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Fasti Apostolici. By W. H. Anderdon, S.J. (Kegan Paul, Trench,

and Co.).—This book may be conveniently described by its second title, "A Chronological Survey of the Years between the Ascension of our Lord and the Martyrdom of SS. Peter and Paul." When the author supplements or gets beyond the Acts of the Apostles, he passes into a region that is non-historical. The fact of St. Peter's residence in Rome has been questioned ; and all that can be said of the story of Simon Magus, of the bishops whom St. Peter ordained, of Anrea Petronilla, and of a number of other persons and events, is that they may be true. However this may be, Mr. Anderdon has collected and arranged all that is known or believed on these matters in a very convenient form.