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52 DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF BENGALI BOOKS. chiefly from native writers: the following are some of the subjects, discovery of America; Akbar; lies— changes of Hindus ; Heman's better land ; Laws of motion ; Creation ; Musalmans ; Christianity in England ; Steam Engine ; Paul's conversion; Chinese proverbs; moral anecdotes; balloon; snakes ; Rajputs ; Folycarp ; Kalidas* poem of the seasons ; the human body : Races of man — appended is an introduction to Etymology, being a list of 70 Sanskrit words and their Bengali derivatives. 229. POETS, Selections from the Bengali, pt. 1, by Mahendra Ray, Kusumabali,lS52, pp. 175, 13 } as. Roz. & Co. Gives extracts from the Annada Manual, Shiva's marriage and . the tragedy of Sita, Haragauri ; Shiva gone a begging : the Rishis gone to Benares : Yeas Muni and Benares, Sundara seeking a wife at Burdwan, and description of Burdwan, its town and fort : Man Sing goes from Delhi to Jessore, and fights with Fratapaditya. Gives extracts of a mythological kind from the works of Bharat, the greatest Bengali poet, he lived last century : these extracts give specimens of fine poetry, the licentious passages being left out : the book is of use to those Europeans who wish to be acquainted with the beauties of the most popular poet in Bengal. 230. POETS, Ray's Selections from the Bengali ; Ktisu- mabali, pt. 2, s. p., 1852, pp. 176, 13} as. Boz. & Co. Taken from Chandimangal, Kabiranjan and Basavdatta, relates solely to my- thological subjects, invocation of the Hindu deities, the life of Kali, the events which led to the founding Ealighat : KaJketu's life : Extracts from the Yidya Sundara : notice of Burdwan and its fort. The extracts are all from books very common. The author designs his book as a class book, and it is used as such in some schools, but he selects from only 2 or 8 poets : we want selections of poetry from the native magazines and Newspapers, such as from the Prabhakar, &o. 231. (S.) PRESS, SELECTIONS FROM THE NA- TIVE, Sanbad Sdr, by J. Long, 1853, pp. 198, 6 as. Roz. & Co. Printed for the vernacular Literature Committee. Con- tains extracts from the Bengali Periodical Press, from 1818 to 1853. The following are some of the subjects— the former condition of the English and of Bengalis — Anecdote of Akbar, of the Begum Sumru, Sir W. Jones, Alfred, Addison, the Burmese » Dialogues on Natural Philosophy : curious rain : the wild Bush- man : rise of cholera : Victoria Regina lotus : the Khands of Orissa : on Asam : the philosopher's stone : mesmerism : prover- i i