Volliii. May 15, 1920
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Wadiiiiftoii, Are. Sonth Bend, Indiana 1HE AVE MARIA . NOTRE DAME. IND. -\-r. - •1 .-•*•••-••'"•'-. ••••*, •*•••• ••••••,.•• A-^vC ;•--•-.. ameScbolastic >--V.-<rf"<J DISCEQUASI-SEMPER-VICTURVS- VIVE-QUASI-CRAS-iHORlTVRVS VOL. I.III. NOTRE DAME, INDIANA, MAY 15, 1920. No. 28. To Our Lady. Chase of an Heiress," "Princess Nadine," "A Question of Honor," "Heart of Steel,"- "A BY J. H. MOYNIHAN, Woman of Fortune," "Weighed in the Balance," "Carmela," "Fairy Gold," "A Little Maid of IF I had within my hands. The substance of the universe. Arcady," "The Daughter of a Star." Dominion over seas and lands. These stories are of two general types: those The power to gather and disperse,— that are dominantly Catholic in tone, and those I'd take the brightest stars of night that appeal more to the average non-Catholic And weave them in my Lady's gown, reader by being less frankly Catholic in their I'd make the sun an acolyte To bow before my Lady's throne; atmosphere, but still truly Christian in every I'd find the sweetest flowers afield. way. As an example of the first type, "A Child To strew my Lady's path along, -of Mary" may be selected. This was one The gentlest breezes of the weald of the author's' earlier productions, and is also To sing my Lady's even-song. 'one of her most popular stories. Another one But being only as I am, similar in tone to "A Child of Mary," and A youth of fancy riotous, written about thirty years later, is "The Light I'll offer only what I can, of the Vision." In these two novels the Catholic And ask you, Mary, pray for us. spirit of the writer is at its best, and the reader will be quite at loss to know which to admire Christian Reid and Her Work. the more. BY BROTHER ALPHONSUS, C. S. C. Among the novels of this author which have been published by secular firms are "The Man N the 26th of March, 1920, Christian of the Family," "The Chase of an Heiress," Reid, the well-known Catholic novelist, and "Princess Nadine." Of these the first- passed to her reward. And great must named is the best. It is a story of Southern life, the reward be, for truly was she an with which the author was most familiar, and apostle of the pen. During the fifty years, from within its pages the reader finds some of the 1870 to 1920, her pen was never idle, and volume most beautiful pictures in modem literature. after volume of Catholic fiction delighted a The glow of idealism is found here in its most host of admiring readers. One magazine in genuine form, and the characters and situations particular, the Ave Maria, was privileged to of the story are in every way admirable. publish most of her stories as serials; and the In the matter of plot Christian Reid may not readers of Our Lady's Magazine always looked satisfy the reader of the "best-sellers." But forward to a new novel from Christian Reid as while her plots do not grip the reader so in the "treat" of the year. Indeed it is not too tensely, still the delineation of her characters much to say, that this favorite author has held and the ideal pictures she paints for us more a unique place in American Catholic literatiu"e. than atone for any lack of strangeness in the The following is a list of the more important complications of her novels. After all, the most of Christian Reid's novels: "A Child of Mary," essential thing in a novel is not necessarily the Philip's Restitution," "Vera's Charge," "The plot, but rather the truthful portrayal of human Wargrave Trust," "A Daughter of the Sierra," life, either realistically or ideally. "The Man of the Family," "A Far Away "The Coin of Sacrifice" is probably Christian Princess," "The Secret Bequest," "The Light Reid's best short-story. Her theme is divorce. of the Vision," "The Coin of Sacrifice," "The The teaching of the Catholic Church on this 450 ^&5e Nocre domeSdiokwdcr all-important subject is presented in the most ferred on her the Laetare Medal in the year forcible way through the dialogue and action 1909. of this truly artistic story. "The Coin of The character of Mrs. Tiemaii was a truly Sacrifice" is an example of the possibilities that lovable one. Extremely modest and gracious, lie before a gifted author who chooses a religious she always tried to keep herself in the back theme. It is very regrettable that the masters ground, content to do good without ostentation. of the short-story have not discovered the She valued duly the best thingsin life—art, moral- artistic value of the spiritual element in the ity^and religion—and she strove by voice and pen setting and construction of brief fiction. The to inculcate right principles into the lives of novelists have been more conscious of the others. Such a life cannot be soon forgotten. advantages of a religious atmosphere. Such Beautiful though her books are, her own classics as "Ben-Hur," by Wallace, and "Quo character was more charming than any of those Vadis," by Sienkiewicz, are deeply spiritual her pen has created. It is to be hoped that in their setting and development. some one well qualified for the task may provide Within her long literary career. Christian us with an adequate biography of this noble Reid published in all thirty-nine novels. It Christian woman. is interesting to note that most of these stones are now no longer obtainable from various Mariechen. publishers. This fact leads us to inquire into the longevity of her productions.