CONTENTS.

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THE EARLY JESUIT MISSIONARIES IN NORTH AMERICA, 1

THE CHURCH IN AMERICA,

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THE CATHOLIC CLERGY,

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THE CATACOMBS OF ROME,

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THE POWER AND PRIMACY OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF, 21

Votum pro pace,

26

THE CHURCH THE PROTECTOR AND DEFENDER OF THE

POOR AND OPPRESSED,

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THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHURCH AT THE DOWNFALL OF

THE ROMAN EMPIRE,

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MONASTICISM,

38

THE INFLUENCE OF RELIGION ON THE TYROLESE, 40

THE INFLUENCE OF THE CHURCH UPON SLAVERY, 44

THE AGES OF FAITH,

THE CRUSADES,

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CHIVALRY,

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THE SACRED STRUCTURES OF THE MIDDLE AGES, 57

LYING CHURCH HISTORIANS,

THE STUDIOUS MONKS OF THE MIDDLE AGES,

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THE GREAT CATHOLIC ITALIAN REPUBLICS,

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THE DEBT OF ENGLISH TO ITALIAN LITERATURE, 73

LEO THE TENTH,

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ST. MARK'S, VENICE,

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CHRISTIANITY THE SAVIOUR OF CIVILIZATION,

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HOLY WEEK IN ROME,

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ALFRED THE GREAT,

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THOMAS CROMWELL, EARL OF Essex,

105

THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF MARY QUEEN OF

SCOTS,

123

CARDINAL NEWMAN,

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IRELAND AS THE SCHOOL OF THE WEST,

. 161

ELIZABETH'S REFORMATION IN IRELAND,

. 166

THE ACTS PASSED IN THE CATHOLIC PARLIAMENT OF

JAMES II. AND THOSE PASSED BY THE PROTESTANT

PARLIAMENT OF WILLIAM III.,

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SAINT LOUIS,

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JOAN OF ARC, THE MAID OF ORLEANS,

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DEATH OF MARIE ANTOINETTE,

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THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN ITS RELATION WITH THE

PoPE,

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THE IMPRISONMENT OF POPE PIUS VII.,

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CHATEAUBRIAND,

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ISABELLA OF CASTILE,

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THE JESUITS,

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RESIGNATION OF CHARLES V., .

210

THE NECESSITY OF AN INFALLIBLE GUIDE,

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THE PRESENT STATE OF PROTESTANTISM,

226

SACRIFICE OF THE MASS,

228

THE ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT,

231

A PROCESSION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IN THE

CATHEDRAL OF AMIENS,

234

JACQUELINE,

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PENANCE,

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CONFESSION,

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THE INVOCATION OF THE SAINTS,

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THE SYMBOLISM OF RITUAL,

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RELIGIOUS MEMORIALS,

257

THE BEAUTIES OF THE CATHOLIC WORSHIP,

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CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON,

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THE SUBVERSION OF LIBERTY IN NORTHERN EUROPE, · 268

THE RELIGIOUS ORDERS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC

CHURCH,

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Vows,

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CELIBACY,

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THE ANCIENT MONK, .

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ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA AND HIS COMPANIONS,

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MISSIONARY CONTRAST,

322

HOSPITALS AND SISTERHOODS,

324

THE PROFESSION OF A NUN,

. 336

DIVORCE,

. 340

THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH,

342

THE POPULATION, WEALTH, POWER, FREEDOM, AND

PLENTY OF ENGLAND AND IRELAND BEFORE THE

REFORMATION,

345

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INDEX TO NAMES OF AUTHORS, ETC.

ALISON, SIR ARCHIBALD,

Chateaubriand,

The Influence of Religion on the Tyrolese,

BAXLEY, H. WILLIS,

Missionary Contrast, .

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BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD,

Trial and Execution of Mary Queen of Scots,

BURKE, EDMUND,

The French Revolution in its Relation with the Pope, 188

CARLYLE, THOMAS,

Death of Marie Antoinette,

The Ancient Monk,