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 HEADERS. 53 bial sayings : the Taj of Agra : mummies : sun's distance : kulin polygamy : 4 wood cuts are given. 232. Prabodh Chandrika, 2nd ed., Ser. p. 1845, pp. 189, 1st ed. 1813, 2 Rs., Roz. & Co. By Mritunjay, chief Pandit of Fort William College, written for the students of that in- stitution — gives ail sorts of style from that of fisherwomen to dissertations on rhetoric, chiefly narratives from the Shastras* Treats of various sorts of knowledge and its advantages : grammatical peculiarities: Indian languages, rhetoric, prose, riddles, &c. &c. 233. PROSE SELECTIONS, YATES', 1847,s. b b. pp. 428, 5 Rs., vol. 1. Contains a Grammar by J.Wenger, select sentences, easy colloquies, 75 fables, 50 anecdotes, moral and historical, 28 moral stories, 10 historical extracts from Scrip- ture, with copious explanatory notes. 234. PROSE SELECTIONS from Bengali Litera- ture, Yates', vol. 2nd, 8vo., s.b.s. pp. 407, gives 18 Tales of a Parrot, nine letters from the Lipi Mdld, 14 stories from the JBatrish &tnA<z*an, notices of 6 Indian Kings from the Rdidvali, or History of India. The history of Rajkrishna Ray of Krishna* ghur, 16 Moral Tales from the Parush Parikhya 5 chapters of the Hitopadesk. Nine Moral Essays, from the Gy&nchan- drika, 9 ditto from the Gyanarnaba, 4th chapter of the Prabadhchandrika, chapters against idolatry from the Tathyeaprakash. History of Nala from the Mahdbharat. Spe- cimens of RaminoTian Ray's Hymns, Selections from two JVa«* iive Newspapers. 235. Skiskubodhah, CHILD'S INSTRUCTOR, 1854, pp. 81, 2 as., 18mo. This work, the Lindley Murray of Ben* gali, has passed through innumerable editions, and at various {>rices, from 8 as. to 4 pice, giving letters, multiplication tables, and measure, arjyea, praises of the Ganges, and guru, praises of Datakarna, Chanak's Slokes, 108 in number, Prahlad Chari- tra ; on mensuration, with the rules in poetic language, direc- tions for letter writing. The Guru Dakhind describes the fee Krishna gave to his master, and is sung by boys when they go from house to house to beg for donations for their master. The Datdkamd shews the hospitality of Kama, the prime minister of Duryodhana, who, in order to feed a Brahmin killed his own son, the Brahmin was Krishna, who came in disguise to try his faith similar to Abraham's trial in Isaac's case. This book has been for centuries the key to Bengali reading. F 2