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Bibliography of (And) on DON BOSCO ENGLISH Bibliography of (and) on DON BOSCO ENGLISH I. PUBLICATIONS OF DON BOSCO A. MAJOR WORKS 1. Companion of Youth The Companion of Youth: A Book of Prayers and Guidance for Boys. London: Salesian, 1955. Cloth. 12o. vi + 321 pp. 2. St. Vincent de Paul Virtue and Christian Refinement According to the Spirit of St Vincent de Paul, or A Month’s Devotion to St Vincent, trans. a Sister of Charity, introd. by Card. Francis Bourne and Fr. Souvay, CM. St. Louis, Mo.: Herder, 1933. Cloth. 12o. 240 pp. The Christian Trained in Conduct and Courtesy According to the Spirit of Saint Vincent de Paul: Meditations for Each Day of the Month, trans. Silvester Andriano, ed. Margaret L. MacPherson. Paterson, N.J.: Salesiana, 1956. Cloth. 8o. x + 171 pp. 3. Life of Dominic Savio The Life of Dominic Savio.... Anon. trans. with a preface by Bp. Casartelli. London: Salesian, 1914. Cloth. 12o. xvi + 129 pp. Ven. Dominic Savio (1842-1857), trans. and adapted by Miss Mary Russell. London: Ouseley, [1935]. Cloth. 12o. 196 pp. Life of Blessed Dominic Savio, trans. and abridged by Roderic Bright. Preface by Card. Richard Cushing. Paterson, N.J.: Salesiana, 1950. Paper. 8o. xii + 155 pp. The Life of Saint Dominic Savio, trans. with notes by Paul Aronica, SDB. 1st Amer. ed., from 5th Ital. ed. Paterson, N.J.: Salesiana, 1955. Cloth. 8o. xxxii + 112 pp. Rev. Amer. ed.: New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesiana, 1963. Cloth. 8o. 192 pp. Dominic Savio: Teenage Apostle Saint, trans. Terence O’Brien, SDB, with commentary and explanation. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesiana, 1969. Paper. 8o. viii + 120 pp. St. Dominic Savio, trans. with notes by Paul Aronica, SDB. 2nd ed. Foreword by Card. Humberto Medeiros. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Don Bosco Publ., 1979. Paper. 12o. x + 169 pp. The Life of Saint Dominic Savio, trans. with notes by Paul Aronica, SDB. 3rd ed. Foreword by Molly Kelly. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesiana, 1996. Paper. 12o. viii + 169 pp. 4. Life of Cafasso 2 A Saint Speaks for Another Saint, trans. Patrick O’Connell. Dublin: Veritas, 1957. Paper. 12o. 64 pp. American ed.: The Life of St. Joseph Cafasso, trans. Patrick O’Connell. Rockford, Ill.: TAN, 1983. Paper. 12o. 80 pp. 5. Memoirs of the Oratory Memoirs of the Oratory of Saint Francis de Sales from 1815 to 1855: The Autobiography of Saint John Bosco, trans. Daniel Lyons, SDB, with notes and commentary by Eugenio Ceria, SDB, Lawrence Castelvecchi, SDB, and Michael Mendl, SDB. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Don Bosco Publication, 1989. Cloth. 8o. lxvi + 478 pp. 6. Anthologies The Spiritual Writings of Saint John Bosco, ed. Joseph Aubry, trans. Joseph Caselli, SDB. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Don Bosco Publ., 1984. Paper. 8o. xii + 402 pp. Don Bosco: Spiritual Director of Young People. Trans. Wallace Cornell of the biographies of Savio, Magone, and Besucco and excerpts from the Memoirs of the Oratory, The Companion of Youth, letters, and advice to the young. Makati, Manila: Salesiana, 1986. Paper. 8o. viii + 240 pp. B. MINOR WORKS Fundamentals of the Catholic Religion taken from “Il Giovane Provveduto” of Blessed Don John Bosco, trans. Rev. Charles Francis Shay. Rochester, N.Y., 1929. Preface by Card. Bonaventure Cerretti. Italian and facing English texts. Cloth. 12o. 107 pp. Peter, or the Power of a Good Education. New York: Burns Oates, n.d. 70 pp. “The Education of the Young,” The Catholic Digest 8 (1944), January, pp. 22-25. “The Preventive System,” condensed from Don Bosco in the West, Nov.-Dec. 1943. A Thought a Day, ed. August Bosio, SC. Newton, N.J.: Salesiana, 1946. Cloth. 16o. 72 pp. “On Correcting Youth,” The Catholic Mind 49 (1951), 180-81. Reprinted from Don Bosco, April 1950. The Model: Counsels and Examples Taken from the Writings of St. John Bosco, ed. Stephen Trione, SDB. Newton, N.J.: Don Bosco Seminary, n.d. Mimeographed. 4o. iv + 108 pp. “Regulations for Salesian Pupils.” West Haverstraw, N.Y.: Don Bosco, 1962. Paper. 16o. 42 pp. Fruitful Communions: Thoughts, counsels and examples of St. John Bosco, ed. Sebastiano Motta, SDB. Hong Kong: Tank King Po School, 1964. Paper. 12o. iv + 136 pp. “An Ounce of Prevention: Principles of Christian Education.” New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesiana, 1945. Paper. 12o. 39 pp. Reprinted: New Rochelle: Don Bosco Publ., 1979. “A Catholic Education: The ‘Preventive’ Method of Saint John Bosco.” New Rochelle: Don Bosco Publ., n.d. Paper. 2-page flyer, 8.5” x 11”. 3 Don Bosco had this to say about..., [ed. Wallace C. Cornell, SDB]. [Australia, n.d.] Mimeographed. 4o. v + 87 pp. Formally published as: Wisdom from a man with a vision, ed. W[allace] C. Cornell, SDB. Makati, Manila: Salesiana, 1986. Paper. 8o. xii + 131 pp. With Don Bosco Throughout the Year, ed. W[allace] C. Cornell, SDB. Makati, Manila: Salesiana, 1986. Paper. 8o. xiv + 411 pp. Published also as monthly pamphlets, undated. 8o. 36-40 pp. cover included. II. PUBLICATIONS ON DON BOSCO A. BIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGS i. MONOGRAPHS Barker, Mrs. Raymond F. Don Bosco and His Work. Dublin: M.H. Gill and Son, 1885. Villefranche, J.-M. Don Bosco, Founder of the Salesians and Father of the Poor, trans. Lady Martin [wife of Sir Richard], from French. London: Burns & Oates, 1890. Cloth. 12o. xii + 303 pp. Francesia, J[ohn] B[aptist], SC. Short Popular Life of Don Bosco, trans. from Italian. Battersea: Salesian, 1905. Paper? [Our copy is not in original binding.] 12o. viii + 315 pp. The Venerable Don Bosco and His Work. Turin: Oratory of St. Francis de Sales, n.d. 12o. 64 pp. Pine, M.S. A Sketch of the Life and Works of the Venerable Don Bosco, Apostle of Youth... Philadelphia, Pa.: Salesian, 1916. Cloth. 8o. 195 pp. Crispolti, Filippo. The Venerable Don Bosco, Founder of the Salesian Society..., trans. Walter G. Austen, from Italian. Turin: Salesian, 1918. Paper? [Our copies are not in original binding.] 8o. 227 pp. Austen, W.G., SC. The Venerable Servant of God John Bosco... A Sketch of his Life and Work. London: Salesian, 1924. Cloth. 12o. viii + 164 pp. Kerer, F.X. The Venerable Don Bosco, trans. James Walcher and George Rauch, from German. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesian, 1925. Cloth. 8o. viii + 96 pp. Lemoyne, J[ohn] B[aptist], SC. A Character Sketch of the Venerable Don Bosco..., trans. and adapted [Aloysius Trifari, SC] from Italian of vol. II of the Vita. New Rochelle: Salesian, 1927. Preface by Abp. Edward J. Hanna. Cloth. 8o. xxiii + 304 pp. Boyton, Neil, SJ. The Blessed Friend of Youth, Blessed John Bosco. New York: Macmillan, 1929. Foreword by Gov. Alfred E. Smith. Cloth. 8o. 218 pp. Rev. ed. 1934. 219 pp. 2nd rev. ed. 1942. Reprinted paper 1996, 12o, 213 pp. Reprinted again in 1996 with one or two textual modifications. 4 Calvi, John Baptist, SC. Blessed John Bosco, trans. anon., from Italian. Turin: SEI, 1929. Reissued as Saint John Bosco, 1934. Paper? [Our copy is not in the original binding.] 12o. 71 pp. Auffray, A[ugustine], SC. Blessed John Bosco (1815-1888). An English ed. by W.H. Mitchell, from French, with a preface by Card. Francis Bourne. London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1930. Cloth. 8o. x + 405 pp. [2nd ed.] Saint John Bosco. Bollington-Macclesfield: Savio, 1964. Paper. 8o. viii + 392 pp. Cooper. The Blessed John Bosco. London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1930. Bonetti, G[iovanni], SC. St. John Bosco’s Early Apostolate, trans. and rev. [Charles Buss, SC] from Cinque lustri. Preface by Card. Francis Bourne. London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1934. Reprint of 1908 ed. Cloth. 8o. xvi + 512 pp. Hughes, Henry Louis. St. John Bosco (1815-1888), Founder of the Salesian Congregation. Westminster: Ouseley, 1934. Cloth. 12o. 180 pp. Jorgensen, J. Don Bosco, trans. Lund, from Danish. London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1934. Forbes, F.A. St. John Bosco, a Seeker of Souls. Battersea: Salesian, 1935. American ed. Tampa, Fla.: Salesian, 1941. Cloth and paper. 8o. vi + 197 pp. Reprint: Saint John Bosco: The Friend of Youth. New Rochelle, N.Y.: Salesiana, 1962. Paper. 12o. 190 pp. Ghéon, Henri. The Secret of Saint John Bosco, trans. F[rank] J. Sheed, from French. New York: Sheed & Ward, 1936. Cloth. 8o. 203 pp. Sherren, Wilkinson. St John Bosco for Children. London: Burns Oates & Washbourne, 1936. Paper? [Our copy is not in original binding.] 12o. vi + 74 pp. Kuhn, Anna. The Quest of Don Bosco. Milwaukee, Wisc.: Bruce, 1942. Cloth. 8o. viii + 192 pp. Chiavarino, Joseph L. Smiling Don Bosco: Anecdotes and Episodes of the Life of St. John Bosco, trans. Lillian M. Gallo, from Italian. Youngstown, Ohio: Society of St. Paul, 1946. 12o. 237 pp. Doherty, Eddie. The Conquering March of Don John Bosco. Vol. I: Lambs in Wolfskins. New York: Scribner’s, 1953. Cloth. 8o. viii + 228 pp. Vol. II: Bold Shepherds. Paterson, N.J.: Salesiana, 1957. Cloth. 8o. iv + 309 pp. Vol. III: God’s Sheep Dogs. Bound together with vol. II. 135 pp. Ceria, Eugene, SDB. The Salesian Society: Foundation, Organization, Expansion, rev. Joseph G.E. Hopkins. Paterson, N.J.: Salesiana, 1955. Cloth and paper. 12o. xii + 67 pp. + 32 pp. of photos. Beebe, Catherine. Saint John Bosco and the Children’s Saint, Dominic Savio. New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy; London: Burns Oates, 1955. Cloth. 8o. 191 pp. Sheppard, Lancelot C. Don Bosco. London: Burns & Oates, 1957. Westminster, Md.: Newman, 1957. Cloth. 8o. viii + 196 pp. Lappin, Peter, SDB. Stories of Don Bosco. Pallaskenry: Salesian, 1958. Paper. 8o. 186 pp. 1st U.S. ed. New Rochelle: Salesiana, 1962. Paper. 8o. 184 pp. 2nd U.S. ed. New Rochelle: Don Bosco Publ., 1979. Paper. 8o. viii + 264 pp. 5 [Gillain, Joseph, using the pseudonym Jijé ].
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