Half-Hours With The Saints and Servants of God/Introduction
A FEW NOTES
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION.
"Half-Hours with the Best Authors," edited by that indefatigable author and publisher, Charles Knight, suggested the title of this volume.
The perusal of "La Bibliotheque des Predicateurs," par le R. P. Vincent Houdry, S.J., 18 vols, demy 8vo, suggested the contents; from this storehouse of learning, and from this monument of persevering industry, very many extracts have been translated and rendered into English.
In the " Bibliotheque " the subject matter of each half-hour is in alphabetical order, but my idea was, that if the contents were arranged and classified, the work would not only be more interesting, but better adapted for spiritual reading.
Care has been taken to select those authors who have made frequent allusions to the Saints, and greater care has been bestowed on the translations of passages which breathe a spirit of devotion and piety, so that the volume may be in accordance with the recommendatory maxim of my very dear Father and Patron Saint, St. Philip Neri.
The compiler and translator will be grateful for any suggested improvements, and any notification of errors, &c, &c, so that if a second edition should be called for, additions and alterations can be made.
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