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\nSedes SapientiæBy Humbert Clérissac,O.P.New HorizonsBy John DurkanOn Christian ArtBy Ivan BrooksGiuseppe Toniolo and Christian Democracy  \nBy Luigi Sturzo  \nBrother MartinBy M.Fabyan Windeatt  \nExtracts and CommentsBy‘Penguin'  \nReviews:Social Questions;Literature;History.Notices.  \nThe Play.Gramophone.  \nOXFORDLONDON  \nBlackfriarsRolls House  \nVol.XVII,No.I94.Price One Shilling  \nYearly Subscription,Twelve Shillings  \nSubscription 3 Dollars  \nIn America:25 Cents a Copy  \nTHE  \nCATHOLICHERALD  \n\"There is ONLY ONE paper I knowin England which gives you some sortof idea of what Europe is like,andthat is the‘CATHOLIC HERALD.'\"—G.K.CHESTERTON.  \n\"The‘CATHOLIC HERALD'seemsto me to try to put the ordinary man,Catholic or not,INTO TOUCH withthe world and all that is in it ...it gets at The CATHOLIC FACT.\"—C.C.MARTINDALE,S.J.  \nFRIDAYPrice Twopence  \nFROM ALL NEWSAGENTS  \n# G.K.'s WEEKLY\n\nEdited by  \nG.K.Chesterton  \n# EYERY THURSDAYPRICE SIXPENCE\n\nFor a limited 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