Found in this volume are memoirs of Cardinal Ximenes, Michael Angelo; Samuel de Champlain; Archbishop Plunkett, Charles Carroll, Henri de Larochejaquelein, and Simon de Montfort. Each of these names is an heirloom of the Catholic family. Each one held a foremost place among the men of his time, whether as the prince of painters, of sculptors, of architects, like Michael Angelo Buonarotti. What stern devotion to principle, what noble disregard of selfish interests, what lofty chivalry in its truest sense, is manifested throughout the whole career of these truly great men!