PAPINI'S " STORY OF CHRIST."
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have read with interest in the review of Papini's The Story of Christ the following statement :—" There is nothing in the book inconsistent with Catholicism ; . . . . But, at the same time, with the exception . . . . there is no suggestion of Catholic dogma." This is hardly to be wondered at if what I am told is true—namely, that all the numerous references made by Papini in the original Italian edition to distinctly Catholic dogmas and practices, such as transub- stantiation, the worship of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and so on, have been omitted from the English version, though there is no word about this in the preface of the latter version.—
I am, Sir, &c., C. SOBLERS Cocas. Travellers' Club, Pall Mall, S.W.1.
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