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 on Buddhist doctrine, and concern themselves respectively with the philosophical conceptions that underlie the Buddhist religious system, with the doctrine of Karma and rebirth, and with the scheme of salvation from misery. Chapter i. gives the account of the previous existences of Gotama Buddha and of his life in the last existence up to the attainment of Buddhaship ; while the sections of chapter v. are about Buddhist monastic life.

IV.—Rāja-çekhara's Karpūra-mañjarī, a drama by the Indian poet Rāja-çekhara (about 900 A.D.): critically edited in the original Prākrit, with a glossarial index and an essay on the life and writings of the poet, by Dr., of the University of Christiania, Norway; and translated into English with notes by Professor. 1901. Royal 8vo, buckram, xxviii + 289 pages, price $1.50.

V. VI.—The Bṛhad-Devatā, attributed to Çāunaka, a summary of the deities and myths of the Rig-Veda: critically edited in the original Sanskrit with an introduction and seven appendices, and translated into English with critical and illustrative notes, by, Boden Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Oxford, and Fellow of Balliol College. 1904. Royal 8vo, buckram, xxxvi + 198 and xvi + 334 pages, price per volume $1.50.

VII. VIII.—Atharva-Veda Saṁhitā, translated, with a critical and exegetical commentary, by, late Professor of Sanskrit in Yale University. Revised and brought nearer to completion and edited by, Professor of Sanskrit in Harvard University. 1905. Royal 8vo, buckram, clxii + 1044 (= 1206) pages, price of the two volumes $5.00.