30 MARCH 1901, Page 22

Catholic Usages, So - called. By " John Myrc." (Skeffington and Son. 2g.

6d.)—This is a seasonable book, written with con- siderable force, humour, and knowledge of the subject. The author's purpose is to expose the folly —we might say worse than folly—of the people who are ever seeking to intrude Italian and other local usages on English worship. Never were words so ludicrously misused as "Catholic," "Primitive," and so forth. Let us hope that "Myra" may laugh some of these foolish fanciers of ecclesiastical millinery into a better mind.