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Antiquities and Literature of Asiatic Nations; also African. By Professor HEEREN. Berlin. 6. Les Vedas. Par. J. BARTHELÉMEY ST. HILAIRE, Paris. 7. The Mythology of the Hindus, copiously illustrated, and with drawings of the Temples. C. COLEMAN. London. 8. A History of Ancient Sanskrit Literature in so far as it illustrates the Primitive religion of the Brahmans. By MAX MÜLLER. London. 9. The complete works of Sir William Jones, F.R.S. In 13 vols. London. THE object of mythology is to effect a union between the divine and the human, between spirit and nature. But in the very effort to express in words the idea of this connection, language is enriched and developed in an extraordinary degree; and it may be asserted that if it had not been for religion, lan |