IN presenting in the vernacular a work by Francis Spirago, one feels that no apology whatever is needed. This is all the more apparent in view of the hearty reception accorded his two catechetical volumes lately given to the English-speaking world by Rev. Fr. Clarke, s.j., and Bishop Messmer respectively. As to the present product of his pen, its scope and plan cannot be better set forth than in the words Of the author's own preface.