European scholars, among whom Professor Max

Muller showed his appreciation by publishing in the August number of the " Nineteenth Century " of 1896 a short sketch of this Hindu Saint's life entitled "A Real Mahatman." In this celebrated article, which was for some time the subject of most severe criticism both in England and India among many of the Christian missionaries and the Theosophists, the noted Professor showed the difference between the imaginary Mahatmas of the Theosophists and the Real Mahatman or the Great Soul of India who had reached God-consciousness and had manifested Divinity in all the actions of His daily life. He gave a brief account of the extraordinary life of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, paying Him the highest tribute of honor and respect that a Christian scholar could give to a Divine manifestation in the so-called heathen land. Later, in 1898, he compiled and pub- lished "Ramakrishna, His Life and Sayings," collecting more facts of His life and the sayings of this exemplary character perfumed with Divine personality. Professor Max Muller was deeply impressed by the originality of this great Saint and real

Mahatman, who was not brought up within the