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 রি মারল Bn CHAPTER VIII r | Larer Evropean Writers In the publication of the periodicals described in the last chapter, it will be seen that the most active part was taken by the two Marshmans, 195 পাতা, father and son. ‘The labours of Dr. Joshua Marshman, to whom indeed was due the consolidation of the Mission, were too varied and wide-spread to be confined chiefly to the study and encouragement of bBengali.' His son, John Clark Marshman, who was born in August, 1794, inherited in a large measure all his literary শট একশ predilections, his great capacity for work as well 83 his unflagging philanthropic zeal. From 1812 he began to direct his father’s religious undertakings and entered with zeal into all the labours of the mission. His reputation as a European scholar in Bengali secured for him the post of Translator in Bengali to Government, and his numerous Bengali works fully maintain this reputation. He returned to England in 1852 and died at Redcliffe Square, North Kensington, London, July 8, 1877.? ‘ Chronologically speaking, the European writers of Bengali of whom enumeration follows below do not properly belong to this period; for this period ends at about 1825 and a distinctly new movement becomes dominant thereafter. The literary labours of the missionaries lose their importance and occupy only a subsidiary place in that movement after 1825. They are mentioned here in order to keep up continuity of treatment, ® For more details, See Annual Register, 1877, p. 154; Times, Joly 10, 1877; Journ, R. A. Soc., 1878, vol. x, Ann. Rep. pp. xxexii ;