TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES: —Obvious print and punctuation errors were corrected. —The Table of Contents is shaped as an Index and so it has been retained. THE CATHOLIC WORLD. A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE. VOL. XVII. APRIL, 1873, TO SEPTEMBER, 1873. NEW YORK: THE CATHOLIC PUBLICATION HOUSE, 9 Warren Street. 1873. CONTENTS. “Abraham”—“Abron”—“Auburn,” 234 Abuse of Diplomatic Authority, An, 130 Antiquities of the Law, 69 Appeal to Workingmen, 751 Art, Necessity _versus_, 558 Art Pilgrimage through Rome, An, 808 Bolanden’s The Russian Idea, 27, 161 Bolanden’s The Trowel or the Cross, 308, 473 Bread-Winner, Woman as a, 223 Brittany: Its People and its Poems, 252, 537 Bruté, Memoirs of the Rt. Rev. S. G., 711 Casgrain’s The Canadian Pioneers, 687 Casgrain’s Picture of the Rivière Ouelle, 103 Chapman’s The Evolution of Life, 145 Charlevoix, Shea’s, 721 Charities, Public, 1 Chartres, 834 Church and State in Germany, 513 Civilization? What is, 486 Conciliar Decrees on the Holy Scriptures, 195 Country Life in England, 319 Darwinism, More about, 641 Dick Cranstone, 392 Diplomatic Authority, An Abuse of, 130 Domestic Festivities, English, 630 Dubois’ Madame Agnes, 78, 182, 330, 446, 591, 731 Early Marriage, 839 Education, Home, 91 Empire, The, 606 England, Country Life in, 319 English Domestic Festivities, 630 Erckmann-Chatrian, Mme. Jeannette’s Papers, 566 Error Rectified, An, 144 Evening at Chamblay, An, 765 Evolution of Life, The, 145 Fiske’s Myths and Myth-Makers, 209 Fontainebleau, 241, 382 For Better—For Worse, 257, 408 Germany, Church and State in, 513 Grapes and Thorns, 362, 498, 655, 792 Heaven, 220 Holy Scriptures, Conciliar Decrees on the, 195 Home Education, 91 Indians of Ysléta, The, 422 Jerome Savonarola, 289, 433, 577 Jesuits in Paris, The, 701 John Baptist de Rossi, and his Archæological Works, 272 Joseph in Egypt, a Type of Christ, 77 Koche, King of Pitt, 545 Lace, Something about, 56 Laughing Dick Cranstone, 392 Law, Antiquities of the, 69 Legend of S. Christopher, A, 278 Legend of S. Martin, A, 137 Life, The Evolution of, 145 Madame Agnes, 78, 182, 330, 446, 591, 731 Madame Jeannette’s Papers, 566 Marriage, Early, 839 Memoirs of a Good French Priest, 711 Middlemarch and Fleurange, 775 More about Darwinism, 641 My Cousin’s Introduction, 171 Myths and Myth-Mongers, 209 Necessity _versus_ Art, 558 Palais Royal, The, 113 Paris, The Jesuits in, 701 Peace, 157