Burke, Thomas N. The Sermons, Lectures and Addresses delivered by The Very Rev. Thomas N. Burke, O.P., (the justly celebrated Dominican Priest,) in the principal Cities of the United States, in the year 1872; Sold only by Subscription. New York: Peter F. Collier, 1878. [10987]
Brown publisher's cloth decorated in gilt & black, slight edge-wear, 9 x 6 inches, tight. Wood-engraved portrait of Burke with tissue guard, all page edges gilt; 500, 103 generally clean pp., a few finger smudges; the back end paper hinge exposed yet with nothing detached or loose. Good. Hardcover.
The final 103 pages are Father Burke's Answers to Froude, the English Historian.
Thomas Burke (1830-1882), born in Ireland, Dominican priest and celebrated preacher. His preaching abilities were noted both in his native land and in Rome, where he was active. In 1871 he was sent as Visitor to the Dominican convents in America, and he was besieged with invitations to preach and lecture. In eighteen months he gave 400 lectures in overflowing churches and lecture halls. This work consists of 33 addresses on various topics, including several on the Catholic Church in the United States.
