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 16 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BENGALI BOOKS. 68. S. B.) Prachin Padedvdli, or MORAL SAYINGS, pp. 24, contain the Chdtdk&shtak, Bhramar Ashtak, Panchc Ratna, Naba Ratna, Bdnayeashtak, B&nar&shtah. 69. PARENTS, THEIR DUTY TO THEIR CHIL dren, Santdn Pratipdlan, Pr. P., 1853, pp. 6. Treats regarding the health of children, their morals, their learning ; a discourse delivered in the village of Jyanangi. 70. PATRIOTISM. Address on ; SwdesfanvragyBi.'P., 1 an., delivered in 1853, at a Philanthropic Association in Chota Jagulia. 71. (E. T.) PERSIAN FABLES, KEANE'S, Parsitt Itihas pp. 28, 3 as, 1853, Roz. & Co. Moral apologues on the ly- ing hare, covetous monkey, cock, pigeon, jackal, drum, mouse, and friends, wolf and jackal, jackal and young ass, just king, scorpion, tortoise, jackal, ass, truth-speaking king, greedy fox, camel, thorn, the farrier and camel, mouse, crane, crab, shepherd's dog, crane, fox and wolf, crow and monkey, peacock, sea fowl, rose, mud, devotee, raven. 72. Phvlmani and Karuna, T. S., by Mrs. Mullens, 1862, pp. 306, 4 as. Roz. & Co. In the guise of fiction, written for native Christian women, to shew the practical effects of Christianity in the forming marriage connections, behaviour to husbands, moral training of children and women's duty to the poor and sick, the bad effects of debt, and of secluding females ; of domestic economy, cleanliness, cheerfulness, industry, attending God's house, read- ing the Bible. Appended to it is a very useful list of suitable names for Native Children, it has been translated into English. 73. PLEASING TALES, Manaranjm Itihas, by Tarachand Dut, 1st ed. 1819, last ed. 1854, S. B. S., pp. 36, 1 i an. Also in Anglo Bengali, 8. B. S n 3 as. Stories and Anecdotes designed to improve the understanding and direct the conduct of young persons, treating of gene- rosity, ingratitude, knowledge, industry, envy, covetous* ness, flattery, the tongue, company. Many editions of this work have been published at different presses, in Chinsura, and Calcutta; the School Book Society alone have sold 18,000 copies. The writer was in the employ of the late Capt. Stewart, of Burdwan, a warm friend to Vernacular Education. 74. (E. T.)SHEPHERD OF SALISBURY PLAIN, tr. by Sarup. Afeshpdlak Bibaran, pp. 52, 1852, li'an. Hannah Moor's beautiful Moral Tale, exhibiting contentment and