[Transcriber's notes] Page numbers in this book are indicated by numbers enclosed in curly braces, e.g. {99}. They have been located where page breaks occurred in the original book. [End transcriber's note.] THE CATHOLIC WORLD. _A Monthly Magazine_ of GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. VOL. IV. OCTOBER, 1866, TO MARCH, 1867. NEW YORK: LAWRENCE KEHOE, PUBLISHER. 145 Nassau Street. 1867. CONTENTS Aërolites, 536. Andorra, The Republic of, 561. Books, Rise and Progress of, 104. Books and Hymns, Mediaeval, 804. Cervantes y Saavedra, Miguel de, 14. Connecticut, Divorce Legislation in, 101. Cowardice and Courage, 160. Count Julian and His Family, Legend of, 211. Celtic Anthology and Poetic Remains, 389. Charity and Philanthropy, 434. Christmas with the Baron, 446. Conversion, The Philosophy of, 459. Christ is Born, 496. Christmas Story, Little Sunbeam's, 515. Christmas Day, The Little Birds on, 584. Christmas Eve, What Came of a Laugh on, 542. Christmas, Catholic, 565. Catholic Church, How my Aunt Pilcher found the, 667. Christine, 681. Catholic Ceremonial, The, 721. De Vere, Aubrey, 73. Divorce Legislation in Connecticut, 101. Doubt, Victims of, 550. European Events, Recent, 217. French Unity, Founders of, 197. French Watering-Place, A Month at a, 405. Flowers, Sea-Side, 621. Fra Angelico, A Portrait of, 671. Godfrey Family, The, 30, 174, 320, 473, 598, 750. Holy Land, The, 500. Heart of Man, What Most Rejoices the, 559. Lake Dwellings, 398. Labor, The Source of, 593. Limerick, The First Siege of, 708. Miscellany, 138, 281, 424, 570, 853. Montpensier, Mademoiselle de, 360. Monarchy, The Church and, 627. Mediaeval Books and Hymns, 804. Nationalities, Development of, 245. Old Owl, The, 264. Origen at Caesarea, 772. Problems of the Age, 1, 145, 289, 519, 652. Paris, The Musée Retrospectif in, 275. Painting, Missal, 303. Proselytism, Protestant, in Eastern Lands, 342. Pope and the Revolution, The, 577. Parisian Attic, Genius in, 685. Robert; or, The Influence of a Good Mother, 641, 824. Rossetti, Christina G., 889. Ritualism, What I Heard About, in a City Car, 850. Saint Catharine at Florence, 129, Science, Physical and Christian Revelation, 253, 372. Syracuse and AEtna, 701. Swetchine, Madame, 736. The Age, Problems of, 1, 145, 289, 519, 652. The Church, Independence of, 51, The Thatched House, The Mystery of, 65. Traveler's Tales, 111. Tombstone, The Tale of a, 792. Unconvicted; or, Old Thorneley's Heirs, 87, 223. Woman, 417. ------ POETRY A Summer Sorrow, 103. Anniversary, 128. Autumn, 341. Ave Maria Sine Labe Concepts, 415. Barabas and I, 535. Bartimeus, On the Cure of, 771. Christmas Song, A, 433. Christmas Bells, 471. Charity, Christian, 518. Christmas Tree, My, 533. Christmas Dream, A, 549.