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Rh all the output of work in this field. The editors of Caldwell's Comparative Grammar had added precious little, almost nothing, to the information contained in it. On the other hand, they clipped it of much matter which was very interesting in the second edition of the book We may not grudge them the liberty to remove the portion concerning the history of Tamil literature, although from an editorial point of view it was objectionable. But they were most certainly not justified in suppressing the controversial portion which Caldwell took particular care to include in his book. It referred to topics about which there was wide divergence of opinion. The controversy was very keen, and Caldwell himself took great pains to controvert the views advanced against the position which he took up. Though we may not be in a position to endorse all the opinions and arguments expressed by the scholars of