a double translation of the hymns in question--one in strict conformity to Sàyana's interpretation, and another in accordance with his own principles of translation--the latter as a specimen of what he intends to give in his forthcoming translation of the whole of the Rig-veda. {142} The writer concluded with a _resumé_ of the different points of interest which these hymns, though by no means fair specimens of the best religious poetry of the Brahmans, present; the healing powers of the hands, the constant dwelling on divinities which govern the life of man, and the clear conception of a soul as separate from the body--of a soul after death going to Yama Vanasvata, the ruler of the departed, or hovering about heaven or earth ready to be called back to a new life.--_Ibid_ -------- Original New Publications. A Conversation on Union Among Christians; The Gospels Door of Mercy; What Shall I do to Become a Christian? The Church and Children; A Voice In The Night, Or Lessons of the Sick Room; The Gospel Church; Who is Jesus Christ? Tracts Nos. 13-19; Catholic Publication Society, 145 Nassau St., New-York The number of Tracts issued and distributed by the Catholic Publication Society through direct sales and the aid of auxiliary societies is so great that its noble and zealous project must, by this time, have become a subject of interest to every Catholic in the country. It is hardly one year since the first steps were taken to establish it, and already over _half a million_ Tracts have been distributed through the length and breadth of the land. This distribution goes on increasing; that made in the month of February alone amounted to _seventy-five thousand_. Large orders are constantly coming in for the books and tracts issued by the Society from the Rt. Rev. Bishops, the Rev. Clergy, and zealous laymen of every condition of life. Encouraged by these marks of universal approbation, and accredited with the high sanction of our late Plenary Council, the Society will enter upon its work this spring, upon a scale commensurate with the increasing demands made upon it for its publications and the magnitude of its enterprise. A Publication House will be obtained, supplied with its own types and presses and bindery, which will enable it to conduct its operations with greater rapidity, and furnish its publications at the lowest possible cost. Not a few have expressed themselves surprised at its present unparalleled success, and are anxious to know by what means so much has been accomplished in so short a time.