“I send to Mr. Guy Thorne my little testimony and best wishes, as I cannot thank him personally for _reminding me so fully_ how dark it would indeed be for us all had we not our beloved Saviour always ready and willing to intercede with His Holy Father for us poor erring mortals. Some one said to me, of course Guy Thorne makes a good thing out of his book. I replied, certainly, it is his due to be paid for the labour of his brain, and in this case he fully deserves it, as he might have written a book leading many farther away instead of bringing them nearer to the Cross. Also the interesting style of _When it was Dark_ will induce many to read it. Whereas, if it were very dry, none of us would wade half through.” An old clergyman in Wales writes thus:-- “Rectory, Brecon. “DEAR SIR, “I am seventy; at seventeen I had read more novels and other literature than nine out of ten lads of my age. For years past I can’t read novels. My daughters sometimes induce me to start one, but after a couple of chapters I throw it on one side feeling strongly inclined to exclaim with Conan Doyle’s school-boy, ‘Rot.’ “After reading the _Life of Father Dolling_, one of my married daughters brought me _When it was Dark_, which I promised to read, and enjoyed it very much. My wife _devoured_ it. “This won’t interest you very much, but the following fact may. A few days after finishing your book our rural post-messenger--an old army man--we live quite in the country--came to me, quite confidentially, and said he had a book he was quite sure I should enjoy; he produced it--it was _When it was Dark!_ Poor fellow! he seemed so disappointed when he found I had read it. A fortnight ago an Irish lady and her daughter stayed with us. They were _good church women_. They left me a book for perusal. It is _A Lost Cause_. I have read it and enjoyed it. It reminds me of Father Dolling and Kensit and Son. “I hope you will give us many more. We want Catholic truth placed before people in an attractive dress. We want to break down the great wall of Protestant ignorance and prejudice. Your books are doing this. “Don’t heed letters in the Daily Press. I saw a letter in the _Daily Mail_. These letters are only a proof that your books are _telling_. Go straight forward and may every success and blessing attend your efforts. This is the earnest wish of “Yours truly.” I was intensely interested to receive this letter from India:-- “---- Mission, “Madras, “South India. “DEAR SIR,