A Century of the Catholic Essay: Contents & Links
by Fr. Raphael H. Gross, C.PP.S
This project began in February 2025, and is not yet complete. Each title will become a link as it is scanned, corrected and added to our library.
PART ONE
The Texture of Life
- Alice Meynell, The Rhythm of Life
- John Henry Newman, Definition of a Gentleman
- Agnes Repplier, Goodness and Gayety
- Patrick A. Sheehan, The Great Mystery
- Louise Imogen Guiney, On the Delights of an Incognito
- Hilaire Belloc, On Lying
Fellow-travelers
- Leonard Feeney, An Introduction to Michael Burt
- Charles Fairbanks, Josephine: Girlhood and Girls
- Alice Meynell, Children in Midwinter
- Maurice Baring, Lady Macbeth’s Trouble
- Helen Parry Eden, The Pensioner of the Pied Brothers
- Francis X. Talbot, A Date for Saturday Night
Length and Breadth
- Hilaire Belloc, The Vision of the Alps
- Seumas MacManus, A Day in the Bog
- Joyce Kilmer, The Great Nickel Adventure
- Séan Ó Faoláin, Romantic Sligo
- Charles Warren Stoddard, The Chapel of the Palms
Amenities
- Francis Thompson, The Fourth Order of Humanity
- G. K. Chesterton, On Lying in Bed
- Louise Imogen Guiney, The Puppy: A Portrait
- Padraic Colum, A Meditation on Cakes
- Agnes Repplier, Agrippina
- D. B. Wyndham Lewis, Of Pleasant Noises
PART TWO
Culture and Education
- John Henry Newman, Knowledge and Learning
- Finley Peter Dunne, Mr. Dooley on the Education of the Young
- Francis J. Sheed, Reading and Education
- Joel Chandler Harris, Billy Sanders Discusses Fathers and Sons
- John L. Spalding, The Love of Excellence
Literature and Arts
- Alfred Noyes, The Unrecognized Air
- Eric Gill, Art and Prudence
- Joseph Conrad, Preface to The Nigger of the Narcissus
- Ronald Knox, On Humour and Satire
- Coventry Patmore, Imagination
- Aubrey De Vere, Literature in Its Social Aspects
Biography and Criticism
- G. K. Chesterton, Alfred the Great
- Lionel Johnson, Clarence Mangan
- James J. Daly, Charles Waterton: Naturalist
- Sister M. Madeleva, Chaucer’s Nuns
- C. C. Martindale, Hermann the Cripple
The Church and the Modern World
- James M. Gillis, There are No Atheists
- Christopher Dawson, Christian Freedom
- Orestes Brownson, War and Loyalty
- Fulton J. Sheen, The Conspiracy against Life
- Bertram C. A. Windle, The Everlasting Man
- Robert Hugh Benson, Catholicism and the Future
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