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FRANCIS 1872. r ir;i iiit iN iii i il ii i «> i« feff ft) I um > » i| a i*<tii1 « rt^ 1 f The to the rend < partal ConKre", »n the year 1872, Entered according to Act of ter, in & CO., By D. & J. 8ADLIEU althoii Washington. the Librarian of Congress, at In the Offloe of true, { religio Blossc "The others II- 'biio/ tural einbel M,— the si 8t»i»o»J|>«dl>y'IN<'BNT DILL, eccles 8t, N. Y. »J Ic *T New-Cli»inlnn atitlie rence, I 1 presei TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. I The "Legends of St. Joseph," hovo given to tlie public, have boon gathered by the rove- rend compiler from many Hources. Tliey all partake, more or less, of tho legendary charac- !onKre»», 'n the year 1872, ter, in so far us tho manner of relating goes, LIEU & CO., although several are strictly and historically CongreM, at Washington. )f true, and taken from the archives of cities or religious houses. Some, like " The Bod in Blossom," "The Shepherds of Bethlehem," "The First Christmas Night," and a few others, are in strict conformity with tho Scrip- while others are more or less ?f?^/ tmal narrative ; embellished by the pious fancies of tlie faith- ful,—filling up, as it were, in process of time, the somewhat meagre details of gospel and ecclesiastical history. Some, again, are well authenticated facts of quite recent occur- rence. I have endeavored, as far as possible, to preserve throughout the simple phraseology of Tbanslatob's Preface. M tlio original, so*wt)ll bciitting popular Icgciuls. Tlio poems I havo done my best to roiulor it is, as tlio rtsador faithfully : no easy matter will understand, to carry the versification of one language into another. In each of tlio Ippro poems I havo retained the original measuro, us being very suitable to the ballad style, and, at the same time, musical enough to please the oar. We I find It is with grateful satisfnction that hook ( uiyself finishing the translutitm, and writing There Preface, on the first AVednesday in March, this traditii the month which Christian piety sets apart for ciety ti luunbly the special honor of St. Joseph ; and I trust that the beloved Patron of the Church, and the special protector of Christian families, sacred Avill accept my share of the work as the hum- pious 1 ble offering of a heart that loves hira and his of "Lt love, and Immaculate Spouse Avith a truly fiUal hy the that he will bless this little book, so that it in thei may tend to make him known and loved by by the the children of the Church as the kind, good the id father, and faithful friend of those who seek his blessed patronage. lieauti M. A. S. garded Nbw York, March 6, 1872. deeply lEFACE. g pdpnlar Icgciuls. iiy boHt to rondor t is, as the viMiilor lie versiticiitiou of of the In each Ippi'obiitioit of tjjc |Msj)op of lllontrcal. orij^iniil inoiiHnro, ) biilUul 8t,> lo, ami, enough to please We have read, with lively int(;rest, a "action that I find book entitled "Legends of St. J<)se])li." writing tttion, and There are, as every one knows, family itlncsday in March, triulitions perpetuated in Christian so- piety sets apart for ciety to maintain the spirit of faith and cph ; and I humbly piety, although they form no part of the [•on of the Church, ' Christian families, sacred deposit of Catholic faitli. These 3 work as the hum- j)i()us traditions are known by the name loves him and his of "Legends," and our fathers, animated love, and truly fiUal by the spirit of faith, took great delight le book, so that it in them. In that they were guided, not lown and loved by by the rules of severe criticism, hut by 1 as the kind, good generally followed in those of those who seek the ideas beautiful ages when falsehood was re- M.
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