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THE POPE'S TRACT.
If it has ever been the fortune of my readers to mix in tract-distributing circles, they will, doubtless, have become acquainted with a peculiar style of literature which, for lack of a more appropriate appellation, I should call the "candid inquirer" and "intelligent operative" style.

The mysteries of religion, the problems of social existence, the intricate casuistries of contending duties, are all explained, in a short and simple dialogue between a maid-servant and her mistress; or a young, a very young man, and his parochial pastor, or a ne'er-do-weel sot and a sober, industrious artisan.

The price is only a penny (a reduction made on ordering a quantity), and the logic is worthy of the price.
In its dire distress and need the Papacy has resorted, as a forlorn hope, to the controversial tract system.

As an abstract matter this is only fair play.