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The First Ten Years of Hope, the Second Ten Years of Hope, Not Much Essays, Wayfarers forChrist by Fr. T. Gavan DuffyReview by: R. B. S.The Irish Monthly, Vol. 68, No. 804 (Jun., 1940), pp. 345-346Published by: Irish Jesuit ProvinceStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20514735 .

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BOOK REVIEWS 345

last we see of her is her departure from Milan to Rome, when the rest of the staff-excitable Italians who are enjoying themselves far more than she is--assemble in the railway station to see her off, and as she begins her solitary journey she wonders whether her successful career is not after all a " house of cards ", ready to topple over at a breath.

The settings are chiefly Milanese and Italian, with a passing sketch of an

ugly English manufacturing town, and glimpses of a suburban home in Dublin, a stud farm in Meath and St. Patrick's Purgatory in Lough Derg.

The most striking descriptions are those of Milan, the office, the office workers and the strike. The Milanese characters are vigorously drawn, becoming a host of delightful acquaintances to the reader rather than just foreigners. A young American colleague proposes marriage to Anne just as the glittering star of the Rome directorship appears on the horizon, but her ambition is too strong a rival for him ; he goes out of her life and she continues her triumphal progress.

Anne's psychology and character are distinct and comprehensible; how ever much we may regret the metamorphosis which turns the nice little girl of seventeen into the hard, assured woman of thirty, we see and understand every step of the change. Amid such a number of entertaining and genuine characters, the portrait of Anne's suitor alone is colourless and unattractive. Readers who take sides with marriage versus careers will complain that marriage did not get a fair showing at the hands of its only advocate. This and a certain episodic jerkiness about the progress of the story are the only faults we have to find in an unusual and effective book.

E. H

The First Ten Years of Hope, The Second Ten Years of Hope, Not Much Essays, Wayfarers for Christ. By Fr. T. Gavan Duffy. (The Hope Series: The City House Alumnae, Convent of the Sacred Heart, 334 North Taylor Avenue, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A. Agent for Ireland: Miss L. Gavan Duffy, 2 Lr. Hatch St., Dublin. Price in Ireland, 2/6 each.)

Fr. Gavan Duffy will live in modern missionary annals as the great advo cate of the native-catechist. For more than twenty years, in season and out of season, he has shown us the immense importance of the native cate chist in the well-run mission. To-day the role of the catechist is fully realised by the responsible authorities throughout the missionary world, but

Fr. Gavan Duffy's task is not yet done. For it is only half the battle to have convinced people of the need of catechists. There remains the perhaps more difficult task of persuading people to provide the funds necessary for



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their training. To be really useful the catechists must be numerous and well trained; they must not only be well ground in doctrine and well trained in virtue, but also instructed in the art of running schools and organising the " parish life " of their neophytes. Further, when sent out on their

mission, the catechists must be assured of a sufficient salary to keep an honourable position in their village; they must be provided with a house and school. All this needs the inevitable MONEY. To help to raise this, Fr.

Gavan Duffy has been untiring with his pen. These four volumes-beauti fully produced in a novel plastic binding-are packed with information de lightfully imparted with all the author's whimsical humour and courageous thrust. Those who buy his books will have the double satisfaction of a valuable addition to their missionary library and a share in providing more catechists. Surely, such satisfaction is cheap for a few half-crowns!

R. B. S.

The Benedictines of Caldey. By Peter F. Anson. (London: The Catholic Book Club, 111 Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. Price, 2/6E)

Robbery Under Law. By Evelyn Waugh. (London: The Catholic Book Club, 111 Charing Cross Road, W.C.2. Price, 2/6.)

The tales unfolded in these two books give vivid evidence of the grace of God and the frailty of man. The Benedictines of Caldey relates the story of the Anglican Benedictines of Caldey and their submission to the Church. Robbery Under Law is described in a sub-title as " The Mexican Object Lesson ": it deals with conditions in Mexico and with a present-day prob lem that " has as its origin the universal anarchy of public relations and private opinions that is rapidly making the world uninhabitable ". The price of these books is almost too good to be true.

L. DE V.

