[498]ForHucandGabet，seeSouvenirsd’unVoyagedanslaTartarie，leThibet，etlaChine，EnglishtranslationbyHazlitt，London，1851；alsosupplementaryworkbyHuc。ForBishopBigandet，seehisLifeofBuddha，passim。AsforauthorityforthefactthathisbookwascondemnedatRomeandhisownpromotionprevented，thepresentwriterhasthebishop’sownstatement。FornoticesofsimilaritiesbetweenBuddhistandChristianinstitutions，rituals，etc。，seeRhysDavid’sBuddhism，London，1894，passim；alsoLillie，BuddhismandChristianity，especiallychaps。iiandxi。ItissomewhatdifficulttounderstandhowascholarsoeminentasMr。RhysDavidsshouldhaveallowedtheSocietyforthePromotionofChristianKnowledge，whichpublishedhisbook，toeliminatealltheinterestingdetailsregardingthebirthofBuddha，andtogivesofullyeverythingthatseemedtotellagainsttheRomanCatholicChurch；cf。p。27withp。246etseq。FormorethoroughpresentationofthedevelopmentoffeaturesinBuddhismandBrahmanismwhichanticipatethoseofChrisitianity，seeSchroeder，IndiensLiteraturundCultur，Leipsic，1887，especiallyVorlesungXXVIIIandfollowing。ForfulldetailsofthecanonizationofBuddhaunderthenameofSt。Josaphat，seeFausboll，BuddhistBirthStories，translatedbyRhysDavids，London，1880，pp。xxxviandfollowing；alsoProf。MaxMullerintheContemporaryReviewforJuly，1890；alsothearticleBarlaamandJosaphat，inthenintheditionoftheEncyclopaediaBritannica。Forthemorerecentandfullaccounts，correctingsomeminordetailsintheforegoingauthorities，seeKuhn，BarlaamundJoasaph，Munich，1893，especiallypages82，83。Foraverythoroughdiscussionofthewholesubject，seeZotenberg，NoticesurlelivredeBarlaametJoasaph，Paris，1886；
especiallyforargumentsfixingdateofthework，seepartsitoiii；alsoGastonParisintheRevuedeParisforJune，1895。ForthetransliterationbetweentheappelationofBuddhaandthenameofthesaint，seeFausbollandSayce，asabove，p。xxxvii，note；
andforthemultitudeoftranslationsoftheworkascribedtoSt。
JohnofDamascus，seeTableIII，onp。xcv。ThereaderwhoiscurioustotraceupamultitudeofthemythsandlegendsofearlyHebrewandChristianmythologytotheirmoreeasternandsouthernsourcescandosoinBibleMyths，NewYork，1883。ThepresentwritergladlyavailshimselfoftheopportunitytothankthelearnedDirectoroftheNationalLibraryatPalermo，MonsignorMarzo，forhiskindnessinshowinghimtheveryinterestingchurchofSanGiosafatinthatcity；andtothecustodiansofthechurchfortheirreadinesstoallowphotographsofthesainttobetaken。Thewriter’svisitwasmadeinApril，1895，andcopiesofthephotographsmaybeseeninthelibraryofCornellUniversity。AstothemorerareeditionsofBarlaamandJosaphat，acopyoftheIcelandictranslationistobeseenintheremrkablecollectionofProf。WillardFiske，atFlorence。Astotheinfluenceofthesetranslations，itmaybenotedthatwhenyoungJohnKuncewicz，afterwardaPolisharchbishop，becameamonk，hetookthenameofthesaintedPrinceJosafat；and，havingfallenavictimtooneoftheinnumerablemurderousaffraysoftheseventeenthcenturybetweendifferentsortsoffanatics——
Greek，Catholic，andProtestant——inPoland，healsowasfinallycanonizedunderthatname，evidentlyasameansofannoyingtheRussianGovernment。SeeContieri，VitadiS。Giosafat，ArcivescoeMartiraRutena，Roma，1867。