%0 Journal Article %T Fiction with a Parochial Purpose: Social Uses of American Catholic Literature, 1884–1900. By Paul R. Messbarger. (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1971. xviii + 179 pp. Appendix, notes, bibliography, and index. $8.25.) %A Cross, Robert, D. %J Journal of American History %V 59 %N 3 %P 737-738 %@ 0021-8723 %D 1972-12-01 %I Oxford University Press %~ DeepDyve