He has spoken to Doctor Chapelle on the subject of the Minister's Catechisms and he recommended them. Konings writes to him so that he will speak to Chapelle. He begs the Minister to ask James Alphonsus McMaster to speak of the new Vives, 1874 edition of the Moral Theology of St. Alphonsus. The Pastoral Blatt has spoken highly of it in April, 1875. The Minister is to tell McMaster to add to what he has said that the failure to insert the Constitution "Apostolicae Sedis" changes the whole work since there is not treatise which is not affected by the new Pontifical Constitution; that it is necessary to treat all the new questions; that the author has not cited the new decisions; that the Latin of the preface is unintelligible for one who does note know French; that the author does not cite the "Vindiciae Alphonsianae", although they are cited in Scavini and the work of Msgr. Feye. P.S. He sends his regards to the Rector and others at St. Alphonsus. In the James Alphonsus McMaster papers. :: I-2-a A.L.S. French 3pp. 12mo.