CCARTHY, DENIS ALOYSIUS, poet, lecturer and journalist, was born
in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland, in the year 1871, and
made his elementary and intermediate studies in the Christian Brothers'
School of his native town. Since his arrival in America in 1886, he has
published two volumes of poems which he modestly calls "A Round of
Rimes" and "Voices from Erin." "His poetry," says a distinguished critic
who is neither Irish nor Catholic, "is soulful and sweet, and sings
itself into the heart of anyone who has a bit of sentiment in his
make-up." Mr. McCarthy is at present Associate Editor of the _Sacred
Heart Review_ of Boston. He lectures on literary and Irish themes, and
contributes poems, stories, essays, book reviews, etc., to various
papers and magazines.

NEWMAN, CARDINAL JOHN HENRY, was born in London in 1801, and
studied at Trinity College, Oxford. In 1824 he became a minister of the
Church of England, and rose rapidly in his profession. In 1845 he
abandoned the English ministry, renounced the errors of Protestantism,
and entered the Catholic Church, of which he remained till death a most
faithful, devoted, and zealous son. He was ordained priest in 1848, was
made Rector of the Catholic University of Dublin in 1854, and in 1879
was raised to the rank of Cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. Cardinal Newman's
writings are beyond the grasp of young minds, yet they will profit by
and enjoy the perusal of his two great novels, "Loss and Gain" and
"Callista." The former is the story of a convert; the latter a tale of
the third century, in which the beautiful heroine and martyr, Callista,
is presented with a master's art. Newman is the greatest master of
English prose. In this field he holds the same rank that Shakespeare
does in English poetry. To his style, Augustine Birrell, a noted English
essayist, pays the following graceful and eloquent tribute: "The charm
of Dr. Newman's style baffles description. As well might one seek to
analyze the fragrance of a flower, or to expound in words the jumping of
one's heart when a beloved friend unexpectedly enters the room." This
great Prince of the Church died the death of the saints in the year
1890.

O'REILLY, JOHN BOYLE, patriot, author, poet and journalist, was
born on the banks of the famous river Boyne, in County Meath, Ireland,
in the year 1844. In 1860 he went over to England as agent of the Fenian
Br