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 treating on useful and entertaining subjects be introduced in the classes of the Junior Department. The works should treat of such subjects as the following:—
 * Pretty stories about animals.


 * Rudiments of Knowledge as in Chambers's Educational Course.


 * Moral Class Book as in Chambers.


 * Miscellaneous subjects, such as Art of Printing, Loadstone, Navigation, Earthquake, Pyramid, Chinese Wall, Honey Bee &c.


 * Biography as in Chambers, and Miscellaneous Reading on useful and entertaining subjects, selected and translated from Telemachus, Rassellas, Mahabharata &c.,


 * Essays on Moral, Political, and Literary Subjects and a Popular Treatise on the Elements of Natural Philosophy.

Should the Council be pleased to introduce these Bengali Books, the students of the Sanskrit College will with little difficulty acquire great proficiency in Bengali, and through the medium of that language derive useful information, and thereby have their views expanded before they commence their English studies.

Of the above mentioned Bengali works, Biography is already published; Rudiments of knowledge and Moral Class Book are in the press, and almost all the other works are in the course of preparation. The adoption of these books will entail on the Council no expense whatsoever.

I beg also to state that the preparation and the