Page:A descriptive catalogue of Bengali works.djvu/18

 10 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BENGALI BOOKS. the Bible, of a boy afraid to tell a lie or steal, an upright woman, generous sailor, forgiving slave, reconciled peasants, escape from a lion in battle, &c. &c. 33. (P. T.) Anwar Slioheli, or MORAL FABLES, tr. by Gopimohun Chatterjea, pt. 1. a i. u., 1855, pp.284, 12 as. Illustrates by tales and anecdotes, the following points : — Trust not the cruel, friendship, idleness, judgment, forgive- ness, not trusting liars. The Bengali written in prose and verse is translated from the Persian, which is itself a translation of the Sanskrit Hitopadesh. 34. (S T.) Banaryastak, pp. 4, 1854, or a Female Ape's questions to the Rajah Vikramaditya. The answers of the King's pundits to the following questions : what is meant by gentleness, science, health, variety ? Who is an ignorant Brah- man or physician ? What is conviction. What is a tree ? The ethical replies are pithy. Translated into English, by Raja Kali Krishna. 35. Banarashtak, pp. 3, a Man disguised as a Male Ape questions Raja Vikramaditya. Pert replies to the follow- ing questions : How may envy, vigilance, pure sacrifice, beauty, insensibility, dry wood, swiftness and bad advice be described ; translated into English, by Raja Kalikrishna, 1834. 36. Batrish Sinhasan, 32 Tales of Vikramaditya, s. c, pp. 209, 12 as. By Nil Mani Basak. 37. BATRISH SINHASAN, translated by the Edi- tor of the Purnachaiidraday 1,000 copies, 320 pp. 1 Re., p. c, 1 854 ; translated from the Hindi ; in prose ; 32 Tales illustrative of Vikramaditya the Hindu Solomons good qualities, designed to show that he has not been equalled. Tales are given illus- trative of Vikramaditya's liberality to a beggar, to a Brahman, to a scholar ; to the poor ; to a pandit ; to an enemy ; romantic self-denial; 14 of the tales are in Yate's Selections, Vol.2; numerous editions of this have been published in the bazar. 38. Batrish Sinhasan in Poetry, bh. 8., 1848, pp. 204, by Raj Krishna Neogir. 39. CHANAKYEA, Isted., 1817. 108 Brief savings in a proverbial style, praising learning and good morals, ex- tracted from various old Sanskrit works, a useful book, with the exception of a few passages. Innumerable editions of this have been published, and it is committed to memory in