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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt:...compelled the brothers to disperse, and scatter themselves throughout the kingdom. Some took refuge in Italy, and were received into the houses existing in that country; but the success of the French arms in that peninsula deprived them of even this protection. Of the numerous establishments which had been possessed by the society, two only, those of Ferrara and of Orvietto, now remained; and to their existence was owing the revival of the body, when the decree of the French Consul permitted the brothers again to assemble in community. In 1801 they opened an establishment in Lyons. Other establishments followed. In 1815 they reassumed the religious dress; and from that period to the present, they have been increasing in numbers and efficiency, diffusing blessings around them in every locality which has been favoured with their pious and edifying labours. Actively patronised by successive Popes, including Leo XII. and Pius IX., the brotherhood, having been reinforced from France, greatly extended the sphere of their labours. They now, in 1857, possess five houses in Rome; in each of which there are 500 pupils, or, in all, 2,500. They have, besides, a school for the sons of the French soldiers; and also a boarding-house for boys who are intended to fill situations in shops and other places of business. Morichini bears the highest testimony to the value of these schools, and commends the zeal and ability of the masters, and the docility and affection exhibited by the scholars. Indeed, he goes so far, in his praise of the schools of the Christian Brothers, and of the manner in which they are conducted, as to assert that the boys have been known to go home grieving when the following day happened to be a holiday! If this be so, never was there a more eloquent tr...