During the last year Murray has been occupied with writing a book, "The Catholic Pioneers of America" and editing an enlarged edition of Kerney's "Compendium of Ancient and Modern History." He thanks Hudson for the Scholastic Almanac. Murray's Catholic Pioneers of America is a volume of 450 pages containing sketches of Catholic pioneers from Christopher Columbus to Father Stephen Badin :: X-2-i A.L.S. 3pp. 32mo.