Books Published By The Catholic Publication Society.

The Life And Sermons Of The Rev. Francis A. Baker, Priest of the Congregation of St. Paul, Edited by Rev. F. A. Hewit. One volume, crown octavo, pp. 504, $2.50

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"Father Baker was a lovely boy, a wise and thoughtful youth, and a devout servant of Christ. The son of a Methodist, the graduate of a Presbyterian college, he became first an Episcopal clergyman, and then a Catholic priest. In all these changes, he everywhere won love; and whatever were the peculiarities of his character, he was a sincerely good and thoroughly pure man, and deserved the tribute which this remarkably appreciative and tender biography pays him."— —New-York Watchman.

"After Newman's Apologia and Robertson's 'Life', the memoir contained in this volume is perhaps the most respectable clerical biography that we have met for a long time. We recommend such persons as have already attained to settled principles, and who may have an opportunity, to give the Memoir itself a thorough perusal. It is rich in personal reminiscences. It is, at the same time, like the 'Apologia', both an argument and a biography." —Christian Times.

"Father Hewit's biography of his deceased friend is a most noticeable piece of writing. It is as impartial as could be expected, and has a marked local interest from its allusions to local affairs in religious circles. A great part of it is occupied with an elaborate view of the Oxford, or, as it is familiarly called here, the Puseyite movement, and of its effect on this country. The conversion of Bishop Ives, the remarkable scenes at the ordination of Rev. Arthur Carey, the movement toward a Protestant Oriental bishopric at Constantinople, in which Bishop Southgate was engaged, and various other features in recent church history, all are described, rendering the biography of marked interest to Episcopalians as well as to Catholics; while the history of Father Baker is a curious study of the operation of religious belief on a young, vigorous, and active mind." —New-York Evening Post.

"The portrait which forms the frontispiece to this volume appears to represent one of the contemplative, saintly, seraphic spirits of the early ages of Christianity, rather than a man whose life was cast amid the bustle and activity and worldly-mindedness of the nineteenth century. The impression is confirmed by the perusal of the memoir. It introduces us to a type of character which is rare in these days, and reminds us of a strain of mediaeval music. … The sermons are remarkable for the earnestness of their spirit, the simple and vigorous eloquence of their style, and their frequent beauty of conception and illustration. The biography, by his bosom friend and companion, is an athletic piece of composition, controversial and aggressive in its tone, abounding in personal episodes, and presenting a spirited and impressive sketch of the movement in which both the author and the subject have been prominent actors. The volume, of course, possesses a paramount interest for Catholic readers, but it forms too remarkable an illustration of some important features in the religious tendencies of the day not to challenge a wide attention from intelligent observers." —New-York Tribune.

"This is the very best edition, as regards typographical skill, that has as yet been issued of any Catholic work in this country." —Boston Pilot.

"His sermons are brief, addressed to the common heart and reason of his hearers, and remarkably free from clerical assumptions of authority. The sermon on The Duty of Growing in Christian Knowledge is liberal and philosophical to a degree not usual in the pulpits of any denomination." —New-York Nation.

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The Works Of The Most Rev. John Hughes, D.D., First Archbishop of New-York, containing Biography, Sermons, Letters, Lectures, Speeches, etc. Carefully Compiled from the Best Sources, and Edited by Lawrence Kehoe.

This important work makes two large volumes of nearly 1500 pages. The editor has spared neither labor nor expense to have it as correct and as complete as it is possible to make a work of the kind. The prominent position occupied for so many years by Archbishop Hughes makes this a highly important work; his views on all the general questions of the day so eagerly read at the time—are here collected and presented to the Catholic public in two elegant volumes, which are indispensable to every library of American Catholic Literature.

Price, Cheap Edition. Two volumes, 8vo, cloth, $6.00 Fine Edition, On Extra Paper. Two volumes, cloth, bevelled, $8.00 Two volumes, half morocco, bevelled, $10.00 Two volumes, half calf, extra, $12.00

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"Opening these volumes, the first thing that strikes us is the vast energy, the indomitable resolution, the all-embracing zeal of this great prelate. No subject affecting the interests of Catholics was beneath his notice. The collection of such a vast pile of materials is in itself an arduous and laborious task, and when collected the arrangement and collation of the documents were a work of time and trouble, requiring both judgment and discrimination; both these qualities are apparent in the contents of the two large volumes before us." —New-York Tablet.

"The editor deserves great credit for the care, industry, and taste with which he prepared his work." Baltimore Catholic Mirror.

"This is one of the most carefully prepared, as well as most interesting, contributions to American and Catholic history." —Boston Pilot.

"Every Catholic should provide himself with a copy of the works, because they are the history, almost, of the Church in her infancy in the Eastern States." —Cincinnati Catholic Telegraph.

"Take him all in all, Archbishop Hughes was the greatest man that the Catholic Church has yet produced in this country, and his writings must have a deep interest for all the members of his communion." —Chicago Republican.

"There is a fund of instruction in his writings alike to the Christian and the worldling, the Protestant and the Catholic." —Daily News.

"The work of the editor appears to have been done in a manner worthy of the highest commendation." —Pittsburg Catholic.

"Every Catholic household should have the work." —Irish American.

"This work gives his speeches and discourses in full. These will be sought for by multitudes of his admirers." —New-York Freeman's Journal.

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Sermons of the Paulist Fathers, for 1865 and 1866. Price, $1.50

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"They are good examples of practical, earnest, pungent preaching. … Others besides Catholics may be stimulated by these discourses, and some Protestant preachers we have heard might learn how to talk plainly to the heart and conscience of men." —Round Table.

"These sermons are dictated with a conviction of mind and earnestness of heart that the hearer and the reader are carried away while reading or listening to them, which, after all, is the triumph of eloquence." —Boston Pilot.

"These sermons, like those which preceded them, are sound, practical, and able productions." —Catholic Mirror.

"They are adapted to the wants of our age and country, and consequently must elevate the standard of morality whenever they can secure the attention of a reader." —Pittsburg Catholic.

"Here are twenty-one Catholic sermons in various degrees of excellence, nearly all of which are so thoroughly and truly catholic in the widest sense of the term, that they will be read with pleasure by Protestants, as well as by members of the communion to which they are carefully addressed." —New-York Citizen,

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May Carols and Hymns and Poems. By Aubrey De Vere. Blue and gold, . . . $1.25

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Christine, and Other Poems. By George H. Miles. Price, $2.00

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Dr. Newman's Answer To Dr. Pusey's Eirenicon. Paper, $0.75

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Three Phases of Christian Love: The Mother, The Maiden, and The Religious. By Lady Herbert. One volume, 12mo, $1.50

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"The author writes in a spirit and style worthy of the sacred subjects of her pen. It is a book that should be in the hands of every Catholic, and one which Protestants might read with benefit to themselves, and without having their prejudices rudely assailed. Mr. Kehoe has issued the volume in admirable taste. Its mechanical execution is without a flaw." —Citizen.

"We hail this work as a great acquisition to our Catholic literature, and recommend it to the attention of all. It is just the book that ought to be placed in the hands of Catholic ladies. The publisher deserves great credit for the beautiful type, paper, and binding, which make this book equal in taste and elegance to any published in this country." —Pittsburg Catholic.

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Aspirations of Nature. By Rev. I. T. Hecker. Fourth edition, revised, cloth, extra, … $1.50