1. The Books of the Maccabees are to be found in the Douay Bible with this explanatory note: "It is not known who was the author of these books. But as to their authority: though they are not received by the Jews, saith St. Augustine, City of God, I. 18. c. 36, they are received by the church: who, in settling her canon of the scriptures, chose rather to be directed by the tradition she had received from the Apostles of Christ, than by that of the Scribes and Pharisees." (Introduction to the First Book of Maccabees, Douay Bible, p. 1128.) LESSON XI. LECTURES. REFERENCES. _I. Samuel, the Prophet._ I Samuel Chaps. I to XXV. Josephus' Antiquities Book V, Chaps. X and XI, also Book VI. _II. David, the King._ I Samuel Chap. XVI-XXXI; also II Samuel Chaps. I-XXIV. I Kings Chaps. I-II. I Chronicles Chaps. X-XXIX. The Psalms of David, Josephus' Antiquities, Books VI and VII. _III. Maccabees, the Patriots, their Times Books of the Maccabees and Achievements._[1] I and II (found in Douay Bible). Josephus' Antiquities, Book XII, Chaps. VI-XI. _SPECIAL TEXT: "I exhort you, especially, to agree with one another; and in what excellency any one of you exceeds another, to yield to him so far, and by that means to reap the advantage of everyone's own virtues."_--MATTATHIAS, _Father of the Maccabees, to his sons._ _NOTES._ 1. _Suggestions in the Formation of an Unwritten Lecture:_ "The simplest formal address that can be constructed has three distinct parts. They may be named as follows: 1. _The Introduction_. 2. _The Discussion_. 3. _The Conclusion_. On this framework a speech-plan can be constructed simple enough for any child. And it is at the same time true that even a child, with such a plan, might speak appropriately who would otherwise not be able to begin at all.