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U. S. GRANT AND THE
AMERICAN MILITARY TRA
DITION, by Bruce Catton,
Grosset and Dunlap, 194 pp.,
95c. Reprint of 1954 edition.
Reviewed by
Joseph Power
This biography is reminis
cent of a study by Hilaire Bel
loc of the First Charles of Eng
land or of Richelieu. There is
a careful pointing up of the
main problems of U. S. Grant.
He was a citizen and a par
ent; a military officer with
overall command responsibili
ties; a professional soldier
with the burdens of a politi
cian and statesman, forced to
make command decisions.
One gets caught up and car
ried along with the historian.
In the Mexican Campaign of
1847, Lieutenant Grant is
sought out by Lieutenant Jos
eph Pemberton, whose report
justifies a military decoration
A decade and a half later, the
two will face each other in the
environs of Vicksburg. As the
campaign progresses toward
Chapultepec, there appears for
a moment a Captain of Engi
neers, R. E. Lee, whom Grant
will meet again in the Battle
of the Wilderness, and at Ap-
pomatox Court House.
It is interesting to go with
the author over certain of the
dispatches and replies after
the battles around Shiloh and
Vicksburg. There is the clear
indication of the strategy of
Grant in 1862 and 1863. He
proposed, and was overruled,
to march southward to the
Gulf Coast, cutting the Con
federacy in twain. He had to
wait a twelvemonth; then he
sent Sherman to the Atlantic
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By contrast, there is evident
the helplessness of 1870. Then
the soldier had become states
man. He was President. He
was condemned to be account
able for, but not in command
of, a horde of politicians.
The reprint in pocket form
is justified.
SELECTED LETTERS OF
STEPHEN VINCENT BENET;
ed, Fenton, Charles; Yale Uni
versity Press, New Haven,
1960, $6, 416 pp.
Reviewed by
Flannery O'Connor
The epithet “b e s t-loved
poet” usually speaks more for
the man than his poetry, and
after his death it will lead
more often to a collection of
his letters than to a critical
appraisal of his work. Stephen
Vincent Benet was known for
his gay spirit and warm
friendships and a quality
of both is apparent in his
letters. They also say a good
deal about the literary life in
the twenties and thirties
among Benet’s circle and they
say even more about the taste
of the fiction-reading public,
then as now. Benet struggled
to make a living by free-lance
writing for the popular mag
azines. In 1926, he wrote to his
wife, “I wrote another story
yesterday and am typing it to
day. It is called “Bon Voyage”
and is a dear little candy-laxa
tive of a tale about a sweet
little girl named Sally. I do
not see how it can fail to sell—
it is so cheap.” Whether Ben
et could have written better
poetry had he not had this
burden constantly upon him,
the letters cannot tell us, but
they make sad reading since
they suggest the possibility.
THE BULLETIN, August 5, 1961—PAGE ?
SELF PORTRAIT in stone, by Dom Hubert van Zeller,
author of Approach to Calvary (Sheed and Ward) and of A
Book of Private Prayer (Templegate), both reviewed in the
July 8 issue of the Bulletin.
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with technical subjects such
as the lay of the land, the pa
gan cemetery, the Tropaion of
Gaius and the memorial of
Constantine, a little difficult.
Fortunately, he is aided by the
60 line drawings, 40 black and
white photographs and four
color plates.
Reading becomes easier in
the third chapter where the
author takes up and answers
the strictures of critics on the
first official report of the ex
plorations. Perhaps the casual
reader would do well to begin
with Chapter IV which gives
a very readable history of St.
Peter’s burial place from the
time of Nero to the present.
The history of St. Paul’s re
mains is traced in another sec
tion.
Father Kirschbaum tells of
finally finding the bones of an
elderly man in the spot under
the high altar of St. Peter’s
but he does not yet say defi
nitely that these are the bones
of St. Peter.
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THE EUCHARIST IN
CATHOLIC LIFE, by Law
rence G. Lovasik, S.V.D., The
Macmillan Company, 1960,
274 pp., $4.50.
Reviewed by
Theodora Koob
This book, written by a
well-known retreat master
who seems to understand the
need for a warm-hearted, gen
eral and yet complete guide to
the greatest sacrament of the
layman, is an exceptionally
good devotional manual and
also a fountain of information
on its subject.
For the average church-goer
this easy-to-read book liberal
ly sprinkled with real-life tes
timonies and little homilectic
anecdotes has definite daily
inspirational value. It need not
be read at a sitting but can
be picked up and put down.
It is not profound but rather
entirely adequate in an area
where too many Catholics are
overwhelmed by depth and
erudition.
Divided into three parts,
THE EUCHARIST IN CATH
OLIC LIFE deals first with
doctrine, history and import
ance of the sacrament; sec
ondly, with an explanation of
the Mass and its history and
meaning; and lastly, with the
monumental importance of the
Sacrament of Holy Commun
ion in Catholic life down
through the ages. The book
contains a most lucid and un
derstandable discussion of
transubs tantiation which
should be recommended to all
Catholics.
The style is flowing and
quiet, also clear and well-or
ganized which gives the read
er the feeling that he might
read it profitably in retreat at
home for a better background
in one of the most important
aspects of his religion.
THE TOMBS OF ST. PET
ER AND ST. PAUL, by En-
glebert Kirschbaum, S.J., St.
Martin’s Press, 1959, 247 pp.,
illus., $7.50.
Reviewed by
Msgr. George J. Flanigen
The recent excavations un
der St. Peter’s Church in Rome
and the fniding there of an
ancient Roman cemetery have
attracted attention second only
to that of the finding of the
Dead Sea Scrolls. This is a
first-hand account by one of
four archaeologists appointed
by the Pope, Father Kirsch
baum, professor of archaeolo
gy at the Gregorian Universi
ty, Rome. The translation from
the German is expertly done
by Father John Murray, S.J.
The average reader will find
the first two chapters, dealing
SEATTLE, (NC)—A Catholic
college unlike other Catholic
colleges was dedicated near
here by Archbishop Egidio
Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate
to the United States.
It is called Providence
Heights College, and is design
ed for, operated by and attend
ed by Sisters.
Eight archbishops and bish
ops from the western United
States and Alaska joined the
Apostolic Delegate and Arch
bishop Thomas A. Connolly of
Seattle for the solemn bless
ing.
Archbishop Vagnozzi offered
a Solemn Pontifical Mass of
thanksgiving in the college
chapel after the dedicatiop.
The only other college of this
type is Marillac College in St.
Louis, Mo.
Providence Heights has a
natural setting of 243 acres of
timber surrounding the eight-
unit school, located on Pine
Lake, about 10 miles east of
Seattle.
The college, a direct result
of the Sister Formation Move
ment for the better training of
Sisters in education, social
work and nursing, will give a
bachelor’s degree to the four
orders of Sisters participating
—the Sisters of Charity of
Providence, the Dominican Sis
ters of the Congregation of St.
Thomas Aquinas, the Domini
can Sisters of the Congrega
tion of the Holy Cross and the
Sisters of St. Joseph of New
ark.
Credits will be required in
philosophy, theology, psycholo
gy, sociology, political science,
the physical sciences, mathe
matics, history, French, Eng
lish and education as well as a
fifth year of special studies re
quired by chnon law.
Included in the campus
buildings are the novitiate and
juniorate residence halls, ad
ministration building, provin-
cialate unit, classrooms, a gym
nasium with a swimming pool,
library and the chapel which
seats 400.
Fourteen windows of chip
ped stained glass, set in ce
ment, were made in France.
They depict the Seven Sorrows
of the Blessed Virgin Mary on
one side of the chapel and the
seven spiritual and corporal
works of mercy on the other
side.
The library has some 50,000
volumes. For the physical well
being of the Sisters, volleyball
and tennis courts are provided.
Mother Mary Judith, Provin
cial Superior of the Sisters of
Charity of Providence, and
Mother Mary Philothea, dean
of the college and second nat
ional chairman of the Sister
Formation Movement, have di
rected the Sister Formation
program at Seattle University
which has been a demonstra
tion center for the new cur
riculum for Sisters. They will
continue to guide the program
at Providence Heights.
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