Excellent old-fashioned college, 'prep' or 'sixth form' Latin textbook, but bearing a strong Traditionalist Roman Catholic, or 'Tridentine', religious bias. This book provides excellent background for, and an in-depth introduction to, Cicero "In Catilinam" and "In C. Verrem". The discussion points emphasize relevance to modern civics and politics: e.g., "Citizenship and Patriotism in Cicero's speeches ...Cicero's Hankering after the Good Old Days and the Good Old Roman Virtues ...Roman Blood Baths and Communist Purges, Roman Racketeering and Modern Gangsters ...Graft, Bribery, and the Like ...The Looting of Sicily and the Spoils of Present-day Political Machines...."