en new zeal, and give a fresh impulse to the cause of Catholic education in the United States. We confidently believe that this appeal will meet with a generous response from rich and poor, and that multitudes of the faithful shall have the satisfaction to know that they have part in this work.

Contributions may be sent to Right Rev. J. L. Spalding, President Catholic Educational Exhibit, N. E. corner 35th Street and Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Ill.

JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS,

Archbishop of Baltimore.
MICHAEL A. CORRIGAN,

Archbishop of New York.
WILLIAM HENRY ELDER,

Archbishop of Cincinnati.
PATRICK A. FEEHAN,

Archbishop of Chicago.
WM. H. GROSS,

Archbishop of Oregon City.
JOHN IRELAND,

Archbishop of St. Paul.
FRANCIS JANSSENS,

Archbishop of New Orleans.
F. X. KATZER,

Archbishop of Milwaukee.
P. RICHARD KENRICK,

Archbishop of St. Louis.
PATRICK W. RIORDAN,
Archbishop of San Francisco.
PATRICK J. RYAN,

Archbishop of Philadelphia.
JOHN B. SALPOINTE,

Archbishop of Santa Fe.
JOHN JOS. WILLIAMS,

Archbishop of Boston.
NOTES.

Our separated brethren, with a few notable exceptions, are endeavoring to create a public opinion in favor of a teetotal Sunday-closing of the World's Fair. Every groggery in Chicago, and low dive and gambling-den as well, is likewise anxious to have the Fair closed.

As a rule, Catholic prelates and journals are in favor of seeing the doors open on Sunday after the people have had an opportunity to attend divine service in their respective places of worship.

If the party who sent us money last month had had the thoughtfulness to send us his name and address, (we could not even make out the post-mark), we would have been able to place the amount of his remittance to his credit.

We gladly give space to Miss Kilkelly's note of explanation here appended:

In my sketch of Dominica, in the September number of THE ROSARY, I remarked "that the Nuns of the Faithful

Virgin who so hospitably entertained me during my visit to that island, had been prevailed upon by the present Bishop of Roseau, Monsignor Naughten, to leave their Mother House in Kensington, England, cross the seas, and devote their lives to the instruction of the negro and Carib children in the Island of Dominica, for which field of onerous labor Monsignor Naughten had just been consecrated Bishop.

I now embrace this opportunity of rectifying my error. The Mother House of the Nuns of the Faithful Virgin is situated at Delivrande, near Caen in Normandy. They have a large and flourishing house at Norwood, near the Crystal Palace on the outskirts of London.

It is to Monsignor Vesque, first bishop of Roseau, who was consecrated by Cardinal Wiseman in 1859, to whom is due the credit of having prevailed on the Sisters to come to Dominica, and he, at his own expense, built them a Convent.

Eight of the English speaking Sisters accompanied Monsignor Naughten from their Convent at Norwood, near the Crystal Palace, Surrey, England, to join their French and Creole Sisters already established in Dominica.

The newly-ordained Dominican priests have been assigned to posts of duty, as follows:-Rev. Hyacinth Justa to Memphis, Tenn.; Rev. Louis Kelly to Kansas City, Mo.; Rev. Clement Kernan to Zanesville, Ohio.

The

The prayers of our Rosarians are asked for the repose of the souls of Rev. Fathers Martin Pius Spalding, O.P., and James Vincent Edelen, O.P. former died in Kansas City, Mo., on Nov. 16; the latter in Memphis, Tenn., on Nov. 18, 1892. Both were born in Kentucky; both entered the Dominican Order at St. Rose's, Ky., in their tender youth; but while Fr. Edelen was privileged to see forty years of priestly life roll by and himself actively engaged in arduous labor at the various posts of duty in the province, Fr. Spalding's career, full of promise, was cut short while he was still young. Seven years ago he was ordained with a zealous band of other young Dominicans, whose number, sad to say, the grim reaper keeps lessening every now and then. After ordination Fr. Spalding was sent to Washington, D. C.; afterwards to New York City. His health failing, he was transferred to Holy Rosary Convent in Minneapolis.

For a while he was intrusted with the grave and responsible position of novicemaster, for which his gentleness of disposition and fidelity to duty, together with the other virtues of heart and head ad

mirably fitted him. The germs of a stubborn and remorseless disease were, however, all these years steadily undermining his health, rendering it necessary for the bright young priest to be released from active work.

Neither the balmy atmosphere of the South, nor the invigorating and much sought climate of the Western highlands. could stay the slow but sure encroachments of death. It came at last, to find him calm and peaceful, resigned and ready. His brethren in Kansas City comforted him in his last agony, and his mortal remains await the resurrection call in the little old graveyard close beside St. Rose's Convent Church, near Springfield, Ky.

Father Edelen was until the last few years an active, zealous, whole-souled, popular priest. Entering the Order in the '30s when sturdy pioneers were needed, and found, to break the bread of life to God's faithful and scattered flock in the South, and West, and North, Father Edelen's name became a household word, and his affable manners attracted around him life-long friends in every place. Most of his time was spent in the South. In Memphis he was stricken with paralysis two years ago, and remained an invalid, cheerful and resigned to the day of his death. His body rests beside the mouldering remains of his dauntless brethren who, during the awful plague that visited Memphis in '76, succumbed to the ravages of the yellow fever.

INDULGENCES FOR JANUARY.

New Year's Day.-Feast of the Circumcision. The feast by dignity of the Holy Name Society. To members is given the privilege of gaining a Jubilee Indulgence, C.C., Prayers. Also First Sunday of the month. The usual three plenary indulgences :

a) C.C., Prayers.

b) If after C.C., Visit Rosary Altar and Prayers.

c) If after C.C., attend Rosary Procession.

Jan. 8. Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple. Plenary Indulgence, C.C., Prayers.

Jan. 23. St. Raymond Pennafort, O.P. Plenary Indulgence, C.C., Visit and Prayers.

Jan. 28. Translation of the Relics of St. Thomas Aquinas. Plenary Indulgence for members of the Angelic Warfare. C.C.

Jan. 29. Last Sunday of the month. Usual Indulgence for those who say the Rosary three times a week.

Jan. 31. Prayer of Our Lord in the Garden, 1st Sorrowful mystery. Plenary Indulgence, C.C., Prayers.

N. B. A partial indulgence of 30 years and 30 Lents for visiting five altars, or one altar five times, on Jan. 1, Feast of the Circumcision; Jan. 6, Epiphany; Jan. 29, Septuagesima.

"ON THE MISSION IN MISSOURI FROM 1857 TO 1868," by Rt. Rev. John Joseph Hogan, Bishop of Kansas City. John A. Heilmann, Publisher, Kansas City, Mo. Price, 75c.

The most interesting and entertaining little book that we have read in a long while. It reads like a novel, is brimful of wit and humor, while at the same time there flows along a strong and steady under-current of solid instruction reflected from the experiences of a hard-working, zealous pioneer missionary who is now the beloved bishop of that young giant city of the West. The story of his labors is admirably told. Of special interest, however, is the genial bishop's account of his arrest for refusing to take the infamous "test oath."

"THE SACRAMENTALS OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH," by Rev. A. A. Lambing, LL.D., author of "A History of the Catholic Church in the dioceses of Pittsburg and Alleghany," the “SundaySchool Teacher's Manual," "Masses for the Dead," "Mixed Marriages," etc.,

etc. Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago. Price, $1.25 net.

As the author declares in his preface to this volume, nearly all the articles originally appeared in the Ave Maria or in the American Ecclesiastical Review, but they have been subjected to a careful revision, and, as they now appear in a goodly sized book of 356 pages, they form a very acceptable collection of the principal sacramentals in use among the faithful. A book for the people, treating subjects with the use of which the people are familiar, it is written in a clear and entertainingly instructive style. It is a book with which, we hope, every Catholic family will be provided, and every Catholic school should be supplied. The necessarily brief account of the sacramentals given in our catechisms might very profitably be supplemented with readings from this book; for example, on the Treasures of the Missal, Ritual, and Breviary, The Sign of the Cross, The Rosary, The Scapular, The Angelus, Blessed Palms, and Candles,

-these are a few of the topics explained. Our love, our devotion increase in proportion to our knowledge. The day is not past yet when no malicious "fling" is hurled at Catholics for their "inane mummeries," their religious "charms" and "talismans." One perusal by any intelligent and honest nonCatholic will give an insight into the true nature and idea of the sacramentals, and allay all his fears. This book is sure of an extended circulation, and it deserves it. The publishers, too, will have contributed not a little to the welcome with which this book will be received by reason of the substantial and artistic manner in which it is prepared.

"INSTRUCTIO SPONSORUM, LINGUA ANGLICA CONSCRIPTA AD USUM PAROCHORUM." B. Herder, St. Louis, Mo.

This is the third edition of a very useful little book. Every priest to whom is entrusted the care of souls will find it an invaluable aid. To be sure, the subjects discussed are found in his moral theology, but it will be worth his while to review them, as he is very well enabled to do so in this Instructio Sponsorum.

"PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR CATHOLICS." B. Herder, St. Louis, Mo.

Much solid and practical information is found within the covers of this little book.

"THE ANNALS OF THE TABERNACLE SOCIETY," Convent of Notre Dame, Philadelphia, Vol. 11, No. 2, has reached us. It states the incorporation of the society has taken place. It gives a splendid record of work done for poor churches. "Jubilee Lamps of Notre Dame," is the title of a beautiful poem by Eleanor C. Donnelly, composed on the occasion of the presentation of fifty lamps to our Holy Father as a Golden Jubilee offering. When the Jubilee was over he distributed them among poor Missions in many places. Some burn now in the East and in Australia.

The fact that this translation is done by Fr. Lambert is sufficient guarantee that it has been well done, and the fact that the well-known author of "Notes on Ingersoll" has thought fit to devote his time to this translation is antecedent proof that the book is timely, and so it is, as a glance at it will readily show. It explains the gospels of the Sundays of the year, and in this last respect is not unlike Goffine's well-known work on the same subject. It will, we think, be found serviceable as a manual of spiritual reading for individual use. A book for the people, it unfolds with admirable simplicity the beautiful narrative of the evangelists.

We miss the citation of chapter and verse from the passages of scripture that are adduced with generous and apt frequency.

From the same energetic publishers, we have

A PRIMER FOR CONVERTS"; by Rev. J. T. Durward. Price 25c.

As a primer this well-intentioned little book contains not too much, but much that is amplified at too great a length. The facts of Christianity and the motives of credibility, should, we think, be presented to our non-Catholic friends in clear-cut, short, incisive sentences. This is an age of brevity. However, Fr. Durward writes with a patient, charitable pen and his zeal is sure to be rewarded

"BIRTH-DAY SOUVENIR," is an artistic little collection of quotations and mottoes from the sayings of saints and wise men in every age, by Mrs. A. E. Buchanan. There is blank space reserved to receive the daily jottings of those whose fancies urge them to keep a diary. The book is more ornamental than useful. Benziger Bros., publishers. Price, 50c.

"PUBLIC SHOOLS OR DENOMINATIONAL SCHOOLS"-Pastoral Letter on the Separation of the School from the Church, issued in 1873; by Rt. Rev. W. E. von Ketteler, Bishop of Mentz. Benziger Bros. Price, paper, 10c.

ROSARY.

practice of their religion; for the souls in purgatory; for means to pay three debts; for health in a family; for the repose of the soul of a mother; for her orphan children to have the grace to live piously and well; for one to obtain employment; in thanksgiving for favors received; the grace of a vocation; for the repose of the soul of Cath. Tobin who died July 19th, '92; for success in studies; for the worthy reception of the Sacraments by four careless persons.