If it would occur to any one that the social philosophy which goes today by the name of

         When I say that Belloc is ours I mean that, leaving aside for the moment the clear title

The Catholic Life is a daily living; a living from day to day, from hour to hour. A fair part of this

                  The only historical authority who could tell us when exactly was the earliest contact

PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS, so far as this essay is concerned, are a lengthened form of saying a thing. And in regard to this

THE GENIUS OF GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON A Review of “G. K. C. as M. C.” edited by J. P. de Fonseka.By EDMUND

  GASTRONOMICALLY speaking, it is true that in Ceylon everything begins with rice. There should be no surprise if everything appeared to

         Among the choice privileges conferred on a man by the blessing of civilization, count the privilege of being

. (In the deliriously free Verse of the Contemporary Malarial School) I sing not of a Wellington or Beaufort, Stirling or Halifax

         THE complete works of Newman comprise thirty-six volumes. Perhaps it is better say that they were about forty,

Poems of J. P. De Fonseka I “The most beautiful Oriental woman is the Sinhalese in Ceylon”— Home Page Contributor in London

Poems of J. P. De Fonseka – II MOTHER AND DAUGHTER IN CEYLON St. Anne doth keep a shrine beside the sea, 

Proem SAINT JOSEPH, patron of the Universal Church, prince of the Patriarchs, columen mundi, mortal man who was the preceptor of God,

         There are three great figures of the Catholic Church in England in the Ninetieth Century.      

         If you ever had occasion to hunt for some of the books of Robert Lynd or any by

         An Intimate Glimpse of Sir John Squire, in important activities other than those of famous critic, poet or

  Among Roman Catholic thinkers, Thomas Aquinas stands out for his integration of Greek philosophy into the dogmas of the church—an approach

         There could be few nicer texts for an epitaph on anybody than that casual remark on that most

Anyone studying his analyses of social nuisances will be struck by his wat of finding the whole source   of the mischief in

         Dr. J. P. de Fonseka, the new Chamberlain of his Holiness the Pope, has imprinted himself on the

         Fatness is a paradox and fat men are paradoxes. In the midst of slow, moderate growth, there rises

The First Englishman known to have lived in the island was the Franciscan friar Andrew, who laboured in the North and lost

         When they are born it is a habit of theirs to continue somehow to live on.    

         The thing about the humourists and laughing Philosophers was that they were intensely human and profoundly divine. They

At last someone has treated the Kabaragoya with affection. After a long experience of neglect and hardness of heart from society the

                 LANKA (for of Ceylon’s many names that name has been the dearest to her

Now, why the dickens do they sayThe Law is an ass?One cannot think why?The Law may just as well be (mayn’t he?)Quite

         The real Santa Claus is a very real person. No one can deny him without denying real history.

         It is fascinating to imagine Santa Claus approaching the bed of an incurable high-brow and dropping the entire

         I have been asked to say my piece on the “Things I Like”. It is not so pleasant