54T DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OP BENGALI BOOKS. 236. Shishu Skikha, part 3, Juvenile Reader, by Ma- dan Mohan, 1st ed. 1849, 6th ed. 1855, pp. 42, 3 as., Roz. & Co. Reading lessons on moral subjects, such as thegoodboy is be- loved : do not covet : pity the blind : the merciless are like beasts : on lying :— on natural history, as the owl : dog : ant : crane : lion : . . elephant : tiger : bear : rhinoceros ; elephant. 237. Shishu Shikha, part 4, Rudiments of Knowledge,
- by Ishwar Chandra Videasagur, 8. p., 1st ed., 1851, pp. 79,
' 4th ed. 1854, 4 as., pp. 68. Lessons in elegant Bengali on God's works: the senses: human race: colors: speech: .time: numbers: coins: industry: divisions of water: metals:, plants. 238. (A. B.) IDIOM ATICAL EXERCISES, Vahyea- bcdi, by J. Pearson, 1st ed. 1819, 5th ed., pp. 294, 1 Re. s. b. 8. A phrase book with examples of words alphabetically arranged, very useful for either natives wishing to learn .colloquial < English idioms, or for Europeans wishing to know Bengal? dialogues, forms of letters and notes. Dr. Carey also pub- [ lished Colloquies, which passed through 4 editions, and de- serve re-printing with certain corrections — giving dialogues in • Anglo Bengali in the pure colloquial on the hiring of servants, ' journeying, eating, land letting, mode of living, marketing, . . beggars, — throwing much light on idiomatic phraseology, native ■ domestic habits and modes of thought. 239. (E. T.) VERNACULAR CLASS BOOK, Yates/ ' Sar Sangraha, 1st ed. 1845, 8. b. 8., 2nd ed. 1847, pp. 202, 8 as. The English was compiled by Dr. Grant, at* the request of the . committee of Education, translated into Bengali, by Dr. Yates*. ' The Council of Education designed it to be the first of a series' - ' of Vernacular Class Books, but as in other vernacular matters ' this their first was the last also. Treats of 74 subjects such • as— " travelling, of Natives and Europeans, good manners, • commerce, knowledge, God's work, light, heat, sea, compass, ' microscope, circulation of the blood, gravitation, 6 extracts on ' Bengal history, notices of 13 cities in India, 5 extracts on chemistry; birds, animals, genius, cheerfulness, progress .of ' literature, observation, curiosity, aqueous vapor. EHD OF PART I.
