30 JANUARY 1892, Page 12

A Transatlantic Holiday. By T. Fitz-Patrick, M.A. (Sampson Low, Marston,

and Co.)—After paying a handsome tribute to the steamer (the ' Teutonic ') in which he crossed the Atlantic, Mr. Fitz-Patrick gives his opinion with much freedom about men and things in the States. He has but a poor estimate of American manners and American taste, and he takes Dr. Bryce severely to task for his too favourable opinion. The most notable thing about his volume is his prognostications of the large increase that the Catholic Church is certain to obtain in the States.