ALL SORTS begins the

—ALL SAINTS QUIZ
By Fr. Bernard Bas%et. S..I.
The QUESTIONS
1. Name the founders of the following orders: (a) The Theatines, (hi The Barnabites, (c) The Trinitarians. (d) The Clerks Regular of the Mother of God.
2. How mans Franciscan Saints. other than lay tertiaries. have feasts in the Roman Calendar?
3. Three saints are often depicted with their fingers to their Ilps to suggest silence. Can you name them?
4. Can you name (a) a Doctor of the Church who was martyred: (b) the Doctor of the Church who was attacked hs the Empress F,udoxia: lc) the one who spent a night in a tree to escape from wolves: (d) the one who played a large part In having a Saint deposed front his Archbishopric? HIS is our Christmas 1 number and here, with a flourish of angelic trumpets. is the first set of questions about the saints.
Few questions demand much writing and it should be possible to fit all the answers on a card. Address this to me at Loyola Hall, Rainhill, near Liverpool, first making sure that your name and address is included. The cards must reach me by Thursday, December 8.
Next week there will he a further set of questions with the same conditions, and the competition ends with the third set, a week after that. We hope very much to mark the cards during the Christmas period and to announce the winners for the New Year.
This special competition carries with it prizes of £5, £4. £3, £2 and £1.
The decision of the judges is final and 1 am not one of them.
While marks are scored for all pertinent information, unnecessary details avail nothing and weary the judges needlessly. In previous competitions of this kind there has always been a photo finish, and where two competitors are very close together the judges tend to favour the one whose card is the more clearly set out.
CHRISTMAS BOOKS
VARIOUS funny books have been sent for review this Christmas and this may be the best occasion for mentioning some of them.
Srrur Angile. the heroine of "Sreur Angele and the Embarrased Ladies," bears a passing likeness to Fr. Malachy and has all the innocence of Fr. Brown. As a Sister of Charity, she is admirably placed to play the detective and to provide that simple knowledge of human nature which one expects from a nun or priest who becomes a sleuth. 1 enjoyed her story without feeling that she will ever hecome a great detective and without any great desire to hear of her again. She lacks that something which God gave to Fr. Brown. " Scour Angele and the Embarrassed Ladies " is by Henry Catalan (Slued and Ward, 8s. 6d.).
EUROPE AND ALL THAT ISister Angele is cramped because cause Fr. Brown is in the hackground, this new comic history, " It All Started with Europe," by Richard Armour (McGraw-Hill. 12s. 6d.), is ruined from the outset by " 1066 and All That." So brilliant was the original skit that all further attempts at funny history must seem feeble imitations, a pity because the author achieves some memorable cracks. Despite all his efforts, his hook can never be more than a copy, and not a brilliant one at that. Time, of course, may save him. The hilarious and superlative praises published on the cover suggest that the reviewers in different countries have never read the masterpiece. Perhaps they were born after " 1066 and all that " and, not knowing that it has all been done before and better, see the merits of this new attempt which older folks will miss.
THE FLIGHT OF THE FALCON
T HAVE mentioned this honk 1 before and praised it warmly; as a Christmas present for children
it cannot be surpassed. Here we have the autobiography of John Gerard shortened for young readers so that his many diversions and digressions no longer impede the movement of a thrilling tale, The task of editing the book has been done with the greatest skill by Frances Margaret McGuire and the young reader still has the original Gerard outlining his own escapade. Longmans have published this excellent hook: price 10s. 6d.
THE LOVE LETTERS OF . PHYLLIS McGINLEY PHYLLIS McGINLEY'S light verse is much admired hs Americans, and this collection of her poems is presented with high praise from the American Press. English readers will accept their verdict. Miss McGinley has the skill, the observant eye and succinct expression. and she adds to this a sane and original view of life. I wish I could quote in full her charming hymn to St. Simon Styliles which opens:
On top of a pillar Simeon sat. He wore no mantle,
He had no hat, or those other verses in honour of St. Jerome and St. Martin of Tours. Many saints feature in her verses and many sinners too. As space is short let Miss McGinley provide us with this week's tailpiece. (Dent. as. 6d.)
THE OLD FEMINIST
SNUGLY upon the equal heights Enthroned at last where she belongs,
She takes no pleasure in her Rights Who so enjoyed her Wrongs.