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Rh changed (save in a few unimportant points) to the present collection, of which it forms the first part, under the title of the "Sacred Year."

The second part of this publication comprises a selection of hymns and anthems, for particular occasions of devotion, from various approved sourced,— chiefly "Jesus and Mary, or Catholic Hymns," by Rev. F. W. Faber, (London, 1849,) and "Hymns of the Heart," by Matthew Brydges, Esq.; both of them the contributions of the taste, genius, and piety of their authors to the service of the Church, to which the mercy of God has led their wandering feet; and "The Catholic Choralist," by Rev. Wm. Young, (Dublin, 1842.)

The third part is devoted to sacred poetry of a less strictly devotional cast.

It contains, in addition to a few pieces from modern poets, usually found in collections like the present, a selection from the compositions of writers of, it may be, less than the highest genius, but of unquestioned Catholicity, genuine piety, and pure morality.

The catholic reader will indulge the effort, so far as a very few selections may go, to snatch from the neglect to which the fanaticism of some, and the