Abridgement of Butler's Lives, originally published by Benziger Bros., with 1887 imprimatur from Michael Augustine, Archbishop of New York. Arranged with one saint per day, along with "Reflections" for each saint, and a preliminary section: "Lives of Certain Saints contained in the calendar of special feasts for the United States and of some others recently canonized." Editor uncredited, but said to be John Gilmary Shea.