This file contains 95 tracts published by various American Ceylon Mission-affiliated presses in Jaffna between 1841 and 1891. The tracts range from four to over 30 pages, and discuss various topics including caste, Catholicism, Christian morality, Hinduism, jewelry, motherhood, etc. Several are direct translations of ninteenth-century American English-language tracts into Tamil. Others are original compositions by the missionaries and affiliated individuals such as Tanjore Christian poet Vedanayagam Sastriyar (1774-1864). The vast majority of the tracts are in Tamil, with both English and Tamil titles.
The titles are as follows.
1. How, When, and Why should Mission Churches become Missionary? / paratēca cabai, eppaṭi? eppō? ēṉ? cuyatēca cabaiyāka vēṇṭum? 2. āttumākkaḷai iraṭcittal 3. ñānapata kīrttaṉai. cattiya vētattaippaṟṟi. 4. Strange Sight / aticiyakāṭci 5. vacciracūci 6. avarnimittam 7. kiṟistu meyyāṉa tēvaṉ 8. ciṟuputtakattāl varum palaṉ 9. kiṟistu tīrkkatarici 10. kiṟistu ācāriyar 11. yūpili allatu mīṭpukkākat tēvaṉceytacampāttiyam 12. Ressurection / uyirtteḻtal 13. avatāram, allatu tēvan ēṉ maṉuṣakai varavēṇṭum? 14. piracāpati 15. cattiyamāvatu eṉṉa? 16. pañcākam ākkiyōṉ 17. utayatārakai 18. maṉuṣaṉ taṉṉaittāṉ iraṭcittal kūṭātakāriyamē 19. tēvavākkiṉ vallamai.
20. maṉantirumputaliṉ kaṉikaḷ 21. maṉantirumputalum ataṉ taṉmaiyum 22. kiṟistuvē mattiyastar 23. tēvavākku maṉitaraip paricuttarākkum kuṇamuṭaiyatu 24. iraṭcakaraṇṭaikkō vā! 25. cuvicēṣa campāṣaṇai 26. kiṟistuvētam vācikka iṉimaiyāṉtu 27. yekōvā eṉpavar ār? 28. tirumpuṅkaḷ, tirumpuṅkaḷ; nīṅkaḷ ēṉ cākavēṇṭum? 29. tēva vākku maṉuṣaṉuṭaiya cīrai veḷippaṭuttukiṉṟatu 30. tēvaṉuṭaiya vārttai maṉccāṭciyai aruṭṭukiṟtu 31. vētavākkiyam āṉmāvai iraṭcikkum 32. Good Opportunity 33. On Jewelry / pūṣaṇanūl 34. The Accepted Time / namkāla viḻippu 35. āttumākkaḷai iraṭcittal 36. cītaṉattiṉulākut tīmakkaḷ 37. Instruction to Native Teachers / kurūtēcam 38. The Dawn of Wisdom / ñāṉōtayam 39. Hints for Cholera Times / pirāṉōpakāri.
40. True Doctrine-I / meyyupatēcapattiram 41. Friendly Epistle / nēca nirupam 42. Address to Roman Catholics / urōmaimārkkattār koṭukkiṟa etirmoḻikku maṟumoḻi 43. Observance of the Sabbath / ācarippuppattirām 44. Exposition of the Second Commandment / iraṇṭāṅkaṟpaṉai viḷakkam 45. On the Marriage of Priests / kuruvivāka viḷakkam 46. tēvāṉakūlam 47. Good Counsel / nallaṟivu 48. On Withholding the Cup from the Laity / naṟkaruṇaik kuṟaipāṭu 49. The Catechists' Manual / pōtakar ilakkaṇam 50. The Observance of the Sabbath / ōyvunāḷ aṉuṭṭippu 51. Renunciation of Evil Ways / tuṉṉeṟi vilakku 52. Scripture Extract / vēta vākkiyaṅkaḷ 53. The Negro Servant, or the Conversation / campāṣaṉai 54. Abdool Messee, or the Jewel of Mercy / karuṇā niti 55. The Salvation of the Soul / āttum iraṭcippu 56. Sermon on the Mount / iyēcunātar malaiyiṉmēṟ coṉṉa piracaṅkattiṉ visatarippu 57. Evils of Caste / kulācāram 58. Relative Duties / vētamoḻi aintāvatu. ulakacaāram 59. Divine Justice / vētamoḻi āṟuvatu. Tēvanīti.
60. True and False Religion / vētamoḻi ēḻāvatu. cattiyācattiya camayavikaṟpaim 61. Mother's Manual, Part I / puttiravicārippu 62. Mother's Manual, Part II / puttiravicārippu 63. Incarnate Grace / aruḷavatāram 64. Mercy and Justice / karuṇainīti 65. The Inquiry / vicāraṇai 66. Resemblance between Paganism and Roman Catholicism / intumata pāppumata sampantatīpam 67. Spiritual Light / ñaṉaviḷakkam 68. Heavenly Way / muttimārkkam 69. The Means of Bliss / mōṭcakāraṇam 70. Policarp / polikārpu 71. Conversation of the Taheitans / takaittiyan tīvakattār carittiram 72. The Pearl of Great Price / āṇimuttu 73. The Hon. Francis Newport / caṉamporuntiya pirāñci nūpōṭ eṉpavaruṭaiya katai 74. Evils of Comedies / naṭaṉa naṭṭam 75. Swearer's Prayer, or Kind Advice / nēcaputti 76. Christian Union / maṉa oṉṟippu 77. Moses, the Pious Negro / vicuvācapatti 78. Attributes of the Hindu Triad / mummūrtti ilaṭcaṇam 79. The Conversation / camavātam.
80. Old Sarah, or the Walk of Purity / tuyya naṭai 81. Good Instruction / naṟputti 82. The Spiritual Touch Stone / ñāṉavuraikal 83. The Search After Truth / uṇmai nāṭaṭam 84. View of the Spirit / āvitaricaṉam 85. The Last Judgment / niyāyattīrappu 86. Devout Inquiries / patti nāṭaṭam 87. Bible Doctrines / vētacāram 88. Improper Marriage Alliances, or the Apostate / maṉaimayakku 89. Marriage Alliances / vētamoḻi iraṇṭāvatu. vivāka campantam 90. Sins of Idol Worship / vētamoḻi mūṉṟuvatu. vikkiraka nikkirakam 91. Evils of the Tongue / vētamoḻi nāṉkāvatu. nāvaḻu 92. ōr uttam pirārttaṉaivāram 93. Evils of Litigation / vaḻakku naṭṭam 94. The Notification, or Scripture Parables / vētamoḻi mutalāvatu. aṟivittal 95. amerikkaṇ pōṭ caṅkattiṇ makōṟcava āṇṭu.
