A Life of Pope Leo XIII
By Editor
MR. WEBSTER, the publisher of General Grant's "Memoirs," is also to publish a life of Pope Leo XIII. The work is to be issued, the coming fall, "simultaneously in America, Spain, Austria, France, and England." We wonder why not in Germany too; we should think Bismarck would like to see printed in his own country, the life of this "venerable, wise, and good man," who is so "very friendly" to Germany. Mr. Webster, accompanied by his wife, and Dr. Bernard O'Reilly, who writes the book, was lately granted a private audience with the pope, who "praised the work he had undertaken." And says the official reporter, "As they departed, I saw that all, especially Mr. Webster, were deeply moved." A very moving occasion, indeed, it must have been to Mr. Webster, for it is said that "the subscriptions to the book in America alone already amount to a fabulous number."