'And the soul believed she heard the prayer I send you. Naturally, I was made the depositary of this prayer, and my first duty was to submit it to my Lord Bishop, who has benignly deigned to approve of it. It was then that Our Lady made known to me that I should get it printed at the expense of her Work, and distribute it gratis. Since that time, this prayer has received the approbation of their Lordships the Archbishops and Bishops of Tours, of Toulouse, of Besancon, of Tarbes. It is being reprinted at Lille, it is being translated into Spanish, and spread far and wide. (Signed) 'CESTAC, 'Priest of the Diocese of Bayonne.' It would appear that the devil was terribly enraged at the publication of this prayer, for the Abbe Cestac in a recent letter to M. Dupont tells him that the very day on which he sent to Tours 20,000 copies with an offering of 300 francs for the tomb of St. Martin (sent to him for that purpose), a large building three storeys high, was cast to the ground: while a similar misfortune befell the same Community at another of their establishments, some distance off. In neither case, however, was anyone hurt! This occurred on the 11th of November, 1863, Feast of St. Martin of Tours. The Abbe Cestac adds that Providence came to the aid of the good Religious, and enabled them to restore their injured property. It is likewise affirmed that seven printing presses were broken while in the act of printing the prayer, and that the only place at which it could be printed was at Le Puy, where there is a celebrated Shrine of Our Blessed Lady, to which crowds of devout pilgrims flock. --- _Copies of this "Miraculous Prayer" at 1s. the 100 can be had of_ R. WASHBOURNE, 18 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. Concise Portrait of the Blessed Virgin. She was:-- 1. A true admirer of God. 2. A real lover of her Son. 3. A Virgin, both in body and mind. 4. Humble of heart. 5. Grave in speech. 6. Prudent in counsel. 7. Given to labour. 8. Reserved in discourse. 9. Fond of reading. She excelled:-- 10. In Faith. 11. In Modesty. 12. In Piety. 13. In Silence. Never did She:-- 14. Offend her parents. 15. Despise little ones. 16. Deride the weak. 17. Slight the poor. It was a principle with Her:-- 18. To serve God above all. 19. To live in retirement. 20. To cause nobody trouble. 21. To do good to all. 22. To honour the aged. 23. Not to envy her equals. 24. To shun vainglory. 25. To love virtue. 26. To follow right reason in all things. There never appeared anything light or frivolous: 27. In her gait. 28. In her air. 29. In her discourse. 30. In her behaviour 31. In her looks. 32. In her actions. --- _Copies of this "Concise Portrait" at 1s. the 100 can be had of_ R. WASHBOURNE, 18 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. BOOKS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. --- Our Lady's Month; Or, Short Lessons for the Month of Mary, and the Feasts of Our Lady. By Very Rev. A. P. Canon BETHELL. 18mo., cloth, 1s. Our Lady's Month;