c body increases, hatred springs up; but Maine is
coming back to the old faith.

She has now a prelate who is alive to the necessities of his people, and
is doing everything in his power to establish the Faith of Kale and the
other martyrs who died for their religion.

Who would have thought in Governor Cavanagh's days (a half a century
ago), that there would be a grand cathedral, convent, schools and a
Catholic publishing house in Portland? But such is the fact. The house
has issued an excellent book but a few months ago, and now we have some
sweet poems from the genial pen of Miss Margaret E. Jordan. The
authoress has not so many "flourish of trumpets" as some others, but her
Muse is pathetic and heartfelt. The critics may not give her the meed of
praise they would confer upon others, but her Catholic heart will endear
her to the love she bears our Blessed Mother, and her devotion to the
poetic visions of the "old land." We believe Miss Jordan hails from the
beautiful vale of Avoca, where the poet Moore imbibed his inspirations.

_Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Ind._

SCHOLASTIC ANNUAL FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1886. By Prof. J. A.
Lyons, of the University of Notre Dame, Ia.

This is the eleventh year of this publication. Our good friend, Prof.
Lyons, gives his readers an excellent New Year's dish. "Capital and
Strikes," by our friend, Onahan, of Chicago, is timely. We wish it could
be read by the strikers and the Knights of Labor, all over the country.
There are also articles on the late Vice President, by William Hoynes,
A. M. "A Nation's Favorite," by Rev. Thomas E. Walsh, C. S. C., and
other excellent articles both in prose and verse.

_John Murphy & Co., Baltimore, Md._

NOTED SANCTUARIES OF THE HOLY FACE; or, the Cultus of the Holy
Face, as practised at St. Peter's of the Vatican and other
celebrated shrines. By M. L'Abbe Jouvier. Translated from the
French by P. P. S. With preface by Most Rev. W. H. Elder, D.D.,
Archbishop of Cincinnati.

The devotion to the Holy Face is spreading throughout the Catholic
world. The Discalced Nuns are foremost in their efforts to spread this
devotion. This little book is published at their urgent solicitations.
We recommend to all devout Catholics the purchase of this book.

_D. & J. Sadlier & Co., New York._

SADLIER'S CATHOLIC DIRECTORY, ALMANAC, AND ORDO, FOR THE YEAR OF
OUR LORD 1886; with full official reports of al