Pictures of youthful holiness

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الصفحة 6 - THE LIFE OF MARIE EUSTELLE HARPAIN ; or, the Angel of the Eucharist. 5s. "The life of Marie Eustelle Harpain possesses a special value and interest apart from its extraordinary 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 6 - 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 6 - 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 7 - In a handsome volume, 8vo, cloth, los. 6d. " The work is incomparable ; and Mr. Lewis's rare faithfulness and felicity as a translator are known so well, that no word of ours can be necessary to make the volume eagerly looked for.
الصفحة 5 - The more we have of such works as 'The Hidden Life of Jesus,' the better." — Westminster Gazette. " A book of searching power." — Church Review. "We have often regretted that this writer's works are not better known.
الصفحة 12 - Him,' is one of the most useful and comforting that we have read for a long time. We earnestly commend this little book to all troubled souls, feeling sure that they will find in it abundant cause for joy and consolation.
الصفحة 8 - ... should have been substituted for them. . . . Why should not their use be restored ? Why should they not become the standard devotions of all Catholics, whether alone or in their families ? Why may we not hope to have them more solemnly performed — chanted even every day in all religious communities ; or, where there is a sufficient number of persons, even in family chapels ? " — Cardinal Wiseman. " These beautiful little books, which have received the imprimatur of his Grace the Archbishop,...
الصفحة 14 - One of the most delightful books which Messrs. Burns and Oates have brought out to charm children at this festive season." — Catholic Opinion. In the Snow ; or, Tales of Mount St. Bernard. By the Rev Dr. ANDERDON. Cloth neat, 3s. 6d. "A collection of pretty stories.
الصفحة 7 - A more complete instance of that life of purity and close union with God in the world of which we have just been speaking is to be found in the history of Marie Eustelle Harpain, the sempstress of Saint-Pallais. 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 9 - Now ready. Devotions for the Ecclesiastical Seasons, consisting of Psalms, Hymns, Prayers, &c., suited for Evening Services, and arranged for Singing. Cloth, is. Also in separate Nos. at zd. each, for distribution, as follows : — I.

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