tragedy in this history-the M1assacre of St. Batholouisew-is sketched in
the Chapter on the French Reformation, which is a Review of Rank6's
I1istory of the Civil Wars of France. It will be seen, that Catholics
have nothing whatsoever to fear from the verdict of history, even as the
facts are furnished by Protestant historians, in the comparison between
the cruelties committed by the French Huguenots and those charged on
their opponents.
  Two Chapters are devoted to the Reformation in Northern Europe.
These review the statements of the Protestant historians of S'w-den,
Fryxell and Geijer, and present a summary account of the manner in
which the Reformation was introduced into Dcnmark, Norway, and
Iceland. Here, as elsewhere, I have relied chiefly on Protestant autho-
rity, copious extracts from which I have sought to interweave with the
narrative.
  In the eight Notes appended to this Volume, the reader will find sev-
eral useful and interesting documents confirmatory of the statements
made in the text; besides some brief Essays on important matter con-
nected with the history of the Reformation in England and Scotland.
  To the lovers of historic truth I confidently present these Essays, com-
posed with the sincere desire of exhibiting the Protestant Reformation in
its true light. Those who have derived their information on this import-
ant subject from prejudiced or partisan writers owe it to themselves, as
well as to the cause of justice and truth, to examine the other side.
Though I have written plainly, I trust that I have employed no lan-
guage which may be justly construed as harsh or offensive, and that I
have sought to meet fairly and roundly, if summarily, the various issues
of fact and argument presented by the great religious revolution of the
sixteenth century.
BALTIMuoPE, Eastcr Momday, 1865.

              ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEw EDITION.
  Ancsimisnop SPALDINO had intended to issue a complete and uniform
edition of all his works; and he was occupied with this task when his
last illness came upon him. The new and revised edition of the IIISTORY
OF TlE REFORMATION, the EVIDENcEs or CATHOLICITY, and the MrsK
CELLANEA, which is now offered to the Public, was prepared by Arch-
bishop Spalding himself-the corrections and additions being from his
own hand. To the Evidences of Catholicity, as the reader will perceive,
he has added his Pastoral Letter on the Infallibility of the Pope; and to
the History of the Reformation, he has appended an Article entitled:
Rome and Geneva.
The Ltfe of Bishop Flaget and the Sketches of Kentucky, which Archbishop Spalding
intended to re-write and publish in one volume, are not contained in present edition
of his works, since the corrections and additions, which it had been his purpose to
make, are incomplete.
BALTixOaE, Sept. 8, 1876.



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