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 A NEW PLAY

By RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Nobel Prizeman in Literature, 1913. Author of "Gitanjali," "The Gardener," "The Crescent Moon," " Sadhana,"

A PLAY IN ONE ACT

Cloth, 12mo, $1.00 net; postpaid, $1.08

This is a little lyrical drama based upon an incident in the Mahabharata. In the course of his wanderings in fulfillment of a vow of penance Arjuna comes to Manipur. There he sees Chitrangada, the daughter of Chitravahana, the king of the country. Smitten with her charms, he asks the king for the hand of his daughter. Out of the king's reply and the conditions which he imposes upon Arjuna the story develops. It is a rare bit of idealistic writing, as beautiful in its thought as it is in expression.

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers