THE

AMERICAN

CATHOLIC QUARTERLY

REVIEW.

Bonum est homini ut eum veritas vincat volentem, quia malum est homini ut eum veritas vincat

invitum.

Nam ipsa vincat necesse est, sive negantum sive confitentum.

S. AUG. EPIST. CCXxxviii, AD PASCENT..

VOLUME IV.

FROM JANUARY TO OCTOBER, 1879.

PHILADELPHIA:

HARDY & MAHONY,

PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS,

505 CHESTNUT STREET.

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ASTOR, LENOX AND
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1898.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

THEORIES OF EDUCATION AND LIFE. THOMAS CARLYLE. By Rt. Rev.
J. L. Spalding, D.D.,

The aim and end of education, 1; Different persons differently affected by wrong-

doing, 2; Examples drawn from education among different nations, 3; The Knight

and the Monk in the Middle Ages, 5; Education the effort to create the ideal man,

6; The two ways of viewing human life, 7; Philosophy on the unchristian basis, 8;

Carlyle's Pantheism, 10; Scientific Atheism 12; Carlyle on Man's spiritual nature,

14; The results of Atheism as expressed by Mr. Carlyle, 15; His contempt for those

who are called religious, 16; The service he might have rendered the Church, 17;

The doctrine of hero worship, 17; What does he mean by the love of God? 19; Mr.

Carlyle not an original thinker, 20; Unhappy men who do not love," 21.

CEDMON: HIS GENIUS AND INFLUENCE.

By Brother Azarias,.

Morley's "Early English Writers," 22; Bishop Aidann and the Abbess Hilda, 24;

Cedmon's life buried in obscurity, 25; First effusions of the great poet, 26; The

first to wed the Anglo-Saxon tongue to immortal verse, 29; He reaches the pinnacle

of fame, 30; Sublime and pure loftiness of his thoughts, 31; The secret of his success,

32: The holiness of his life added weight to his words, 33; Cedmon's spirit as em-

bodied in his poetry, 35; Examples from his great work, 35 et seq.; Not to be judged

by modern standards of criticism, 41: The poetry of Cedmon a revelation to the

people, 43; Popularity of Cedmon's poems, 44; Their effect upon the whole Teutonic

race, 45; Later developments of his writings, 46.

THE HUMAN SOUL AND BODY. By Rev. Walter Hill, S. J.,

The human soul and human knowledge, 48: How we obtain a knowledge of the

mind, 50; Evil results of the desire for novelty, 50; What theory best serves to ex-

plain man's nature, 52; The properties of matter and their scope, 54; How far

science and philosophy go in these matters, 55; Impossibility of extension in matter,

56; How to account for the different species of matter, 58; Some new theories and

their difficulties, 58; The theory of extension and of sensible qualities in matter, 61;

The philosophy of Euler, Locke, and Descartes, 62; The theory of pre-established

harmony, 63; Illustration of and a common objection to these theories, 64; The

theory most consistent with reason, 65.

THE PRESENT INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF IRELAND.

Quigley,.

By Rev. Thomas

Sullivan and Spenser on Ireland, 67; Ireland under the Penal Laws, 68; Situation,

climate, soil and population of the country, 69; Statistics taken from Thom's Direc-

tory, 70; Banking in Ireland, 71; Live stock and crops, 72; Commerce and manu-

factures, 73; Causes of Ireland's backwardness, 74; The land questions, 75; The

principle of Feudalism, 76; How it has worked in Ireland, 77; Comparative Census,

78; Who own the land, 79; What Ireland might be under favorable conditions, 80.

AN AUTUMN IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. By Gen. John Gibbon, U. S. A.,

Lewis and Clark's expedition, 81; Following the trail, 82; Shishequaw and Fort

Mountains, 83; Discovery of a new pass, 84; The Helena Hot Springs, 85; Climbing

the Mountains, 86; What was seen there, 87; A hotel in the mountains, 88; Warm

Spring Creek, 89; Appearance of this place, 91; A truly beautiful scene, 92; True

Western hospitality, 93; A fowling journey, 94; Journeying in the snow, 96; Contrast

of the scenery on either side of the Rocky Mountains, 98; The Beuch Lands of the

Western Slope, 99; Concluding remarks, 100.

WAS SHAKESPEARE A CATHOLIC? By S. B. A. Harper,

.

Peculiar interest inherent in this subject, 101; Condition of England when Shake-

speare was born, 102; Queen Elizabeth's relations to Protestantism, 103; Dearth of

contemporary evidence regarding Shakespeare's religion, 104: Strong presumptions,

105; Only twice in his writings does he attack Rome, 106; Weakness of these evi-

dences, 108; "Henry VIII," 109; Quotations, 110; Character of Wolsey, 112; Shake-

speare does not paint him with an un-Catholic hand, 113; The poet's picture of Queen

Katharine, 114; The whole temper and spirit of Shakespeare eminently conservative,

114; Proofs from his other plays, 115; Why it is reasonable to believe that Shake-

speare was a Catholic, 116; He was certainly not a Puritan, 117; His pictures of the

regular clergy, 118; His familiarity with the customs and phraseology of the Church,

120; Conclusion, 121.