in 1558, until Adam Loftus' consecration in 1561, whereas Dr. Donatus Fleming had been appointed in February, 1560, and was then in actual possession of the see; that seven other sees, whose occupants were _not known_ to Dr. Mant, were, nevertheless, held by canonically appointed prelates, viz.: Kilmore, Dromore, Raphoc, Derry, Kilfenoragh, Killala, Achonry; that the eleven sees vacated by death retained beyond a doubt the Catholic succession. Dr. Mant's opinions as to the other sees are carefully examined, and the result of the whole investigation is to establish triumphantly against Dr. Todd and Dr. Mant, that, "so far from the old clergy of Ireland having _merged_ into the reformation of Elizabeth, the succession of the Catholic hierarchy remained unbroken". II. _The Ancient Church of Ireland: A few Remarks on Dr. Todd's Memoir of the Life and Mission of Saint Patrick, Apostle of Ireland._ By Denis Gargan, D.D., Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the Royal College of Saint Patrick, Maynooth. Dublin: Duffy, 1864, page 120. In this work Dr. Gargan reviews and refutes some of the opinions advanced by Dr. Todd in his _Memoir of Saint Patrick_. He selects six of these opinions as specially deserving of animadversion. 1o. That Diocesan jurisdiction did not exist in Ireland before the twelfth century; and under this head he examines the inferences drawn by Dr. Todd from the testimonies of Saint Anselm, Saint Bernard, the enactment of the English Synod of Cealcythe, and the authority of Bycus. 2o. That the Irish Church underwent decline during the sixth and seventh centuries. For this opinion Dr. Todd adduces as _abundant evidence_, 1. a prophecy put into the mouth of Saint Brigid by Aumchad, or Animosus, in his life of that saint; 2. the testimony of the Abbess Hildegardis, in her _Life of Saint Disibod_, or _Disen_, Abbot of Disemberg; 3. the _Life of the Gildas_, in which startling charges are brought against the Irish Church. Dr. Gargan shows in detail how far these testimonies are from being abundant evidences on which to ground so serious a charge. 3o. That Saint Patrick and other early saints of Ireland were not free from superstition. As proof of this, Dr. Todd cites the _Confession of Saint Patrick_, his Lorica, and his toleration of pagan superstitions. The second order of saints, according to Dr. Todd, "were unable to divest themselves of the old superstitions of their race". These proofs are severally overthrown by Dr. Gargan. 4o. That Saint Patrick was illiterate and ignorant, and that the story of his education under Saint Germanus is false. _Saint Patrick's Confession_ is the principal argument adduced to prove the first assertion, and the absence of all allusion to Saint Germanus in the Confession and in the _Hymn of Secundinus_ is the reason for the second. 5o. That Saint Patrick had no commission from Pope Celestine. Under the head of Dr. Todd's negative arguments, Dr.