Summary: notes, by Julian Schmidt, Parks I-Il., Leipzig 1869, vol. 4 and 5. 6. Colebrooke, On the Vedas, reprinted in his Misc. Essays, vol. 1, p. 56 ff., ed. by Cowell, London 1873. This valuable collection contains also those historic fragments (On the Vedas, pp. 43-55), which treat the origin and transmission of the Indian sacred books.587. This highly valuable monograph of 1873, so indispensable for the study of the Indian sacred books, makes the reader acquainted with the life of Colebrooke and with his scientific work, with its results and with its publication.”