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OCTOBER 27, 1956.
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
FIFTEEN
BOOK REVIEWS
EDITED BY EILEEN HALL
3087 Old Jonesboro Road, Hapeville, Georgia
Each issue of this Bosk Page
is confided to, the patronage of
Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces,
with the hope that every read
er and every contributor may
be specially favored by her
and her Divine Son.
October 11, Feast of the Mater
nity of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
was publication date of A DIC
TIONARY OF MARY, compiled
by Donald Attwater, (Kenedy
$6.50). This useful book contains
312 pages of information, listed
under alphabetically arranged
headings, providing, as the com
piler intended, “quick reference
to matters connected with the
many aspects of the life, signi
ficance and veneration of the
Blessed Virgin Mary.”
More than 200 shrines of Our
Lady are described briefly; more
than 400 other entries of varying
length deal with Marian titles,
art, images, prayers and devo
tions, hymns, feasts, pilgrimages,
visions and revelations, as well
as brief summaries of theological,
doctrinal, historical and liturgical
matters pertaining to Mary, in
both Eastern and Latin Rite
Churches.
“The book is not meant to be
apologetic or justificatory,” Mr.
Attwater says, “but mainly des
criptive and informative . . . only
a skeleton, so to speak, of Mary’s
place and meaning in traditional
Christianity.” It-should serve this
purpose admirably.
Forty r eight SHRINES OF OUR
LADY in 29 countries of the
world, with facts and legends
about them, are included in the
book by that title, bv Sister Mary
Jean Dorcy, O.P. (Sheed & Ward
$2.75). Intended for young read
ers, ages 12 and up. it will interest
their e’lders too. The 48 shrines
are “chosen arbitrarily,” the
author says, “because it is human
ly impossible to discuss all her
shrines.” The United States is
represented by the shrines of Our
Lady of the Conquest in Santa
Fe, N. Mex., and, Our Lady of
Ready Help in New Orleans, La.
The famous English shrine of
Our Lady at Walsingham, where
Georgia’s Archbishop Gerald P.
O’Hara has participated in cere
monies during his stay in Eng
land as Apostolic Delegate to
Great Britain, figures in A
CANDLE FOR OUR LADY, by
Regina Victoria Hunt (Bruce
$2.00), another book for young!
sters 10 and up. This fictional
story tells of a teen-ager’s
citing adventures during the days
of King Henry VIII.
SHE WHO WEEPS is an antho
logy of Leon Bloy’s writings about
the apparition of Our Lady at
La' Salette, in the French Alps,
on September 19, 1846. It is trans
lated and edited by Emile La-
Douceur, of the Missionaries of
La Salette, professor of Sacred
Scripture at La Salette Seminary,
Attleboro, Mass. Published by the
Academy Library Guild, Fresno,
Calif., price $3.00, and illustrated
with numerous photographs, it
contains some of Bloy’s most
moving chapters on the appeal of
the Queen of Heaven, transmitted
through two shepherd children,
pleading for repentence lest “if
my people will not submit, I
shall be forced to let fall the arm
of my Son.”
Father John S. Kennedy also
tells the dramatic story of La
Salette in his book LIGHT ON
THE MOUNTAIN (Image 65c).
He describes vividly the visit of
Our Lady to the children, of La
Salette, which preceded the better
known apparitions at Lourdes
and Fatima, and also relates
events that followed as the
Church investigated and approv
ed the marvel, as well as depict
ing the adult lives of Melanie and
Maximin, to whom she appeared,
and who did not, like Bernadette
of Lourdes, achieve sainthood, al
though they suffered much as a
result of being Mary’s chosen
messengers.
Another timely book for Oc
tober is THE POET'S ROSARY,
an anthology arranged by Anne
Tansev, (Grail $2.00). Reviewer
Nita Phillips says: “This col
lection of poems by various
authors is presented in an entire
ly new manner. Each bead of the
Rosary is represented by a love
ly poetic tribute to the Blessed
Mother, Queen of the Rosary.
From the Annunciation to the
Coronation, there are 11 poems
for each decade; and such beau
tiful poems, some new, some old,
but all alive with love for Our
Lady.”
the natives of the village. In the
usual ‘whodunit’ tradition, all
suspects have motives and oppor
tunities to have committed the
crime.”
OF WIND AND SONG, by
Evelyn Voss Wise, (Bruce), $3.25.
Reviewer Frances White says;
“Good light fiction with a tangl
ed plot, believable characters but
not much depth. Although ma
ture in years, Julie, the heroine
actually grows up after joining
her brother, a Catholic priest, in
a backwoods community in Min
nesota. Accustomed to wealth and
the advantages it brings, and
fighting the memories of a broken
romance, her adjustment to the
new life is difficult. Not Cath
olic at the outset, she. discovers
her own solid philosophy and
firm religious belief during the
violence of a Minnesota blizzard.”
SOEUR ANGELE AND THE
EMBARRASSED LADIES, by
Henrie Catalan, (Sheed & Ward),
$2.50. Reviewer Michael Patron
says: “If you like sleuthing you
will enjoy this story with an an
nual twist. Its detective is the
amazing Sister of Charity who
helps the police solve a murder
case, although horrifying them by
methods. The book holds the read
er in suspense until the very
end.”
SOEUR ANGELE AND THE
GHOSTS OF CHAMBORD, by
Henri Catalan, (Sheed & Ward),
$2.50. Reviewer Virginia Mackey
says: “The setting is in France.
A motion picture concern is mak
ing a movie when one of the ac
tors is murdered. This sophisticat
ed story becomes quite hilarious
as Soeur Angele, with the help
of the French police and a very
uninhibited youngster, searches'
for the murder weapon, inter
views the movie colony and final
ly clears the name of the sus
pected.”
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FICTION
JAMES BY THE GRACE OF
GOD, by Hugh Ross Williamson,
(Regnery), $3.75. This “novel of
the last days of the Stuart monar
chy and the ‘Glorious Revolu
tion’ of 1688,” published October
8, has been described as “a new
pattern of literature, the novel
without fiction.” Mr. Williamson,
author of eight books on the
Stuart period several f>lays and
two previous historical novels,
is convinced “that both the novel
and the play'could, provided the
necessary scholarly work was
done as a foundation, give a tru
er picture of the past than the
mere academic history or bio
graphy.”
In “James by the Grace of
God” he has successfully put this
theory into practice. Many read
ers will agree that this is a most
palatable way of combining study
and entertainment. James II of
England, his young Italian-born
Queen Mary Beatrice who, in the
first chapter,' gives birth to the
prince later known as “the Old
Pretender,” William and Mary of
Orange, and many personages
surrounding them in those tur
bulent days, live in these pages
as they never did in school his
tory textbooks.
Our reviewers aJso recommend:
RUE THE RESERVOIR, by An-
nabelle M. Melville, (Bruce),
$3.00. Reviewer Margot Atwood
says: “This is light, harmless
reading but not completely satis
factory as a mystery story. Re
ferences to Catholic schooling, go
ing to Mass, etc. don’t give it a
real Catholic flavor, although the
heroine’s attempt at being charit
able is commendable. Her anti
cipated vacation in an Adirondack
resort town is blighted as gossip,
scandal and finally murder upset
GREETINGS
TO THE
MEMBERS
OF THE
CATHOLIC
LAYMAN’S ASSN.
FROM
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