Have we said it with fervour, abandoning ourselves to a good emotion, to holy affections, and to joyous transports, which the Holy Ghost usually works in fervent souls? Have we done this work with joy, taking a peculiar pleasure in this holy labour, recognising the great honour it is to be a partaker in the songs of praise offered to God by the heavenly company, whose hosts are filled with His glory? III. How we must keep watch over ourselves in reading the Office:-- Let us examine ourselves to find out if in reading the Breviary we keep the rules of good recitation, as laid down by the saints--Distincte, integre, continue, reverenter, ordinate (St. Bonav., spec. discip. p. 1, c. 16). 1. _Distincte_, Do we recite distinctly, observing the ordinary pause at the middle and at the end of each verse, not hurrying the one on the other? Do we articulate every word, not adopting a careless or too speedy pronunciation? "Non in gutture vel inter dentes, seu deglutiendo et syncopando dictiones vel verba" (Con. Basil, sess. 22). 2. _Integre_. Do we say the Office in its entirety, being scrupulously careful not to omit the smallest part, and taking great care that a part that we should wish or try to say by heart shall not slip out of our recitation altogether or be mutilated? "Integre, ut de dicendis nihil omittant" (St. Bona., spec, discip., p. 1). 3. Continue. Do we say our Hours without interruption? Do we love this holy exercise? Or do we easily interrupt our prayer on any trifling pretext, and on the first opportunity? "Interruptiones in eo non fiant, nisi urgente necessitate" (_ibid_.). 4. _Ordinate_. Do we say our Office with order, that is, order both in substance (not substituting one Office for another) and in manner, according to the rubrics arranging the several hours? "_Ordinate in substantia, tempore et modo_" (St. Bona. spec., _ibid_.). 5. Have we said our Hours piously, with all the modesty and all the reverence which so holy an action demands? With becoming attitude, not lying prone, not crossing our legs; without saluting or speaking to those passing by? "In officio curando magnopere reverentia et honestas, cum ubique sit eadem cui tune loquimur et adstamus Deitas et majestas" (_ibid_.). (From _Examens Particulers sur l'Office Divin_, par M. Tronson). NOTE C. BIBLIOGRAPHY. Priests are provided in their text-books of College days with reliable guides dealing directly and indirectly with liturgy. Hence, some of the books quoted here may already be favourites with many readers; but, perhaps, some books in the list may be brought to the notice of students of liturgy for the first time, and may be useful in introducing priests and church students to easy, pleasant paths in liturgical studies. The prices quoted may be useful to book-buyers,