Upper Norton Street, Jan. 23, 1850.
_The Fraternity of Christian Doctrine._--I think I see some names among
your correspondents who might inform me where I shall find the fullest
account of the Fraternity of Christian Doctrine, established by St.
Charles Borromeo in the diocese of Milan. I am acquainted with the
regulations for their establishment in _Acta. Concil. Mediol._, and with
the incidental notices of them which {214} occur in Borromeo's writings,
as also in the later authors, Bishop Burnet, Alban Butler, and Bishop
Wilson (of Calcutta). The numbers of the Sunday schools under the
management of the Confraternity, the number of teachers, of scholars,
the books employed, the occasional rank in life of the teachers, their
method of teaching, and whether any manuals have ever been compiled for
their guidance--are points upon which I would gladly gather any
information.