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 [ *8o ] Sastri wrote a poem in Bengali entitled Nirbasittr Bilap, 'the Lament of the Exile,' which at once became popular and enrolled his name among those of the eminent poets of the Province, He haa since written Pushpama/a, Ilimadri Kutum, Chhuyamayi Pari nay and a few volumes of minor pieces, all of which have sustained and deepened his reputation as a poet. His novels also, Afejodau, Yu- ganfar and Nayantara, have attained much popularity. His Uft of Ramtanu Lahiri is a valuable record of the contemporary history of Bengal, social and educational, as well as a portrait, by a skilful painter, of that remarkable man of piety. Pandit Sastri '« most sustained labours have, however, been in the field of practical religion and social reform. He has worked incessantly in that field, for the last thirty years or so, establishing schools, organising missions, editing journals, delivering public orations, making mis- sionary tours and preaching from public pulpits. His public speeches and sermons will be found in several volumes published by the Sadharan Brahma Samaj, and they all bear witness to his deep piety, great ability and burning enthusiasm in the cause of religion. In politics Pandit Sastri has- always held very advanced views, and at one time he was an active politician. But lately the growing demands of his church upon his time, on the one hand, and his failing health on the other, have prevented his active partici- pation in politics. Jt may be .mentioned, however, that he has been an earnest Swadeshi from a time long before the commence- ment of the present Swadeshi movement-