SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week is have not been i.e.:erred for review in other forms.] The North American Review (July). (W. Heinemann. 2s. 6c1.) —There are various interesting articles in this number which we would gladly notice in detail. We must limit ourselves to one, Cardinal Gibbons on "Catholic Christianity." We admire the whole ; we agree with much, though the historical sense forbids us to put the same value on the teaching of the Pope. It is not only this Pope, but all his predecessors, to whom this view commits us. It is true that we have no right to say of any particular Bull or Rescript : "Here the Pope spoke as the Infallible Authority." But can the Cardinal, on the other hand, say : "Here the.Pope was not so speaking" ? There is an eloquent appeal for the unity of Christendom. Yet we were told the other day that as long as this unity lasted it was quite right to burn heretics ; would it become right again were the unity restored ?
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