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 but there are references to works, not with me here, and as these are quoted from memory, they will have to be verified before publishing the book * * * Kant's ' Critique of Pure Reason ' and * Green's Prole- gomena to Ethics ' are the main English authorities for my book which is based on the Brahmasutras (Shankaracharya's Bhashya) and the Mahabharat * * * and it treats in brief, the Hindu Philosophy of active life."

The book — a ponderous volume of 854 closely-printed pages — was, published (1915) a few months after Mr. Tilak was set free. The first edition — 6000 copies — was sold off within a week. The second and third editions were also soon exhausted. The book has been translated into Gujarati, Hindi and Kanarese and Mr. Tilak proposed to get it rendered into Bengali, Telgu, Tamil and other leading vernaculars of India. It was his intention to give out his researches to the Western countries but as that was a work which could not conveniently be left to mere translators, Mr. Tilak intended to do it himself.

But that was not to be ; nor was this the only literary project he left unfinished. With life and leisure, he would have brought out treatises on (i) The Differential and Integral Calculas (2) The Hindu Law (3) and Politics. Regarding (i) he had collected all the necessary materials and digested them. A few months' leisure and the book would have been ready. The same remark holds good about his intended book on Politics. His sudden death was a loss not only to the PoUtical but also to the Literary World. Even Mr. Tilak's opponents will admit that during its life, the University