McMaster has asked for information on the Sacred Ritual so Buffard will submit a few remarks. Texarkana is still in infancy and far from civilization and books but he will give him what he has found despite the fact that his only books of note are 2 Catechisms by Bauiers. In the seminary he had been told that one could only translate the Canon of the Mass into the vernacular if the Latin appeared on the opposite column or page and existing prayer books seemed to bear this out. The decision given by the Bishop of Langres on June 6, 1851 must be understood in the same light. This decision may be found in the Catechism of Abbe' Guillois, volume 4, lesson 13. The decision is here written in Latin. Buffard also recommends "L'Amide la Religion", of July 12, 1851. There is another answer in this same catechism to a priest in La Rochelle but it is not very clear. On the other hand Abbe Guillois concludes from "Manuel de Piete" that neither the canon nor the Ordinary may be translated into the vernacular at any time. Buffard has been unable to find any more references. He concludes that the Ordinary of the mass may be translated if the Latin appears on opposite columns or pages. This answer will have to be sufficient until more light can be thrown upon the subject. If the letter is published the name "Theodore" only should be signed. :: I-2-a A.L.S. 5pp. 12mo.