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 "Every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for God is charity. Fear is not in charity; but perfect charity casteth out fear, because fear hath pain. And he that feareth is not perfected in charity. Let us therefore love God, because God first hath loved us." (I. John 4).

The beautiful life-story of Our Blessed Lord, when well told, is a most powerful means of inflaming the hearts of youth with love for God. This love, in turn, will help the children to keep God's commandments: "And this is charity, that we walk according to His commandments." (II. John. 1. 6.)

My heart was delighted on reading the proof-sheets of "Jesus of Nazareth: The Story of His Life, Written for Children," by Mother Mary Loyola. The book is eminently practical, simple, unctuous, and interesting. It will make a powerful impression on the minds of the children. In fact no one can read it without loving God more, and therefore becoming better. The Author evidently realizes the wants of the child-mind, and, at the same time, comforts every soul in its longing for something higher and better.

This gifted Religious has contributed much toward the salvation of souls in the many beautiful and useful works that she has written. These books are silently, yet surely, doing their work in the family circle, in the schools, and in the work shops. The remarkable success of the Author of these works is evidently to be attributed to her genuine piety, her life of prayer and union with God, and her knowledge of the Sacred Scriptures and the Fathers. The learned Father Thurston, S. J., carefully supervises her works. Her attractive suggestions, and her enlightening doctrines are put so simply, and applied so well, that a person would almost