Metayer de Guichainville wishes to be excused for writing in French, but he is not yet familiar with English and believes that Brownson can translath easily. The library of the Catholic Club of New York has just purchased Brownson's interesting book, "The Life of Christopher Columbus, translated from the Italian after Tarducci." He has already recommended it to several of his friends and acquaintances, who certainly will wish to buy it. In this connection, he wishes to say that he possesses one of the original copies of the hand of Columbus, of which Tarducci speaks on pages 223-6. He has had photographs made of this precious autograph, several years ago, and has also taken out a copyright of the translation into English and French. As Brownson remarks, it is a matter of considerable interest, which the author and translator ignore, that there exists in New York one of the copies made by the great navigator, other than that actually at Genoa. He has had made only 100 copies of this illuminating and interesting autograph, but has always proposed to publish something on the subject of this precious manuscript document of Columbus. P.S.: He means the letter dated at Seville, April 2, 1502. :: III-3-d A.L.S. in French 3pp. 8vo.