It received notable impetus from the Jesuit Fr. M. Russell (1834–1912), its first director, who enlisted as collaborators illustrious men in the fields of thought and letters, including non-Catholics: among them the writer Oscar Wilde, who made his debut through this review.
BIBL.: W. H. Grattan-Flood, Periodical literature: Ireland in Cath. Enc., XI, p. 682.