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Principal G. C. Bose M.A., of the Bangabasi College writes:—"The maniscript copy of Babu Ananta Kumar Roy's 'Vidyasagar' was shown to me for my opinion on it. I have read it with interest and profit and found it to my knowledge a correct transcript of the life and work of the great philanthropist and scholar. There is an air of freshness about the style which makes the matter a pleasant reading."

J.R. Banerji Esq. M.A., R.L., Vice-Principal, Vidasagar College and Fellow, Calcutta University says:—"'Vidyasagar' by Ananta Kumar Roy M.A., B.L., is a well-written biography of one of the greatest sons of India... ..the special feature of work under review is that it has a distinct literary flavour about it....

Dr. Mohendra Nath Sarcar M.A., Ph. D. Senior Professor of Philosophy, Sanskrit College, writes:—"The life-history of Pundit Isvar Chandra Vidyasagar, C.I.E>, of revered memory has an intrinsic value and a spontaneous attraction in itself, which in the present volume have been enhanced by the freshness of style and the ease of expression with which the author has developed the story.......One cannot fail to perceive the simple and the unique presentation of the chief features of the life, which speaks of a sympathetic understanding of, and reveals an intuitive vision into the sublime beauty of Vidyasagar's life".