removing the statues of Expedit from the churches. -Of interest, also, are the notices given to Italian translations of Delahaye's Legendes Hagiographiques and of Myers' Human Personality; and to a new edition of Bartolo's Criteri Teologici, this time with the approval of the Master of the Sacred Palace. De Feis, who here writes on St. Expedit, has republished as a brochure his recent paper in La Rassegna Nazionale on the Holy House of Loretto. Dr. Künstle, of Frieburg University, has published, with ecclesiastical approval, a monograph on the Three Witnesses passage, stating (as Cardinal Vaughan did in 1898) that the decision of the Inquisition did not settle the question of the authenticity of the passage, and that the passage was unknown to the Eastern Greek Church, is missing in the more ancient Latin MSS., and originated in Spain among the Priscillianist heretics. Stimmen aus Maria Laach (Jan.): Fr. Christian Pesch, S.J., begins a discussion of certain conceptions of biblical inerrancy and inspiration, which are at present engaging the attention of all serious students of Sacred Scripture. The view to which he calls attention particularly is that which distinguishes between the religious truths contained in the Bible and the materials adopted by the inspired writers to convey these truths to the minds of their readers. According to this conception, what the sacred authors intended to teach is always and every where true, but the mode of speech and the scientific conceptions which they made use of, in order to make their meaning intelligible to the minds of those for whom they wrote, were in some instances at variance with fact or materially false. Fr. Pesch sees in such discussions and debates, animated and at times even acrimonicus, as are provoked by these views, the inevitable accompaniments of scientific progress. Almost every epoch-making achievement in the field of science has caused a storm of debate. "What conflicts ensued before the Copernican conception of the world finally prevailed over the Ptolemaic." One who would render a service to science may not stand in defence of a view or theory and say: "Thus far and no farther." Biblical science, like all others, is not static but progressive, and in consequence of this constant advance, scholars sometimes have the painful experience of beholding positions, which they had come to look upon as true beyond all question, proven erroneous and untenable. Nor is it to their discredit. No one admires Plato and Aristotle, St. Augustine and St. Thomas, Newton and Liebnitz the less because they supported scientific views which are to-day discarded. The National Review: Opens with a judicious selection and useful comments on some episodes of the month. "The Liberal Cabinet-An Intercepted Letter," is a supposed letter, signed C. B. to the effect that England chooses Liberalism because the Conservatives had to be put out, and that the Liberals have practically no united platform on which to stand." Devolution" is the name adopted by the Irish Reform Association to cover that part of their programme which proposes the creation of an Irish Representative Assembly. The writer on the subject "Devolution" seeks to expose what is really being recommended under this catch-word, and his article is an attempt to refute a pamphlet, The Crisis in Ireland, lately issued by Lord Dunraven.-"The Pattern Englishman' and His Record" is an attack on Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman; "with him," says the writer, "the fortunes of the Empire pass into the hands. of a man whose intellect is not remarkable, whose polit ical achievements will not bear examination, and who has associated with himself in office, apart from a handful of Liberal Imperialists, the most extraordinary collection of enemies of their country ever assembled in a Cabinet.""The Labor Question in the Transvaal" contains a defense for the introduction there of Chinese labor." Sparks from the Anvil; or, Thoughts of a Queen" contains one hundred and forty-eight aphorisms written by Carmen Sylva.-A. Maurice Low writes on "American Affairs."-In "The Uses of History," J. St. Loe Strachey pleads for absolute truthfulness in the writing of history, in order that history may be of practical value.Sir Charles Follett writes on "The Gigantie Error' of Free Trade." And Sir Edward Fitzgerald Law replies to the article in the December number of the National: "Playing with Fire." THE COLUMBIAN READING UNION. UFFALO, N. Y., has been chosen as the place for the next national con BUFE vention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies. The Right Rev. C. H. Colton, D.D., in a letter to Bishop McFaul, extends a hearty welcome to the convention in these words: I am much pleased that the convention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies is to be held in Buffalo. I will co-operate all I can with our local Federation in making the visit of the clerical and lay delegates pleasant and agreeable. I take this occasion to say I favor this movement of federating all our Catholic men's societies into one grand body. In union there is strength. It enables them to accomplish all the more good for religion and society, and at the same time inspires higher thought and nobler action in their own individual purposes and aims. I wish every success to the coming convention. Several bigoted publications have recently been brought to the attention of the Federation. A committee is quietly at work requesting publishers to withdraw these objectionable works from the market. Rev. M. C. Malone, of Australia, has addressed a letter to the National Secretary, which, among other interesting matters, states: Many of our Catholic clergymen and laymen think that it is high time to form an Australian Catholic Federation to defend and protect our rights as citizens and Catholics. Religious bigotry and fanaticism has been quite active here during the past few years. I have been commissioned to write to you and ask for a copy of the constitution of the American Federation of Catholic Societies and any other literature on the subject of federation. The report of the Ohio State Federation discloses that, through the efforts of the Federation, a virulent text-book has been removed from the public schools of a large city. The Scioto County Federation has succeeded in having the Library Commissioners of the new Portsmouth Library to install a number of Catholic books which the Federation has recommended. The Lucas County Federation reports that through its efforts permission has been granted to have holy Mass celebrated in the Workhouse and other public corrective and charitable institutions of Toledo and Lucas County. This Federation has also opened a crusade against immoral posters and theatricals. Right Rev. F. S. Chatard, D.D., Bishop of Indianapolis, writing to Mr. Peter Wallrath and congratulating him on the splendid showing made by the Indiana State Federation of Catholic Societies, has this to say about the Federation Unions of this kind, holding as they do to the manly profession of the Catholic faith, are most useful, encouraging the members in the profession of their faith and the practice of mutual charity and good works. We must do what we can to encourage one another in holding to the public manifestation of our Catholic belief and to the mutual public observance of those Christian observances which will unite us all as brethren of Jesus Christ, our Sovereign Lord. Through the efforts of the Butler County Federation, the Hamilton (O.) City County has made a tax levy for the support of the Mercy Hospital, which is conducted by the Sisters, and the hospital is now being, in part, maintained by public funds. Leading members of the Federation have welcomed the pamphlet on The Parish Schools of New York as an aid to the practical discussion of the educational question with non-Catholics. What is most urgently needed is a wide circulation of this pamphlet throughout New York State. Even among office-holders, elected largely by Catholic voters, there are few who have taken the trouble to get correct information as to the claims of the Parish Schools in the work of providing free education for about one hundred and fifty thousand children. Many practical books for those seeking self-improvement, or a study of the classics in English translations, may be found in the catalogue of Messrs. Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, 31 West Fifteenth Street, New York City. tionaries of different languages are marked at very reduced prices. the other helpful books for general readers are here indicated: DicSome of How to Study Literature, by B. A. Heydrick, 75 cents. The Worth of Words, by Dr. Ralcy Husted Bell, $1.25. Fifty English Classics Briefly Outlined, by Melvin Hix, $1.25. Composition and Rhetoric, by Maude L. Radford, $1. Punctuation and the Use of Capital Letters, by John S. Hart, L.L.D., 50 cents. A Text-book on Letter Writing, 75 cents. 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