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 rary secretary. A few more facts remain to be noticed. Vidyasagar always encouraged the pupils in divers ways. Early in 1865, Sir John Lawrence, Governor-General of India, and Lady Lawrence while distributing prizes to the successful and meritorious girls were highly delighted to award one of them a gold necklace, being a present from Vidyasagar. On this occasion the Hon'ble Justice Sambhu Nath Pundit also gave away a pair of gold bracelets.

Vidyasagar's fame had already reached abroad. So when Miss Mary Carpenter, daughter to a clergyman of Bristol, came to Calcutta, she was eager to cultivate his acquaintance. He was introduced to her by Mr. Atkinson, Director of Public Instruction, in November 1866, when she paid a visit to the Bethune School. The large-hearted lady had come in contact with Raja Ram Mohan when he was putting up in her residence at Bristol and had listened with rapt attention to the impassioned eloquence of Babu Keshab Chandra Sen. She had