Grande Vie des Saints," written in conjunction with the Abbé Darras, will be best known to English Catholic readers.-Polybiblion. At the beginning of the century there were in Germany 250 booksellers, now there are 5,360. There are about 25,000 printing establishments in the world, and about the same number of newspapers. A tiny French paper, called Le Petit Journal, has the largest circulation-viz., 650,000. It may be said that the number of newspapers has doubled itself since 1867. In the fifteenth century, a private individual was rich in the possession of a library of fifty or sixty volumes; now, a gentleman's library of five or ten thousand volumes is not considered out of the common. The National Library at Paris is supposed to possess 600,000 volumes.-Journal Général du l'Imprimérie, &c. The Sale of Autographs.-A letter from the Count de Chambord to M. Villemain fetched close upon £40, in February last; one written by Pius IX., £1 3s. Twentytwo letters of Prince Metternich were knocked down at £9 per letter, while some letters of Madame de Maintenon fetched £15. Calderon.-The Royal Academy of Spain is offering a gold medal to the author of the best essay upon Calderon. The essay may be written in any European language, and will be printed at the expense of the Royal Academy. That Wetzer and Welte's Church Lexicon (in German) is one of the best Lexicons is proved not only by the rapid sale of the first edition of 10,000 copies, but also by the fact that several translations have been made of the work. We have before us the first four parts of the second edition of this work, which will be completed in 10 vols., each vol. containing about twelve parts. The task of editing the new and improved edition was confided to the Rev. Josef Hergenröther, but since his elevation to the Cardinalate he has been succeeded by Dr. Franz Kaulen, Professor of Exegesis in Bonn, on the Rhine, who is assisted by 250 other theologians. The first literary newspaper of Germany (Literarischer Hand-Weiser) says, in No. 281, "As regards the solidity of this Lexicon there is only one voice amongst learned men." A full description of the book is given in the list of Recent Publications. M. C. Rohault de Fleury has just published "Mémoire sur les Instruments de la Passion de N. S. Jesus Christ." The relics of the Passion have, since the earliest days of Christianity, been the object of enthusiastic and persevering adoration; but they have also formed a butt at which the heretic and the scoffer have aimed their blows. The legitimacy of their worship has been contested, and their authenticity ridiculed. To treat the scoffings of our adversaries with scorn serves no purpose-it is necessary to prove our point by arguments. at once scientific and irresistible. The author of the work before us has left nothing undone, and has spared no pains to place before the public a work which is calculated to answer all objections. He has travelled far and wide, and has drawn his authorities from the best sources. The late Holy Father Pius IX. bestowed a special blessing on the Richardson (Derby) O IO Feb. 1881 Kegan Paul (London) Title. The Church and the Moral World: Considerations on the Holiness of the Church. By the Rev. AUG. J. 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With Photo of the Saint. 32mo. Pp. 63, cloth Rivadeneyra: Vida de Santo Do- The History and Grammar of the Midsummer, 1881. By THOS. The Young Scholar's Table Book. New edition. Sixtieth Thousand. New Songs for Elementary Schools. sistant to one of H.M. Inspec- The Pupil Teacher's Course. Edited Reprint of Pupil Teacher's Ques- Fine Arts. Zwei Antique Elfenbeintafeln der Les Pierres gravées du trésor de la Geographical. Historical-Continued. Paternoster; or, an Orphan Boy. Vieira. Par E. CAREL. I vol. 12mo Théâtre Classique. Par F. GODE- Per annum, if paid in advance George Eliot. 8. Catholic Mis- sions in Central Africa. 9. The of Catholic Continental Periodi. Holy Scriptures in the Catholic Biaritz to Loyola, by the Rev. views: 1. The Metaphysics of the Messenger of the Sacred Heart. No. Companion of St. Teresa (Chaps. (Part the Fourth). Mr. Carlyle Reliquary of St. Januarius. The tion for the Apostolate of Prayer April's Stratagem (Sonnet), by Thomas Carlyle, by the Rev. J. Ireland" and the Ireland of To- Anglican Church and the Courts M.P. 11. Revelations of Divine Life of Christ.-II., by the Rev. CONTENTS.-The Creeds and Shams. The Working of the L'Athenæum Belge. Journal univer- sel de la Littérature, des Sciences, des Arts, paraissant le 1er et le SOMMAIRE.-H. Düntzer, vie de Schiller, A. Bartoli, L'Anci- Italie. E. Schulze, Poètes Grecs. Chroniques. Sociétés Savantes. Boletin de la Real Academia de SUMARIO: Acuerdos tomados Bases de la Publicacion-El Bole- de 16 páginas en 4°, mayor, con su correspondiente cubierta de volúmenes completos, con suje- The Ave Maria, a Catholic Journal CONTENTS:-1. Lady Day. Comments. 10. New Publica- Theology-Continued. Phillipona Raeber Görlich Quirein Terribles punitions des profona- demontrées par cent traits ré- religiös. Pflichten und Bedürf- nissen. Frei bearb. nach Franz v. Sales. Bossuet. I vol. 8vo. Die Leidenswerkzeuge des Herrn. Sieben Fastenpredigten. I vol. Beiträge zur Geschichte und Er sicht auf das römische Brevier. Geistliche Uebungen für Erst com- Reflexionen zur Encyclica Acterni Das 4 Gebot. Sechs Fastenpredig- Commentarius in epistl. s. ap. Pauli Leben der hl. Maria Franziska v. Das Christenthum u. die Einsprüche Le Purgatoire d'après les révéla- |