Excerpt from The Bulwark, or Reformation Journal, Vol. 9: In Defence of the True Interests of Man and of Society, Especially in Reference to the Religious, Social, and Political Bearings of Popery; With Woodcut Illustrations; 1859-60 I. In this period there have been established 19 complete missions, independent of any other, and, with one temporary exception. Fully served, in places where none previously existed. Some of these are of considerable importance. The number of priests serving these additional missions is about 50 beyond the increase of clergy in previously existing missions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.