them. Each commandment is followed by a reser vation which completely destroys it force. With re gard to the first commandment, which enjoins the worship of God alone, the catechism inculcates the worship of saints and angels, to say nothing of the Mother of God and the three persons of the Trinity ("Special Catechism," pp. 107, 108) . With regard to the second commandment, against the worship of idols, the catechism enjoins the worship of images (p. 108). With regard to the third commandment, the catechism enjoins the taking of oaths as the principal token of legitimate authority (p. 111). With regard to the fourth commandment, concern ing the observance of the Sabbath, the catechism inculcates the observance of Sunday, of the thirteen principal feasts, of a number of feasts of less impor tance, the observance of Lent, and of fasts on Wednesdays and Fridays (pp. 112-115). With re gard to the fifth commandment, u Honor thy father and thy mother" the catechism prescribes honor to the sovereign, the country, spiritual fathers, all per sons in authority, and of these last gives an enumer ation in three pages, including college authorities, civil, judicial, and military authorities, and owners of serfs, with instructions as to the manner of honor ing each of these classes (pp. 116-119). My cita tions are taken from the sixty-fourth edition of the catechism, dated 1880. Twenty years have passed since the abolition of serfdom, and no one has taken the trouble to strike out the phrase which, in connection with the commandment of God to honor