This is a 2 volume set.The disciples of Antichrist never weary of publishing book after book, each more pernicious than the preceding, with the design of perverting the mind and corrupting the hearts of millions; they employ every effort, every stratagem to spread around by means of the press and in every possible form the deadly poison of hell.Should the children of Holy Church, they who have it in their power to counteract these diabolical designs by the publication and circulation of good books, remain idle' Should they fancy themselves exonerated from further efforts in a contrary direction by the mere utterance of useless lamentations whilst, at the same time, they behold the tide of evil gaining fresh strength as it sweeps along bearing with it innumerable souls to ruin' Can too much be done to stem the torrent, to avert the danger before it is too late.May we not,aI80, whilst offering an antidote to the deadly effects of so much of our current literature, supply the spiritual wants, and gratify the varied tastes of many souls hungering for fresh and more suitable nourishment' Much has already been done in English Catholic literature, both in defence of Catholic principles and to lay before the public the lives of numerous saints and servants of God. But much still remains to be done, and it ought to be accomplished as carefully, as conscientiously as so noble an object deserves.As every bad book tends to mislead the mind and corrupt the heart of its reader; so every good book is a cherished companion, a faithful teacher, whose lessons are often more telling on the interior life than the most eloquent sermons.Should we have to-day a St. Ignatius Loyola had he, when convalescing after his wound at Pompeluna, been supplied with novels by way of entertainment instead of the legends of the saints where would be our great St. Teresa had she continued her secret perusal of those dangerous romances which she found in the paternal home.Should we be called upon to lament the spiritual ruin of so many of our young people, had they not imbibed principles of infidelity and licentiousness from the pages of those miserable publications whose only aim is to depict vice in its most vivid colors, and to spread it broadcast throughout the land.Earnest Catholic parents, good Catholic schools, zealous priests, are indeed rich ble~sings for our Catholic youth; but let some dangerous book fall into a child's hands, and theefforts of parents, teachers, and priests will soon be frustrated. May the present work, the "Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich," open in the future, as it has done in the past, a source of multi plied graces to its readers! May its perusal prepare them for that of another most intimately connected with it; viz., the "Life of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His Blessed Mother," compiled from the revelations made to this holy religious!