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TABLE OF CONTENTS.*

ART. I.-JULIUS CÆSAR: BY NAPOLEON III.

Natural interest which we feel in a portrait of the first Cæsar by a modern

Count Franz de Champagny's history contrasted with the Emperor's

Cæsar considered as popular Messiah

The state of Roman society in his time.

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ART. II.-CANON OAKELEY'S LYRA LITURGICA.

A great characteristic of the Catholic Liturgy is its adaptation to sacred

Importance of accommodating private prayer to this plan

Such is Canon Oakeley's purpose

Specimens of its admirable execution

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ART. III.-LECKY'S "HISTORY OF RATIONALISM."

A more philosophical method of historical study is a phenomenon of the time 51

Mr. Lecky professes the application of this method to religion

He even seems to think that no historical propositions whatever can be estab-

lished on purely external evidence .

His opinion on the evidence for demoniacal possession
His language concerning our Lady

His great mistake in connecting the Catholic doctrine of hell-fire with a sup-

posed belief in the soul's materiality

There is far more unconscious anthropomorphism among the Protestant than

among the Catholic poor.

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Mr. Lecky's extreme misrepresentations of S. Thomas Aquinas

* Some of our readers have desired to see our Contents-especially those of articles on
theological and philosophical subjects-set forth in somewhat fuller detail than is the usual
custom; and we are glad to meet their view, in the hope that such a Syllabus as we have now
given, may facilitate study and reference,