proprietors of the _Irish-American_ newspaper,
which has stood the tug of war for nearly forty years. The price is only
25 cents. It is worth three times 25 cents. Address the publishers or
any bookseller.

_Fr. Pustet & Co., N. Y. and Cincinnati._

THE POPE: THE VICAR OF CHRIST; THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH. By Rt. Rev.
Monseigneur Capel, D.D., Domestic Prelate of His Holiness, Pope Leo
XIII. Price, 25 cents.

The preface explains the scope of the work, which we give:

Is the Pope possessor of supreme and universal authority over the whole
of the Christian Church, is the Pope the Vicar of Christ: are questions
of the greatest moment to all believers in Christianity. If the Pope
holds such power and position, then is there the absolute need of
subjection to him in things spiritual. The subject has been treated by
me from different stand-points during my tour in the States. The
substance of such discourses is now given to the public. To meet the
demands on time made by the active, busy life in America, the matter is
presented as concisely as possible, and in short chapters. The
intelligence and general information displayed by the people in all
parts of the States which I have visited permit me, while presenting a
small book for popular use, to treat the subject for an educated people
anxious for solid knowledge. To those who wish to prosecute the further
study of this question I recommend the following works, to which I have
to express my indebtedness: Archbishop Kenrick's "Primacy of S. Peter,"
Allies' "See of S. Peter," Wilberforce's "Principles of Church
Authority," Allnatt's "Cathedra Petri," and "Faith of Catholics" (Vol.
II.), containing the historical evidence of the first five centuries of
the Christian era to the teaching concerning the Papacy.

T. J. Capel.

_Feast of the Immaculate Conception, 1885._

_McGowan & Young, Portland, Maine._

ECHOES FROM THE PINES. By Margaret E. Jordan.

Maine should be represented among the States which has a large Catholic
population. The first, and the only, Catholic Governor of the New
England States, was Governor Cavanagh in Maine. There were few Catholics
in that State during his administration. To-day, Maine would not give
her suffrages to a Catholic. Why? Because in Governor Cavanagh's days
the Catholics were in a great minority, and the Puritans did not fear
them. As the Catholi