can gather, from the evident culture
and literary grace of his pages and his renown as a preacher of
missions, has been no laggard in those studies which he so
earnestly recommends to young priests and ecclesiastical
students. . . . If Father Phelan's lessons were taken to heart by
the coming race of priests we, or at least our children, would
behold the Catholic pulpit transformed into a mighty living
force. At present it is far from being that. It is in this
country the weakest part of the great redeeming machinery of the
church, and it should be so strong and effective. . . . The book
is brilliantly written, and, as Father Phelan maintains his
position in no mamby-pamby or apologetic fashion, the reader is
treated to some very lively passages."--_The Tribune_
(Melbourne).

"In this little work from the pen of Father Phelan, S.J., those
who are in course of preparation for the high calling of the
sacred ministry will find some advice worthy of serious
consideration. . . . It is an age of 'experts'; as an 'expert' of
undoubted merit in the sphere of missionary work Father Phelan
well may claim the right of giving authoritative advice to those
aspiring to that field of labour in which his own efforts have
been crowned with such signal success. . . . Were the revered
author not, in fact what he is, a Jesuit missionary of
acknowledged excellence and wide fame, the value of his advice
would be none the less evident on a thoughtful perusal of his
book. . . . Even a mere casual reading would send the young
student away with a clear realization of the steps he must take
to secure that in his mind or personality there shall be nothing
to make any man, however critical, however captious, think less
of that Living Word whose mouthpiece it will be his lot in life
to be. . . . He has done well and very well in trying to make it
easy for future workers in the same field to do justice to their
sacred calling and to themselves."--_Cork Examiner_.

"He knows what he is talking about, and he speaks with a
first-hand knowledge of what is required by young priests coming
to Australia."--_Catholic Press_ (Sydney).

"Amongst the many qualifications which the author has brought to
his delicate task, not the least are his earnestness and his
enthusiasm for his subject. These qualities are responsible for
some of the best features of the book. They have given it its
thoroughly constructive character and tempered even its severest
crit