Letter from Mr. T. Jaubert, of Carcassonne.

Mr. T. Jaubert, vice-president of the Civil Tribunal of Carcassonne, sends us the following letter, with regard to the title of honorary member that the Spiritist Society of Paris conferred upon him.

The Society acted rightly in giving Mr. Jaubert this testimony of sympathy and in proving to him how much it appreciates his devotion to the cause of Spiritism, his modesty, and his firmness of character. There are positions that enhance still more the merit of courage of opinion and qualities that place a man above criticism. (See the Review of June 1863: A Spirit awarded by the Academy of Floral Games.)

Molitg-les-Bains, July 21, 1863.

“Mr. president, “Your letter and the minutes attesting to my admission among the honorary members of the Parisian Spiritist Society found me at Molitg, where I am spending, in the interest of my health, a vacation of twenty-nine days. I must give you, immediately, the expression of all my gratitude. “I believe in the immortality of the soul, in the communication of the dead with the living, as I believe in the Sun. I love Spiritism as the most legitimate affirmation of the law of God: the law of progress. I confess it clearly, because to confess it is to do good. I accepted the laurel of the Academy of Toulouse as a resounding answer to those who wish to see in the real dictations of the Spirits nothing but erroneous perceptions or ridiculous lucubrations. I receive the title of honorary member of the Society, of which you are the head, as the most honored among those I obtain from the hands of men. Once again, sir, receive, you and all the members of the Parisian Society, my most sincere thanks. “Your account of the session of the Floral Games faithfully interpreted my sentiments and my conduct. I could not expose myself to shocking the public and my judges, were I to declare that the fable awarded the prize was the work of my familiar Spirit. You expressed perfectly, in your Review, the respect I owe to myself and to the opinion of others. Now, if in all this affair I did not take the initiative with regard to you, if I only respond, it is because it would have been necessary to speak of myself and to associate my name with an event by which I feel happy, no doubt, and which others have deigned to consider as a success. “Today I feel freer and it is from the deepest of my heart that I ask you, sir and dear master, to accept the homage of my gratitude, of my sympathy, and of my most distinguished consideration.” T. Jaubert.

Vice-president of the Tribunal of Carcassonne.

The abundance of materials forces us to postpone to the next issue our second letter to Mr. Vicar Marouzeau, as well as the answer to the question that was addressed to us on the distinction to be made between expiation and trial. Allan Kardec.

Paris. — Typ. de Cosson et Ce rue du Four-St-Germain, 43.