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Introduction to the Devout Life

St. Francis de Sales

Edition & AttributionTranslator, publisher and source details for this edition.
Translator
Anonymous
Series
Library of Spiritual Works for English Catholics
Editor
None named — the title page gives only "A New Translation"
Publisher
Rivingtons, London
Year
1876
Revision
CCEL ThML transcription of the anonymous Rivingtons translation; the work's own text only, no editorial apparatus or indexes transcribed.
Rights
Public Domain
Accessed
2026-08-04
License
public-domain-base
Public-domain basis
1876 UK publication, anonymous translation, so the term expired by 1946 and nothing was restorable under URAA. The translation was identified by fingerprinting the Preface's Glycera/Pausias sentence against six pre-1930 Internet Archive editions — an exact word-for-word match to introductiontod00salegoog, whose title page reads "Library of Spiritual Works for English Catholics / A New Translation / RIVINGTONS / MDCCCLXXVI". CCEL's own ThML header is EMPTY on translator, rights, print basis and date and is NOT the basis for this clearance. Translator recorded as Anonymous deliberately: no named Rivingtons translator is evidenced.

Contents

Part I — Counsels and Practices for the Soul’s Guidance

Part II — Counsels as to Uplifting the Soul to God by Prayer and the Sacraments

Part III — Counsels concerning the Practice of Virtue

Part IV — Counsels concerning Some Ordinary Temptations

Part V — Counsels and Practices for Renewing and Confirming the Soul in Devotion

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