An English Carmelite, the life of C. Burton

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الصفحة 8 - The Life of Marie Eustelle Harpain ; or the Angel of the Eucharist. Second edition. 5^. * Possesses a special value and interest apart from its extraordinay natural and supernatural beauty, from the fact that to her example and to the effect of her writings is attributed in great measure the wonderful revival of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament in France, and consequently throughout Western Christendom.
الصفحة 5 - CONTENTS : The Double Marriage — The Cross and the Crown — The Novice — The Fatal Accident — The Priest's Death— The Gambler's Wife— The Apostate — The Besetting Sin. Beautifully bound in bevelled cloth, 3s. 6d. " Written in a chaste, simple, and touching style.
الصفحة 10 - The Archbishop has marked his approval of the work by writing a preface for it, and describes it as "a valuable addition to our books of devotion.
الصفحة 10 - We congratulate Mr. Thompson on the way in which he has accomplished his task, and we earnestly hope that an increased devotion to the Holy Angels may be the reward of his labour of love."- — Tablet. "A beautiful translation.
الصفحة 8 - The book before us contains numberless traces of a thoughtful and tender devotion to the Saint. It shows a loving penetration into his spirit, and an appreciation of the secret motives of his action, which can only be the result of a deeply affectionate study of his life and character.
الصفحة 8 - The writer of the present volume has had the advantage of very copious materials in the French works on which his own work is founded, and Mr. Thompson has discharged his office as editor with his usual diligence and accuracy.
الصفحة 3 - Catholic Times. *A very good collection of simple tales. The teaching is Catholic throughout.'— Catholic Opinion. Marie and Paul: a Fragment. By 'Our Little Woman.' 3^. 6d. ; gilt edges, 4^. * We heartily recommend this touching little tale, especially as a present for children and for schools, feeling sure that none can rise from its perusal without being touched, both at the beauty of the tale itself and by the tone of earnest piety which runs through the whole, leaving none but holy thoughts...
الصفحة 15 - Berchmans, and as such it will take rank with religious biographies of the highest merit.' — Catholic Times, * Is of great literary merit, the style being marked by elegance and a complete absence of redundancy.

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