Search

The article presents information on the book "Ecclesiastical History of Newfoundland," by M.F. Howley. The book contains, not only the history of Catholic Church in Newfoundland, but also contains a considerable portion of the political history of that island and also an account of the discovery and early history of other parts of North America. Catholic Church in Newfoundland has to contend against long continued opposition of the British government and poverty. Catholic priests were forbidden to enter the island Catholics were not allowed to perform their own burial rights and they had to pay fees to the Episcopal Church, which did them no service in return of their money.

The article presents a list of books of various interests. Some of the books included in the list are "Illustrated Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans," by L. Abbott; "The Tariff and Its Evils," by J.H. Allen; "The Beginnings of Religion," by T.S. Bacon; "Recoiling Vengeance," by F. Barrett; "Some Successful Women," Sarah K. Bolton; "A Sea-Island Romance: A Story of South Carolina After the War," by W.P. Brown; "First French Course," by C.A. Chardenal; "The Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons," W.A. Clouston.

The article presents information on three books related to religion. These books are "Sancta Sophia and Troitza: A Tourist's Note on the Oriental Church," by Frederick Williams Holls; "The Land of the Nihilist: Russia--Its People, Its Palaces, Its Politics," by William Eleroy Curtis; and "The Russian Peasantry: Their Agrarian Condition, Social Life and Religion," by Stepniak. The unpretending essay of Holl, read before the Martin Luther Society of New York describes his visit to the Mosque of Aya Sophia at Constantipole, Turkey and the monastery of Saint Sergius at Troitza near Moscow in Russia.