by Arthur J. Lenti, SDB

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Subjects:

• Early Sketches
•  Dr. Charles D’Espiney’s Don Bosco and its Enghlish Language Counterparts
•  Biography in the Miracle-Oriented, Laudatory Tradition
•  Criticism of Dr. D’Espiney’s Biography
•  Dr. D’Espiney’s Dom Bosco for the English-speaking public
•  Miss McMahon Translation of 1884
•  Mrs. Barker’s 1885 Adaptation of D’Espiney Dom Bosco
•  Fr. Bonetti’s Storia and its English-Language Derivative
•  Fr. Bonetti’s Cinque Lustri and Its English Counterpart
•  Don Bosco’s Early Apostolate
•  Importance and Character of Fr. Bonetti’s Biography
•  Mr Du Boy’s Don Bosco
•  Don Bosco’s Revisions
•  Mr. Du Boys’ Conscientious Use of Sources
•  Mr. Villefranche’s Vie de Dom Bosco and Lady Martin’s English Translation
•  Quality of the Original Work and of its Translation
•  Don Bosco’s Ambivalent Attitude Toward His Own Biography
•  Conclusion: General Evaluation of Early Biographical Writing on Don Bosco