WORKS BY ROBY DATTA.
1. Echoes from East and West to which are added Stray Notes of Mine Own (Galloway and Porter, Cambridge, 1909). Cloth, Crown 8vo, 352 pages, 3s. 6d. [To be had of Das Gupta & Co., 54-3, College St., Calcutta.]
The volume contains poetical renderings from masterpieces in 16 Indo-European languages, and is the first great contribution to Comparative Poetry. It has been highly spoken of in the English and the Indian Press.
Prof. E. Dowden wrote (1910):—"It is full of interest for me, and I wonder at the breadth of your scholarship and your accomplishment as a writer of English verse."
2. Sakuntala and Her Keepsake rendered from the Sanskrit Play of Kalidasa (Das Gupta & Co., Calcutta, 1915). Cloth, Crown 8vo, 168 pages. 12 as.
The rendering is in poetical prose and verse, and has been highly spoken of in the Press.
Mr. Arthur Symons wrote (1908):—"You are a real poet, and have a wonderful command of the English language. Your 'Sakuntala' is far superior to the two English versions [of Jones and Monier-Williams]……It will take rank among the best translations in English literature." "Your work is a masterpiece."
3. Poems, Pictures and Songs to which is prefixed The Philosophy of Art (Ready for print). Some of these have appeared in periodicals.
4. Stories in Blank Verse to which is added An Epic Fragment (Ready for print). Some of these have appeared in periodicals.
