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 94 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BENGALI BOOKS. refuted: Voice of the Bible on Idolatry. What Scriptures should be regarded, Pandit and Sirkar, way of Salvation. 430. Tracts Bound, for Hindus only ; T. S. Vol. 2 — Wilson's exposure of Hinduism : Test of Religion : Destroyer of Darkness : Holy Incarnation : Great Atonement :True Pilgri- mage : Destroyer of error : Caste, Essence of the Bible. 431. Tracts Bound, Vol. 3, for Hindus and others, T. S., Parables of Christ ; Commandments : conversation between a mother and daughter: subjects for consideration : second Cate- chism : God is a Spirit : two great commandments : True Chris- tian ; Pitambar Singh : Mine of Salvation : Fornication : Joseph : word about children. 432. Tracts Bound, Vol. 4, for Hindus and others : T. S., drunkenness : way of life : epitome of true religion : first Catechism : last Judgment : miracles of Christ: Kailas Chandra: Select Hymns : Scripture Texts : Debt : Come to Jesus : Ser- mon on the Mount; the man that killed his neighbour. 433. (A. B.) UNCONVERTED, Baxter's call to, Nibedan pustuk, pp. 264, 3 as., T. S., the original is considered one of the most powerful appeals to sinners in the English language. XfeUSAXiXKEA.N-B&N&AXiX LXTEEATUBS. The Musalmans have always been noted for the tenacity with which they have clung to their own ideas and lan- guage, and for the obstinacy with which they have resisted foreign influence. The Persian, their great prop, has been shorn of its honors in India, and the Musalmans are averse to learn the Vernaculars ; hence, as the Urdu has been formed by a mixture of Persian and Hindi, so the Musulmans have formed in Bengal, a kind of lingua franca, a mixture of Bengali and Urdu, called the boatmen's language. This must eventually give way to the overwhelming influence of the Bengali, but in the mean time, as illustrative of tho phases of mind of the people, is appended a list of the principal books in this dialect, printed at Musulman presses in Calcutta, which have a wide circulation, and, particular-