ok is a wonderful portrayal of the social life of the period.

The Sinner

PICCOLO MONDO MODERNO _Crown 8vo. $1.50_

An impassioned love story involving faithful pictures of the life of the
Italian world of fashion and introducing the character that becomes the
central figure of _The Saint_.

The Saint

IL SANTO _Crown 8vo. $1.50_

"An exceptional, remarkable, profoundly interesting work. It is eloquent
with intense earnestness, with a deep-rooted sense of a duty to perform,
a fervent message to deliver. You lay it aside with an abiding sense of
having read something eminently worth while, something very genuine and
sincere."--_The Bookman._

"_A Remarkable Book_"

SAN CELESTINO

BY JOHN AYSCOUGH

Author of "MAROTZ," "DROMINA," etc.

In form, it is almost exactly like a novel with frequent conversations,
and going, in minor matters at least, far beyond the record of history.
The narrative opens with Petruccio as a child in the home of his
parents, who belong to the minor nobility of the Abruzzi. It follows his
career at Salerno, where he attended the University as a lonely figure
making few friends. Afterwards he became a hermit and the story tells
how disciples gathered round him, beginning with two worldly young men
who had known him at Salerno. The Order of the Celestines thus founded
grew in numbers and importance through fifty quiet years, when the cal
swiftly and dramatically--the poor simple old man dragged weeping from
his hermit's cave and borne to the triumph from which he shrank in
horror,--the miserable weeks in Rome, touching examples of his
simplicity and guilelessness. Then the peace which came with the
renunciation, and his last days passed quite happily as a captive in a
prison cell.

_Crown 8vo. $1.50_

"One of the most striking novels of the year."--_British Weekly._

MAROTZ

By John Ayscough

A story of the present day, containing vivid word pictures of Southern
Italian and Sicilian life, written by a distinguished Catholic. The
passionate peoples of the South, tempered by the sweet influences of
religion, despite science and modernity, are depicted with great
fidelity. It is safe to say that no truer account of Convent life has
ever been printed.

"A literary masterpiece."--_The Observer._

_Crown octavo. $1.50_

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