The Dublin Review, Part 2

The Dublin Review, Part 2 by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman is a mid-19th-century Catholic periodical digest that surveys Catholic writing, social thought, and contemporary events across Europe from a strongly anti-revolutionary, pro-Church perspective. The issue sections cover Education and Society (Notices of Books) with discussions of Sydney Turner’s Reformatories and J. B. Parkinson, SJ’s Education in Itself and its Relation to Present Wants, along with reviews of fiction and natural history framed by Catholic concerns; brief works such as Les Auxiliatrices du Purgatoire; notes on the mistreatment of Catholic Sisters in Portugal; and studies in religious history and literature (La Civilta Cattolica, Le Correspondant). The publication also treats Catholic civilization and state, including a substantial essay in La Civilta Cattolica arguing that civilization is essentially Christian and that the Church sustains true civil society, warning against secular progress. Foreign Events of Catholic Interest discuss Poland and Russia, the Fausti Trial in Rome (1863), Neapolitan episcopate issues, papal liturgical acts, and debates over Italian politics, all framed to defend papal authority and religious liberty against liberal and nationalist currents. Local summaries present threads on Popular Devotion in Spain, the Abyssinian Schism, and the Intrinsic End of Civil Government, as well as discussions of Tractarian currents and the 1863 Malines Congress. Overall, the tone is consistently anti-revolutionary and pro-Church, emphasizing education, charity, doctrine, and the Church’s role in public life.