Dalgarins has been long in replying to McMaster's letters, but many things press upon him, and he had no time to write. He did not forget McMaster, however, whose position across the Atlantic is like that of many in England, and even like that of Dalgarins himself. Since Dalgarins' last letter a decided break has been formed between the more moderate party and those like McMaster who think nothing worth anything unless there is a union with Rome. William Palmer's pamphlet started the division, but lately, in the election of the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, a more important rupture has taken place. The Catholic party objected to the Vice-Chancellor's being one of the six doctors who condemned Dr. Edward B. Pusey. However just before the election Dr. William Hook ?, who is a fair representative of Anglo-Catholicism, published a violent letter against William G. Ward's book "The Ideal of a Christian Church", and refused to come to Oxford to vote with his former friends against the Vice-Chancellor because they were the "Romanizing party". Hook? carried many with him so the minority vote was smaller than it would otherwise have been. But this affair is of little consequence compared to the break-up of the Catholic party, or what Dalgarins thinks is a break-up. The party was composed of heterogeneous elements--1 the high and dry dean, prefect, and rector, 2 the evangelical and Lutheran, 3 the political or Conservative, 4 the liberal or German religionist. How the divided Catholics can stand against the mixed mass is a mystery, but the issue is in God's hands, and the best thing to do is to await the outcome patiently. Dalgarin's opinion is that years must elapse before the issue is settled. The "Lives of the Saints" about which McMaster asks, are being written by young men who are unknown to fame. The life of St. Augustine is by Frederick Oakeley. The volume containing the lives of SS. Bega, Oswald, Paulinus, etc., is by Frederick W. Faber, who is known through his poems, and is the nephew of the old evangelical writer, Stanley Faber. A few of the shortest lives of the hermit saints are by John Henry Newman . St. Stephen was not written by Newman as was supposed, and St. Gilbert is by the same author Dalgarins himself. St. Walstein is by Richard William Church, who is also the author of the articles on St. Anselm in the British Critic. These are all that are important. Regarding McMaster's inquires about a manual for confessors, Dalgarins recommends the works of St. Alphonsus Ligouri "Homo Apostolicus", or the six volume work, "Theologica Moralis". The book "Le Manuel des Confesseurs" by L'Abbe Gaume is useful, but not so systematic, and Rodriguez's "Christian Perfection" has recently been translated. Dalgarins doubts whether Oakeley will go on with the "Life of St. Bernard", for he is much better in the original Latin untranslated. Edward B. Pusey is the translator of St. Bonaventure. William G. Ward's book "The Ideal of a Christian Church" has come to a second edition, revised, and in two volumes. It is influencing many quiet, earnest people, and is doing away with prejudices. The book is that of a highly intellectual, religious man, and influences in some way all who read it. Ward, apart from his views on Rome, has some peculiar views of his own, which are, however, on the surface, and the generality of readers are not affected by them. They are philosophical rather than theological questions, and the book is read only in a theological point of view. In this point of view it has enraged many persons in authority, who would punish Ward if they could, but Ward is a fellow of a college, and the Archbishop of Canterbury is an old man who likes to leave his problems to his successor. So Ward is rather hard to get at. Dalgarins and his friends are in a strange position, much like that of McMaster in America. He is not at Littlemore at the time of this writing, having gone to Oxford for a change of air, but he will be returning in a few days. If Newman were with him he would send McMaster his regards. :: I-1-m A.L.S. 6pp. 16mo.